Spreading Autism Awareness and Celebrating its Impact

         I was going through my Twitter feed today, and realized something. Other than the Autism accounts I follow, there seems to be absolutely no talk of Autism whatsoever. This oversight is not only on Twitter, no other media outlet has done anything to spread awareness. I found this disheartening especially with April being Autism Awareness Month. All throughout Black, Hispanic and even Women's History Months, there have been T.V. and radio commercials celebrating the accomplishments achieved by their respective people. There is no shortage of people on the spectrum who have accomplished very impressive things, and who have had progressive and profound impacts within their respective fields. Why isn't anyone celebrating their accomplishments? Although, Autism has only been discovered and defined relatively recently, it has been around for Centuries with so many influential people who are now believed to have been on the spectrum, going through their lives undiagnosed. Not only can those "The More You Know" spots be used to highlight these achievements, as well as educate people on the recent scientific breakthroughs, the importance of early intervention, the early signs of Autism etc. Even if these PSAs only run throughout the month of April, it will do so much to educate people on Autism as well as debunk some popular myths about Autism. The media has so much power to reach mass amounts of people fairly easily, it should be their duty to use that power to educate the masses about important issues. With the new statistics having just been released, stating that 1 in 88 children have Autism, it is vital that the we urge the media to take advantage of the power of the media to educate the world.