"AUTISM"

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Event to commemorate 2019 World Autism Awareness Day (A/RES/62/139) entitled “Assistive Technologies, Active Participation”. (co-organized by the Department of Global Communications and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs)

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Ten-year-old Samer was born with autism in Mosul, Iraq. Struggling with his disability and needs for special care, Samer lived in isolation for years before a community centre in Lebanon offered him a chance to connect with other children. UNHCR

Event entitled “Empowering Women and Girls with Autism” (on the occasion of the World Autism Awareness Day (A/RES/62/139)) (co-organized by the Permanent Missions of Argentina, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Denmark, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan and Poland, the Department of Public Information and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the UN-Women)

At a special United Nations (UN) event called "Empowering Women and Girls with Autism", Julia Bascom, the Executive Director fo the Autistic Self Advocacy Network said that we can teach the autistic girls from the moment they were born that “their feelings and experiences and preferences are important.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Brenden Varma, Spokesperson for the President of the 72nd Session of the General Assembly.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

High-level event on “Population in Movement: Addressing the Opportunities and Challenges to Ensure Care and Services to the Migrants with Autism and Developmental Disabilities”.

Special Event ‘Toward Autonomy and Self-Determination” to mark World Autism Awareness Day. Keynote address by Prof. Simon Baron-Cohen, Director, Autism Research Center, University of Cambridge, UK.