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Team Aruba Speaks for Autism

Eman. “We recognize that
we’re in a place of influ-
ence and, whenever pos-
sible, want to use that for
good. Promoting our island
of Aruba through Aruba.
com and the Aruba Air-
port Authority is one of our
top priorities, but it’s also
important to us to raise
awareness and give back
to organizations like Autism
Speaks. It’s truly an honor to
be able to do so.”

April is Autism Awareness
Month. It’s easy to get in-
volved. Find out ways at
Continued from Page 14 know the difficulty involved, Team Aruba worked with the diagnosis. It’s important www.autismspeaks.org or
but when people see us the family from Union to for everyone to understand visit the Team Aruba pit
It is surely harder than it supporting the cause, they form a large team to par- the behaviors, prevalence area at a PDRA event. q
looks, and I think that is the are often thankful that the ticipate in the Autism Walks and range of complexities
reason people get emo- cause is being given atten- in Charlotte, NC at Char- in autism. We’re so happy
tional about it. The rest of tion.” lotte Motor Speedway. to support autism aware-
the world probably doesn’t “Throughout the years, ness and use our platform
we’ve really enjoyed meet- as a race team to give
ing families affected by back.
Autism and doing things to
offer support, raise aware- “We’re always grateful to
ness, and raise funds. These be out here doing what we
stories really hit home when love and we try not to take
linda.reijnders@cspnv.com you meet the faces behind it for granted,” continued