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Mother’s Day is upon us, and this year, we want to pay a special tribute to all the moms of children with disabilities.

In honor of National Autism Acceptance Month, we’d like to take the opportunity to lay out the basics of autism spectrum disorder and, more importantly, dispel the widely held myths about this complex developmental disability.

Media has the power to shape our perception, making it vital that we all see characters with intellectual and developmental disabilities represented fairly and authentically. We discuss the issue here and get you started with a list of 50 books featuring characters with disabilities.

March is National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, a time for us to celebrate all the achievements made by and for people with disabilities, as well as look to the future and what we have yet to accomplish.

This year has unquestionably been one for the record books, as 2020 brought with it new and unforeseen challenges. But while it would be easy to reflect on all the difficulties of 2020, it’s important to remember all the beautiful things that happened this year too.

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