Making Autism Acceptance Personal at Riverside School

At Riverside School in Princeton, NJ, everyone is coming together to celebrate National Autism Acceptance Month this April!

The entire school community, including students, teachers, and the PTO, collaborated to create special t-shirts for the month. They chose the theme "Make It Personal" from Autism New Jersey’s Ambassador Program and designed activities for students to participate in. Each grade has its own writing topic, where students can share personal stories about their experiences with people who have developmental disabilities, whether at school, home, or in the community. These stories will be showcased at a special assembly later in the month. Additionally, the PTO organized a design competition for awareness pins that everyone will proudly wear!

Princeton Public School District Newsletter highlighted some of the awareness activities at Riverside School and how educators and students are celebrating Autism Acceptance Month

Custom-designed T-shirts were created and designed by the students and staff!

The PTO sponsored a button design contest for acceptance pins.

Each grade level has written about a personal experience they have had in school or at home relating to people with developmental disabilities.

Each grade level has written about a personal experience they have had in school or at home relating to people with developmental disabilities.

Autism New Jersey provided acceptance resources emphasizing the Make it Personal theme.