Autism Awareness

April marks the first year that Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools (WS/FCS) has recognized Autism Awareness Month within the school system.
This proclamation was announced at the April 11, WS/FCS Board of Education meeting by Paula Wilkins, chief academic officer for the WS/FCS district.
“One of the things that has become increasingly important to me as the chief academic officer is how do we begin to capture and celebrate and recognize all of the various areas that are touched by our students and our education professionals,” Wilkins said. “When I found out it was the National Autism Awareness Month, I reached out to our autism support team (AU team) or multiple abilities program group to say, ‘hey, we would love to have this recognition’ and they helped to coordinate the resolution for the board meeting.” For more, see the Tuesday, April 18, 2023 edition.