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What hub am I talking about? The Autism Hub! It would be a glorious day if I ever got to see the Autism Hub speak internationally; on television and in world-wide publications! The world can’t even begin to imagine the impact that autistic members on the hub could inject!

I can imagine it now . . . people would be saying, “What’s all the hubbub about?” Any creative ideas and/or suggestions fellow hubbers on how our spokes can reach more folks?

My suggestion is we start rolling around this planet in whatever ways we can draw attention. We need more than t-shirts and the internet; we need big businesses on our side. Fight fire with fire and let the burning wheel turn on the light for those being led into the dark! I bet if we pooled our individual assets together (besides all the great reading material we create), we too could move boldly forward like ‘Autism Speaks’ Not.

United we stand — divided we fall. Let’s not just stand our ground on what we believe or merely walk for autism; let’s run for autism! As in “Run, Forrest, Run” (as vigorously said in the Forrest Gump movie) . . . let’s hear “Run, Hub, Run!” Make it sound so fun that all children would want a ‘hub’ toy to play with. Let McDonalds and Burger King put that in their Happy Meal! . . . but first Hollywood needs to get going on making movies depicting characters on the autism spectrum as being fun to know. Hey Alex, do you think you could get Yellow Sneakers¹ to run that way? Maybe then businesses targeting children like Toys ‘R Us and Build-A-Bear Workshop would maybe get a little nervous.

Children have a sense of what’s crap versus what’s real, let them be our campaign managers. People can’t make a decision unless they’re reminded of there being two sides to a puzzle; one side hides the picture, while the other exposes it.

We need to be putting a face to autism that others are not seeing.

¹Yellow Sneaker Media and WrongPlanet.net (the world’s largest online resource and community for those with Asperger’s Syndrome) are founded by Alex Plank. Here is a video of Alex Plank (an Aspie) talking to parents of children with Aspergers. ↓