Apr 5, 2018
Celebrities, News, United Nations
actress, Angry Birds, autism, Ben Lewis, Dakota Fanning, Director, Empowering Women and Girls, Lara Alameddine, Please Stand By, Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Star Wars, UN, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, united nations, Wonder Woman, World Autism Awareness Day
United Nations, New York, USA, April 05 2018 – Actress Dakota Fanning Helping Empowering Women and Girls with Autism During the World Autism Awareness Day Meetings today at the UN Headquarters in New York. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire By Kurt Wheelock UN, April 5 — This year’s film “Please Stand By” in which Dakota Fanning plays an autistic young writer named Wendy who has written a Star Wars related screenplay and wants nothing more than to go and live with her sister, was discussed at the United Nations on April 5. Dakota Fanning explained her interest in bringing to the screen [Read More]
Apr 2, 2017
News, United Nations
2030 Agenda, Antonio Guterres, autism, Autism Advantage, autism spectrum, Daniel Emig, Employment, Rights of Persons with Disabilities, SDGs, Secretary General, Sofia Lachapelle, UN, united nations, WAAD, World Autism Awareness Day
United Nations, New York, USA, 31 March 2017 – Sofia Lachapelle along with Hundreds of guests participated on the 2017 World Autism Awareness Day today at the UN Headquarters in New York. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire Ahead of World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD), Secretary-General António Guterres issued a statement today (31 March), calling for a change of attitude towards persons with autism “and in recognizing their rights as citizens.” The statement read at a special event at UN Headquarters in NY by Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information Cristina Gallach, said that “like everyone else” people in the autism spectrum [Read More]
Apr 2, 2016
News, United Nations
autism, autism spectrum, Bangladesh, Book Signing, daughter, human rights, Neurodiversity, NeuroTribes, Prime Minister, Saima Wazed Putul, Sheikh Hasina, Steve Silberman, Sustainable Development Goals, UN, united nations, WAAD, World Autism Awareness Day
United Nations, New York, USA, April 01 2016 – Book Signing by Steve Silberman, author of “Neuro Tribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity” today at the UN Headquarters in New York. By Britta Schmitz UNITED NATIONS, April 2 2016 – People on the autism spectrum are often stigmatized and face great challenges in their daily lives. April 2 is World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD). The UN celebrates the eighth WAAD with a high-level event and various panel discussions. “We’re moving from viewing people on the autism spectrum as failed versions of normal to [Read More]
