April Is Autism Awareness Month, And April 2nd Is Autism Awareness Day, But We Need More Than Just Awareness

A six panel comic about Autism Awareness and Acceptance. The comic is titled "Aware of Acceptance" and is made by Theresa Scovil.  Panel 1: A person cheerful yells "Happy Autism Awareness Day!" Panel 2: Honeydew comes up to them and says "I'm pretty sure people are aware of autism by now." Panel 3: Honeydew gives a confident smile and says "We need more than that now! We need Autism Acceptance." The person smiles. Panel 4: Honeydew says "There are still people who believe that autism is caused by vaccines, and can be cured." Panel 5: Honeydew continues. "The more people accept autism the more they'll be open to learning the facts about it." Panel 6: Honeydew smiles cheerfully and says "And the more people learn the honest truth about it the more accommodating the world will be." The person also smiles cheerfully.

April is Autism Awareness month, and April 2nd is Autism Awareness day, but we need more than just awareness now. The problem now isn't that people aren't aware of autism, but that they don't accept or understand it. The ignorance when it comes to autism is staggering, especially in the medical field and in politics.

The more people have been willing to listen to autistic people, and the more autistic people put themselves into medical professions, the more factual information has come out about autism. When I was diagnosed 22 years ago I didn't know another autistic person, but now, as we've learned more about autism, more and more autistic people are being diagnosed, instead being overlooked.

I'm always happy to see more autistic creators out there being open about their lives and their realities, helping people realize the reality of autism. We're well beyond the point of just seeking awareness. People are aware. What we need now is Autism Acceptance!

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