Middle School Reads, The Girl Who Thought in Pictures for World Autism Awareness Day

This morning the middle school hosted Harborlight’s first virtual assembly for LE and UE! As it is World Autism Awareness Day, the middle school students took turns reading the children’s book about Dr. Temple Grandin, The Girl Who Thought in Pictures. I spoke a little about what autism is, and shared a short YouTube video to help kids relate and understand those with autism in their classroom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtRYKjucDHk I also shared a PBS article with the teachers about autistic characters in some children’s shows. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pbs-kids-marks-autism-awareness-month-with-characters-on-the-spectrum_n_58eb95ace4b00de14105346b

April is Autism Awareness Month and some choose to “light it up blue” for awareness, but many in the autism community choose to “light it up red” for acceptance. (Blue was also originally chosen as a color because it was seen as a boy’s disease, but we have ample proof now that it affects girls as well.)