April 2 - International Day of Autism awareness

The National Museum of the Village "Dimitrie Gusti" is involved in the campaign "A necessary gift", as every year and supports the Help Autism Association in its development as well as other actions in order to draw attention to the issue of autism at national level.

30,000 people with autism are facing this diagnosis in Romania. The campaign "A necessary gift" is the way in which over 100 organizations in the field of autism invites Romanians to make good gifts.

Attention, understanding, support and acceptance are the most valuable gifts. Let's offer together neurodiversa people!, Is the urge under which the Help Autism Association, along with the organizations on the RO TSA network and the Federation for Rights and Resources for people with disorders in the autistic spectrum (FEDRA), launches the campaign, in order to draw attention to the particular needs that the 30,000 people have in Romania.

Symbol buildings from 6 cities in the country will be illuminated in blue - the color of autism, to draw attention to the problem at national level; kindergartens and schools take reading hours to encourage the understanding and acceptance of colleagues with autism; Companies take on digital lighting and organize actions for employees and customers; The artists invite the audience of culture and music to support the therapy programs; And the NGOs organize different actions in their centers and invite Romanians to make their own gifts necessary for children, adolescents and adults with autism.

"We have identified these needs to be essential for people with autism to be real help and integrated into the community. It is a campaign in which everyone can be involved with a necessary gift - a gesture, understanding, support and acceptance. This gesture can be a donation or a message made for a child you know, or for the local organization, you represent. ” - Raluca Bogdan, communication manager help autism.

Thus, 15 symbol buildings are illuminated in blue on the night of April 2: Bucharest - Creart - Center for Creation, Art and Tradition of the Municipality of Bucharest, National Museum of Natural History Grigore Antipa, George Enescu National Museum, National Museum of Dimitrie Gusti, Sky Tower, NEW TIMES; in Sibiu - Gong Theater; in Brașov - Brasov City Hall and the letters on Tâmpa; in Iași - the National Athenaeum in Iași, the National Museum Complex of Moldova Iași and Iași City Hall; in Alba Iulia - the monument of the Union; in Bistrița - Bistrița City Hall; And digital, they will illuminate their web pages: the administration of monuments and tourist heritage, Cărturești, Kaufland Romania. Other institutions and companies are expected to take over the building or online as a gesture in the initiative of the Blue Night of Autism, reached this year, the approach initiated by the Help Autism Association and the Association for Music, Art and Culture, with the involvement of the RO TSA and Fedra network.

9 kindergartens and schools have held an hour of special reading in order to understand and accept the different minds of children with autism, with the help of the book all my stripes (published in the AHA Books collection), a campaign that Help Autism extends throughout April. The kindergartens and schools in Romania can register on Undarnecesar.helpaautism.ro to receive the free educational kit that also contains the book, to organize its own special reading time.

Great artists of national and international scenes have chosen to use their voice to pay attention to various minds, inviting the public to enjoy a series of virtual meetings under the generic "Dialogues of the soul. Alice Nastase Buciuta with ..." organized by the Association for Music, Art and Culture, the Help Autism Association, Romania.

Between April 2-27, 2021, from 6:00 pm, the public will be able to meet with conductor Gabriel Bebeșelea, sopranos Laura Tătulescu, Leontina Văduva and Rodica Vică, Tenor Stefan Pop, Mezzosoprans Roxana Constantinescu and Andreea Iftimescu, Bariton Vlad Crosman And Vlad Maistorovici, the cellist Marin Cazacu, the Pianists Luminița Berariu, Mara Dobrescu, Thierry Huillet and Diana Ionescu and Anna Katharina Scheidereiter, CSR - Manager Kaufland Romania. All these virtual meetings will give the public's public not only the joy of meeting with some of the most talented musicians, but also the possibility to support children and teenagers with autism in donations in the Galantom platform.

The initiator organizations open the invitation to each to provide the most valuable gifts to people with autism, to mark together the international day of autism awareness throughout April. Those who wish can take the branch a necessary gift over the profile picture from Facebook or the sticker on Instagram Stories, and the web filter allows companies to symbolically illuminate the site.

At the same time, the organizations sent a memo to the authorities through which, the nearly 100 signatories require greater attention and responsible involvement of the politicians.

"The most widespread disorder of childhood is also the most neglected public health problem. The settlement of therapy hours is very small: a child with autism does between 2 and 4 hours a day of therapy for a period of years, their needs being covered almost exclusively by the family and the non-profit associations with their support."

1 in 54 children is affected by autism*. In Romania, NGOs estimate that over 30,000 people with autistic spectrum disorder (TSA) live, although only half are in the state records, of which 13 905 are children **, autism being considered the most widespread disorder of childhood.

Organizers: Help Autism, Ro Tsa, Fedra

Partners: The Administration of Monuments and Tourist Heritage, Creart - Creation, Art and Tradition Center of Bucharest, Grigore Natural History Museum, Sky Tower, National Museum of Dimitrie Gusti, Radio Hall, George Enescu National Museum, Noi Square, Ciurel Sts Tower, Gong Iași, the National Museum Complex of Moldova Iași, Iași City Hall, the Union Monument in Alba Iulia, Vastint, Cărturești, Mercury360, the Association for Music, Culture and Art and Kaufland Romania.

Media partners:
Radio Romania Cultural, Radio Trinitas, Radio Classic, newspaper Metropolis, Liternet.ro, Magazine My Urbea, IQads, Bookhub, Catchy, LiteRomania, Ageniadearte.ro, Verbs Describe US, Sensotv, Business Journal, 4arte.ro, online.ro, online and new Bucharest, Promenada Cultural, B365.ro, Artout, Republica Kritica, Music magazine of the UCMR, authentic.info, culture cup, positive Romania, Jurnal de Bucharest, Mami.ro, BZI, TVR International, Radio Romania Bucharest, Agerpres, Tango magazine, Great Love, Woman's Magazine, Morning, Spotmedia.ro, Cultural Events, Bucharest City News, Itsi Bitsi, Canal33, Ed Post, I Tour, Good Morning Bucharest, International TVR, Business24, Onlinegallery, National Criterion, Calendar Events, Roevents

** According to the CDC 2020 report available here.
** According to the data collected between January and June 2019 for the realization of the "national stage analysis of the situation of the ability / rehabilitation of the person with disorders in the autistic spectrum (child and adult), in order to develop the National Plan for autism 2020 - 2024".

Communication - Helpautism Association
goal. +40 726701437;raluca.bogdan@helpautism.ro; https://www.helpautism.ro; https://undarnecesar.helpautism.ro