The country will join the rest of the world in celebrating the 6th World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) on April 2, 2013 with the theme “Make the Rights Real of Persons with Autism”.
The celebration is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly’s Resolution 62/139 promulgated in December 18, 2007 declaring April 2, 2008 and the succeeding years as the World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD). The resolution recognized autism as a world-wide health concern and also a response to urgent call for autism awareness and for the provision of services for those affected with this condition.
Below are the activities of the WAAD National Working Committee headed by the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA), Autism Hearts Foundation (AHF), SM Programs on Disability Affairs, SM Supermalls, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC), Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Philippine Information Agency (PIA), Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Social Welfare and development (DSWD), Association of Adults with Autism, Philippines (AAAP) and Autism Society Philippines (ASP).
Schedule of Activities
Date | Activities | Venue |
March 23 | Sem on the Language of Autism | Bridges Foundation, QC |
March 25 | Sem-Workshop on Autism | ASP Baguio City chapter |
April 2 1-3PM 4PM 5:30PM 6PM | Stem Cell Therapy and Autism Understanding Autism Opening of Exhibit Light It up Blue | Council for the Welfare of Children QC SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City -same venue as above Globe, SM Mall of Asia |
April 5 1PM 5PM | Lecture on UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Opening of Exhibit of Ms. Desley Lim, PWA | ASP Catanduanes Chapter Robinson’s Galleria, Pasig City |
April 6 9AM | Sem on Home Management Program | ASP Catanduanes Chapter |
April 9 9AM | Children’s Rights Camp | Norfil Foundation, QC |
April 12 9AM 1PM | Lecture on UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Understanding Autism | STAC Laoag City STAC Laoag City |
April 20 9AM 1PM | Children’s Rights Camp Family Support Group Meeting | Batino Elem School, QC Autism Society Phils.- National Office, QC |
April 26-27 | Youth Camp for Autism | Brunei, ASEAN Autism Network |
April 27AM PM | Siblings Side of the Story and How to Organize SibsCamP Sem on Dance Therapy | Bridges Foundation, QC |
April 27-29 | 2nd AAN Autism Congress | Brunei, ASEAN Autism Network |
ASP is a proud member of the ASEAN Autism Network, an alliance of autism parent support organizations in Southeast Asia with Secretariat at the Asia Pacific Development Center on Disability in Bangkok, Thailand.
Together we can “Make the Rights REAL of Persons with Autism”
For details please call (632) 926-6941 or (632) 929-8447.
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