Dubai Frame Shines a Light on World Autism Awareness Day

Press release

Published April 4th, 2018 - 05:31 GMT

More than 18,600 buildings in 142 countries took part in the ‘Light It Up Blue’ campaign initiated by Autism Speaks, a US-based advocacy organization.

Dubai Frame joined iconic landmarks across the globe yesterday when it was illuminated with blue light from sunset to sunrise to mark World Autism Awareness Day.

Held annually on 2^nd April, World Autism Awareness Day was created to increase public awareness and understanding of autism as a condition. Now in its eleventh year, the campaign sees organizations around the world celebrate the day with fundraising and educational events.

As part of its participation, Dubai Frame hosted students from the Ministry of Community Development’s Autism Centres in the morning, who distributed badges to the Dubai Frame team as well as visitors to the attraction.

More than 18,600 buildings in 142 countries took part in the ‘Light It Up Blue’ campaign initiated by Autism Speaks, a US-based advocacy organization.

Background Information

Dubai Municipality

The origin of Dubai Municipality was founded in 1954 commencing its activities with a cadre of seven employees undertaking simple tasks in cleaning the city.

The first decree establishing the Municipality was on February 28, 1957, whereby 23 municipal council members had been appointed from the elders of the country and traders with limited powers, the most important of which was to take care of health and architectural affairs of the city as well as to organize construction and beautification of the city and provide constructive suggestions to the government.