Awareness First, then Acceptance. There is a reason.

Its another April and this month, you will be given a lot of information about Autism. The information you will receive will also be coming at you from many directions and view points. There will be arguments for/against vaccinations with Autism at the epicenter. Arguments will be made on whether autism is genetic or environmental. And you will be given a host of articles regarding famous people in the past and present that are or may be on the Autism spectrum. Also, many studies will be released this month for maximum exposure.  Today I am going to discuss one of the newer arguments that will be happening this month: Awareness or Acceptance.

Today kicks off the 2nd annual #RoyalBlueForAutismAwarenss social media campaign hosted by the Mocha Autism Network. The goal of the campaign is  simple:

• To provide information regarding Autism to communities that are usually underrepresented in most major campaigns via peer to peer social media sharing
• To eliminate the stigma associated with Autism Identification and assessments in those same communities.
• To provide resources to communities through links, stories and articles that would help our communities. 

So why is "Awareness" given priority in this campaign over "Acceptance" when both are important? It's simple and complicated at the same time. Many people in underrepresented communities haven't Gotten to the Awareness part yet. 

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