Today is World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) and to celebrate this event in the Philippines Autism Society of the Philippines is having a concert featuring a young Filipino musical prodigy with autism . If you are in other parts of the world like U.S., U.K., Canada, India, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Nigeria, Romania, Aruba, Mexico, Brunei Darussalam, Brazil and others, you can check this event calendar to where and when and how you can celebrate WAAD and raise awareness on autism
Date of Event: April 2, 2009
Location: Manila, Philippines
Name: “AutisMusical”
Description: Autism Society Philippines is having a WAAD Concert featuring a young Filipino musical prodigy with autism, Thristan “Tum Tum” Mendoza, on April 2 at 4:00 PM at SM The Block in North EDSA, Quezon City in celebration of the 2nd World Autism Awareness Day. Only 19 years old, Tum Tum, with his marimba and other percussion instruments, will share the stage with other musically-talented Filipinos with autism.
Lectures on “Understanding the Special Shoppers (with Autism)” are ongoing from March to April for security guards, housekeepers and other frontliners in the different branches around the country of SM Super Malls – the Philippines’ largest chain of shopping malls, including the second and the third biggest malls in the world.
Contact: Mr. Ranilo Sorongon, Executive Director, Autism Society Philippines
Phone: (632) 926-6941; (632) 929-8447
Email: autismphil@pldtdsl.net
Website: www.autismsocietyph.org
3 Comments
The concert sounds wonderful!
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2) Sige pag nalaman mo na sabay tayo magpunta? 😀
Happy World Autism Day to all!
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