{"id":1494,"date":"2020-04-02T23:12:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T15:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wanahmadnajib.com\/?p=1494"},"modified":"2020-04-02T23:12:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T15:12:35","slug":"autism-aware-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wanahmadnajib.com\/?p=1494","title":{"rendered":"Autism Awareness Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 2 weeks of driving only within a 4km radius (home to the grocery store), finally drove out of Bukit Jelutong and head for a meeting at the Ministry of Health in Putrajaya to fulfill my call of duty.

It felt odd driving out during MCO, I had all the letters prepared in case I got stopped at a roadblock. But it actually felt kind of good to be able to drive a far distance especially with clear traffic (I actually enjoy driving except for traffic jams). It\u2019s nice to see the world.

I\u2019m happy to report that the roads were clear, there were not many cars on the road, majority of us are abiding to the MCO. Kudos and thank you Malaysia for staying at home – we can do this! 

However I was surprised to see so many cars at the Ministry of Health\u2019s office. The roadside was full of parked cars – I had trouble of finding parking at first but lucky enough to secure one. It shows that while we\u2019re all staying at home, they are working hard, structurally battling COVID-19 for us. So do them and Malaysia a favor – let\u2019s continue staying at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Front entrance of the Ministry of Health<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It was a good discussion, we\u2019ve more or less crossed the finish line. Keeping it a secret for now, look out for the announcement soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n


It\u2019s also another special day today – 2 April is World Autism Awareness Day. I wanted to wear blue for the meeting but we decided to wear the company shirt. Nevertheless, the moment I got back home, I quickly took a shower and put on a blue t-shirt – celebrating the day in blue at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Me in blue, my son in whatever<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I was pleasantly surprised with so many people celebrating the autism awareness day on social media despite the COVID-19. From the company I worked for to the Prime Minister, they had a posting on their Facebook walls celebrating it. This small gesture means a lot to people dealing with autism be it the individuals themselves or their families – a parent like me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Some of the many postings on Autism Awareness Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

All we want is for some awareness – never sympathy, just understanding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, as mentioned in the past few postings, my special son is going through a phase of his life where he tends to throw random tantrums – he is going through his early adolescent years. It can be challenging at times, I won\u2019t lie. Sometimes very very challenging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But deep down I know there is something right within him compared to the normal us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n


So world – thank you for the understanding and Happy World Autism Awareness Day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay home. Stay safe. Stay sane. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After 2 weeks of driving only within a 4km radius (home to the grocery store), finally drove out of Bukit Jelutong and head for a meeting at the Ministry of Health in Putrajaya to fulfill my call of duty. It felt odd driving out during MCO, I had all the letters prepared in case I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-notes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wanahmadnajib.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wanahmadnajib.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wanahmadnajib.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanahmadnajib.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanahmadnajib.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1494"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanahmadnajib.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1503,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanahmadnajib.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494\/revisions\/1503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wanahmadnajib.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanahmadnajib.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanahmadnajib.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}