It has always been a personal goal to combine my music with raising autism awareness. Many musicians already have done that in the past, and many more continue to do so. Red Thread shared this information with me about a band, Five for Fighting, that is doing that very thing right now:
The band Five for Fighting is generously donating $0.49 to AutismSpeaks for *each time* this video is viewed. The funding goes toward research studies to help find a cure. When you have a moment, please visit the link below to watch the video and pass it along to your friends and family. They were aiming for 10,000 hits, but last time I checked the page the counter was over 20,000. So check it out before they shut it down and pass the link to all your friends! As April is Autism awareness month I suspect that the 30th will be the last day the hits are counted (speculation on my part) so check it and pass it quick!
Click here to watch the video or copy and paste this link into your browser. Please share this with all of your friends and family.
http://www.whatkindofworlddoyouwant.com/videos/view/id/213154
Autism Awareness Month may be over. As 99.9% of parents of children on the spectrum will tell you, this one month just isn't enough, but in that time, let's do all we can and then spend the other 11months reminding everyone again.
