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This April: Gear up for the Autism Awareness Month

Autism Awareness Month (Image taken from http://www.lorianderin.com/)


As-salam and hi!

United Nations has decreed for the 2nd of April as World Autism Awareness Day and annually, the month of April is recognized as the Autism Awareness Month.

In order to highlight the growing need for concern and awareness about autism, let us take part in the activities that has been lined up next month:-


1) Flash Mob Autisme, 5 April 2014 at KLCC or KL Sental (TBC). Organized by Dr Hasnah Toran's team and Fakulti Perubatan UKM

2) Larian Autisme UKM "Your World is Our World, Together We Stand", 6 April 2014, Taman Tasik Titiwangsa, Kuala Lumpur. Organized by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in collaboration with HOPE, PERMATA KURNIA and Akademi Remaja Islam Autisma Malaysia (ARISMA)
Please register at this link: http://www.ukm.my/chem/autisme/en/

Autism Run 2014. Organized by students of the Faculty of Medicine, UKM to raise up funds for Makmal Autisme UKM

3) The International Seminar on Autism 2014, Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC), 22 – 23 April 2014. Organized by PERMATA Division of Prime Minister’s Department.
Please register (for FREE) at this link: http://www.isam2014.com.my/index.php/register-now

International Seminar on Autism 2014

4) NASOM Autism Walk 2014 on 27th April 2014. Details on how to register will be disseminated later.

p/s: Please let me know if there are other activities that will take place in April or if I have given any wrong information in this post


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