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This new page to highlights and challenge awareness with individual with invisible difficulties from High-functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome through to Dyslexia and learning based mental health issues. 

The main purpose is to highlight awareness the invisible difficulties certain people have. Also to challenge the attitudes which can cause many people unnecessary life obstacles. Over a period of time a resource for reference will be developed on solutions and helpful references.

This new differences concept was based on what was created with autism challenge over a ten year period. focusing on issues affecting people with autism and Asperger Syndrome. However there are people other than autism also face certain difficulties some similar to people with autism with other difficulties are more unique. In addition many more people people face similar obstacles and face particular issues with lack of understanding, intolerance and even have certain opportunities denied and even being simply under valued. 

With the examples mentioned this is why I wanted to develop the autism challenge idea further and expand the initiative to cover more variety of people (some of the examples I mentioned on this page) this will be under the new differences name. 

A part of the new website Autism Challenge is moved to this website and now part of the Differences family of initiatives. Now more can be developed with integrated initiatives, campaigns and projects in one place.

The main content areas featured on this website includes

What's new

The visual art project "Stop the Freaks.." is available to view to all web users for the first time. 

You can able to view the original Differences campaign "Stop blaming people for their difficulties" along with new written issues & topics related to reach design.

A new Differences and Autism Challenge networking page on Facebook is now live  Click here to see the page.  

This will be an opportunity for many people to be in touch and to participate with any features part of this initiative.

What's to come

More designs will be added to the "Stop the Freaks.." project

A new integrated project throughout the year called the Differences Awareness series, a project which uses art and design, written issues together with campaign messages. This will start with World Autism Awareness Day on April 2nd (under the autism challenge banner) and continues with World Mental Health Day in October and World Learning Disability Day in December. Other awareness events will also included part of the Awareness Series.

Please note this website will not be aimed at personality related mental health however the entire mental health spectrum will be highlighted generally on certain occasions for specific campaigns, topics and resources.