Second April 2011.

The United Nations in Serbia and Serbian Association of Serbia to help people with autism are inviting you to mark World Autism Day.

Time: 12:00 to 13:00
Place: Art Gallery, Republic Square 5

The event will be a concert uprličen Aleksandra Simic and his ensemble Seraphim and a special program for children with autistic spectrum where the doctors učestvavti clowns, magicians and ballerinas.

Interested visitors will be after this event have the opportunity to attend the local premiere of the documentary film "Fairy Song", directed by Vladimir Ilic and produced by the Children's Cultural Center Majdan.

Please confirm your pristusvo via e-mail: communications.rs @ undp.org .

Belgrade this year joined the global campaign "Illuminated Blue" in which the best known features of the building will be lit in blue light in support of autism. Republic Square, the statue of Victor, New Railway Bridge are just some of the characteristics of which will be highlighted in blue in the first night and 2 of April.

See the official invitation:

22nd and 23 January of 2011, organized by the Balkan Media Center team and support the socially excluded citizens kategorijma "Beyond", under the auspices of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, held a training on "Public relations and public outreach for people with disabilities" to which was attended by our representatives.

On "Days of special education", held from January 15th to 13og in Subotica, president of the Association presented a paper titled "Autism in Serbia."

Under the slogan "for a life without barriers", organized by Hendi Center Coliseum and the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, the ceremony was held at the Sava Center, on the occasion of December 3rd - International Day of Persons with Disabilities, where he attended a music workshop Ruspoli

Music Workshop Ruspoli took part in the first inclusive festival "Note to everyone," 2og November of 2010 in the Theatre "Joakim Vujic" in Kragujevac, organized by the Institute for the accommodation of adult persons "Male bees"

18th-19. October of 2010, sponsored by UNDP Serbia and Autism Speaks, a seminar "Let's talk about autism"

The Association is a partner in the project "Regional Center for Monitoring the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Eastern Europe" together with the Centre for orijenaciju Society and the University of York

As members of Autism Europe, we are obliged to attend every year the General Assembly of Autism Europe

We inform you that the second April International Day of Persons with autism. In December 2007. year, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on 2 April was declared World day of people with autism. On the occasion of the second mark the World Day of Persons with Autism, "Autism Europe" reminds Member States of the European Union and the Council of Europe, the following fact: for great is the need to pay special attention to autism, taking into account the major problem of this type of disorder. Autism is a complex developmental disorder that occurs during the first three years of life. On the basis of factual data obtained by research, we now know that autism is not rare, and if it takes into account the whole spectrum of autistic disorders, this type of disorder include 0.6% of the total population. This means that in Europe there are about 5 million people with autism.

Member States of the European Union and the Council of Europe should lead the special attention to respect for their human rights and respect for their dignity. In order to guarantee the dignity of, people with autism should not be considered nor be treated as the population that is unable to achieve goals such as independence or autonomy in decision making. People with autism have the same human value as anyone else and therefore have the same human rights as well as other persons with disabilities. Due to the complexity of their needs, especially those belonging to vulnerable groups of people, even among people with disabilities. As underlined by the Council of Europe, people with autism are often multiple and severe discrimination.

No person with autism should not be deprived of the free development of his or her independent life, to the extent possible. Development of their unique potential, depends more on the accessibility of appropriate, early, extensive and life-long support measures than the level of their limitations.

States must ensure that people with autism access to adequate diagnosis and treatment in accordance with internationally recognized standards. People with autism also must provide access to standard health care services in accordance with their needs and to the extent these services are available to the general population.

The State must ensure that people with autism be accessible lifelong learning. For people with autism, education is much more than basic rights. Children with autism need to have a free, appropriate education from preschool. Specialized approach to education should encourage students in developing appropriate educational activities, in accordance with the child's best interests, and power needs. The priorities of the family should always be taken into account. Adults with autism should also benefit from continuing education, with a view to achieving the highest possible degree of an independent lifestyle and involvement in the work environment.