Timothy Chapman
04/03/2023
Every year during the month of April is Autism Awareness month, and the city of Mission has partnered up with Bebo’s Angels to create a first annual event called Superheroes Autism Day that will take place from 11am – 1 pm April 15 at Bannworth Park.
Bebo’s Angels is a non profit organization created to provide education and support to families with loved ones who are on the Autism Spectrum Disorders. The organization strives to make a constant difference in the minds of individuals autistically inclined at some level according to bebosangels.org
Media Relations Director for the city of Mission Kenia Gomez listed the events and activities that will be at the Superheros Autism Day.
“We’re going to begin with the one mile walk around Bannworth park and then we’re going to have a lot of activities, we are going to have a petting zoo, we’re going to have some small carnival rides, prizes and activities for the kids to just have a good day, Gomez said,” Kenia said.
She said the city of Mission took notice that other cities weren’t doing activities similar to this such as including a walk to bring awareness to Autism.
“This was important for the city because we noticed nobody else was doing this. and that is why it was important for Mission to host something like this for the first time,” Kenia said.
Board member of Bebo’s Angels and the event coordinator for Superhero Autism Day Linda Gomez explains what the meaning of Autism Awareness month is.
“We want to be able to educate the community about Autism. We want them to understand that our children want to be included in any social events that they might have. We always like to promote education for our community, education for our parents and this is what Autism awareness is,” Linda said.
She said she has kids of her own who are on the spectrum, so she understands the struggles other families deal with not being included in other social activities such as being invited to play with other kids or going to parties. Linda Gomez wants to show the community that kids with autism are here to stay.
“It is to bring awareness to go ahead and show the community that they are here, they’re not going away. And we need to learn as a community, we need to learn about them. They don’t need to learn about us as much, but we need to learn about them so they can be successful,” Linda said.
To learn more about Bebo’s Angels you can visit their website bebosangels.org
And you can visit austismspeaks.org to learn more about Autism Education and Resources.
Thank you Mission, TX. attended the first annual Autism celebration. Grandson and I had a fantastic time and thank you to everyone taking part in this celebration. Mission Pharr McAllen