Does anyone have any info on how successful any of the key events were? In particular, how did the Seattle parade go - supposedly the big event! Also, what about the DANDA picnic in Hyde Park and Amy's walk in Wales? How about people who were involved in events giving a little report back?
Unfortunately there was no time for me to organise anything.
The DANDA picnic was good - a couple of people later got back to me and couldn't find it. No suprise in Hyde Park - it's so big. 11 people came in the end, the weather was hot and sunny. We all chatted about our beliefs and opinions. It was a productive day. It was organized at the last minute, but people who came were ethusiastic - one lady had some very imaginative banners.
Very good to see those pics :grin:
rocobley I have posted about APD in Brazil in another thread, it was very successful.
Thanks for the above. I'm only asking because I kind of assumed the forums would be abuzz with info about the various events from people who were involved but that hasn't happened.
Anyone any info on how Seattle turned out? I had an image in my head of a parade hundreds strong. Probably a fantasy I suspect.
That was I was wondering - I thought this website would be brimming with posts about it etc.
That is why APD wasn't as big as it could be, you're being too humble.
Kahless, we can't make people post about what they did, if they want to they will post.
I don't know what you mean about humble.
If the opposite of humble is to 'show off' then I'm certainly not surprised that aspies and auties won't show off.
The day was a great success for the first year.
I think we can be happy that a lot of people enjoyed themselves.
I agree that this year's APD was a success by the very fact that it actually happened, with different groups climbing on board e.g. DANDA, the autistic community taking notice of it, and even an article in New Scientist.
HOWEVER it is my view that we are going to have to work hard to make sure that next year the event itself gets some mainstream media coverage. I was expecting that maybe some of the broadsheet newspapers might publish some little article on the day itself, particularly if enough people came out in Seattle, but nothing as far as I can tell. We do need to make media attention a no. 1 priority, folks!
I know of several autist/ aspie families who celebrated the day quietly with their own families.
I am sure there were many similar occurences throughout the world.
Yes, parades and so on are incredibly important but so is the sway of opinion going on in families and individuals... and that is somethig that cannot be measured.
I wished everyone i knew happy APD. Many of them poured scorn, some unpleasantly so.. but just a few showed interest, and told their friends/ people they knew with autistic children/ relatives. Like ripples in a pond.
Congrats, all!
Hehe, I didn't know about this Aspie Pride Day until yesterday, so I've never celebrated it. But I do think it's a splendid idea, and I wish that someone would have told me about this earlier. Man, I'm looking forward to next year's aspie pride now!
Ooh, I love that 'stop medication' lollipop poster! Fantastic!