Overview
Awareness is an important step, but it’s more important to step beyond awareness, to acceptance, action and inclusion for all.
The importance of there being a necessary shift from awareness is increasingly being recognised. For example:
- Autism Awareness Month (April), which was founded in 1970, is more recently being referred to as Autism Acceptance Month.
Additional References
- The Shift from “Autism Awareness Month” to “Autism Acceptance Month”
- Acceptance vs. Awareness, ASAN (Autistic Self Advocacy Network)
- Autism Acceptance, by Kieran Rose
- HSE urges employers to move beyond awareness on World Mental Health Day
Step Beyond Awareness 