April: Autism Awareness & Acceptance Month

April is always a busy month, but in a good way. It's always the month I get to attend the Autism Conference at UVU, which is always amazing. This year the speaker was Ron Suskind: journalist and author of Life, Animated. I had previously purchased his book, which I am really happy I did because they ran out of books to buy really quickly at the conference. Anyway, I got to meet him and get his autograph, as well as listen to him talk about his son and their journey as an autism family. He was pretty incredible. The classes I took were equally amazing and I had just a great time! 

The Melisa Nellesen Center for Autism at UVU finally finished being built and had its ribbon cutting! I am super excited about this center because it is going to be such a great resource for so many families in the community, as well as a huge asset to UVU. Being on the Parent Advisory Board for the autism center, I know so many people have put so much energy and work into making the center a reality and I am just so excited that it is complete! 

Finally, UVU held its annual Uplifting Celebration for Autism and it was fun but so much more crowded than previous years. Which is great! But also, super crazy. The boys loved the reptile booth the most, but there were all sorts of activities to do. And yes, I know the balloons are bad for the environment. I'm still trying to convince them to do something else.