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'Special Education Week' and 'Autism and ADHD Awareness Month' Messages – Hoax-Slayer

Outline

Circulating social media messages claim that it is Special Education Week and Autism and ADHD awareness month and ask that users post the information and leave it as their status for one hour.  




Brief Analysis

Any credible information about an officially designated, national US-based “Special Education Week” is difficult to locate. And the messages circulate continually but contain no information about what particular week or month of the year the events described supposedly take place. There are Autism and ADHD months, but they do not generally occur at the same time. Posting this foolish and misleading message is counterproductive. It is certainly not an effective way of raising awareness of special education requirements or of the needs of children with Autism or ADHD.

Example

Special Education Week Message

anyone willing to leave this on there status for an hour? It’s special education week, Autism and ADHD awareness month – This is in honor of all children who struggle every day



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