Announcing the First Annual Stories of Autism Awareness Weekend!
Stories of Autism is going national! In celebration of Autism Awareness Month (April) we’re planning a weekend to promote awareness, acceptance, and inclusion in communities around the country, maybe even around the world. April 16 and 17 will be Stories of Autism Awareness Weekend when photogrpahers will create portraits of people in their community with autism spectrum disorder and contribute them to our current online gallery. In addition, many of the portraits will become part of our collection of prints for exhibition. And, of course, each portrait will be accompanied by a short story about how autism has impacted their lives and those of their families and friends.
Anyone and everyone can participate in this event. We need local autism foundations to assist us in finding subjects in their community. We need professional photographers in every community to create the portraits. And we need to get the word out not only about the event but about how so many people are working so hard to raise awareness about autism and get all the much needed services to everyone who needs them.
WE NEED YOUR HELP! Since Stories of Autism is a very small organization with very big dreams, we can’t be everywhere we need to be to organize this event. If you’re part of an organization who can link us with potential subjects, an individual who knows someone on the spectrum or if you know a professional a photographer that would like to participate we want to hear from you. Please send me an email at charlesc@storiesofautism.com and I’ll send you more details.
We’re really looking forward to this event and anticipating some amazing portraits being added to our collection. It’s all for a very important cause and we’re looking forward to an amazing experience! Please be sure to share this blog to anyone you think may be interested. You can also follow us on Facebook, Twitter (@storiesofautism), and our website, www.storiesofautism.com. Thanks for stopping by!
Charlie Cotugno President/Founder, Stories of Autism
