Light It Up Blue

Autism Speaks has an international project for World Autism Awareness Day: Light It Up Blue.

According to their website, "On the night of April 1, prominent buildings across North America and the world including the Empire State Building in New York City and the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada will be lit up blue to raise awareness for autism and to commemorate World Autism Awareness Day on Friday, April 2."

They also suggest ways for individuals to get involved: by blogging about the event to raise awareness, wearing your Autism Speaks puzzle piece pin, advertising the event through Facebook, even baking puzzle-shaped cookies to bring to your workplace or child's school.

The webpage, lightitupblue.org, also has a slide show of buildings that have "lit it up blue" in the past. They invite communities who join the event to post their own photos on a public Flickr gallery.

Also for World Autism Awareness Day, don't forget about the Be a Piece of the Puzzle event by the Bridges of Indiana!