02/04/2026
🌏 Today is Autism Awareness Day and April is also World Autism Understanding Month.
♾ It’s about more support for and understanding of Autistic people.
🧠 Autism is when a person’s brain works in its own way. The challenges they meet and the gifts they bring.
🌱 This can affect the way people communicate with others, feel or express emotions, and experience the world.
🤝 Autism Self Advocacy Network Australia and New Zealand (ASAN AUNZ) is an Autism-led organisation dedicated to advocating for Autistic people in systems and communities.
💬 It is important that we listen to the voices of people with lived experience so that we can learn from them and shift our own perspectives.
📖 ASAN AUNZ also welcomes Autistic writers and creators to share their stories and advocacy experiences with them to help others.
🌐 You can visit their website to find more information, stories and resources from the Autistic community.
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