Autism Jewelry for Fundraising and Awareness
by With the rising incidences of autism and autism spectrum disorders, more and more people are becoming vocal about this disability. Many decorate their car with magnetic decals, wear T-shirts that speak about autism, and adorn themselves with autism jewelry.
Autism jewelry is great for both men and women, and can be used to raise awareness or for fundraising purposes.
Autism Jewelry – The Symbols and Meanings
The symbol of autism awareness is the puzzle piece. This was chosen because of the mystery and complexity surrounding the autism diagnosis. There are so many categorizations and symptoms of autism, some of the contradictory. The puzzle piece symbol is very fitting.
Autism symbology often uses the primary colors of red, yellow, and blue. These colors are bright, happy colors associated with childhood. They also symbolize the many faces of autism today.
Autism Jewelry – The Autism Ribbon
Like most modern causes, autism has a ribbon. Breast cancer has a pink ribbon, heart disease’s ribbon is red. Autism uses the multi-colored puzzle piece design to cover its ribbon. This ribbon design is used in a lot of autism jewelry. It is also used for magnetic car signs, clothing decoration, and other autism awareness items.
Autism Jewelry – Retail Sources
If you wish to purchase autism jewelry for your personal use, you can find many different styles at the retail sources listed below. Some popular autism jewelry styles include stretchy bracelets with ribbon and puzzle piece charms, large puzzle piece key chains or necklace charms, and autism wristbands.
Some of the most popular places to purchase autism jewelry, and other autism awareness items, online are
AutismGear.com
,
CraftsNScraps.com
, and
AutismAwarenessJewelry.com
.
Autism Jewelry – Wholesale Fundraising Sources
If you want to purchase autism jewelry in bulk to sell it for fundraising purposes, you will probably either need a resale license or be a recognized charity. You can purchase key chains, necklaces, bracelets, and other autism jewelry items in bulk.
A few places that sell wholesale autism jewelry are
Fundraising-JewelryWholesale.com
and
AwarenessDepot.com
.
If you or your group is planning an autism fundraising event, it is a good idea to purchase a large quantity of autism jewelry. Mark the items up a certain percentage and send all the profits to your autism charity of choice.
Wearing autism jewelry is a great way to show your involvement with this common disability. You can choose to wear autism jewelry to create camaraderie with other parents of autistic spectrum children. You can also purchase wholesale autism jewelry for fundraising sales. Whatever reason, autism jewelry is a great thing to purchase and wear.
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Post Commentmortysmadhouse
On August 9, 2009 at 11:47 pm
Thank you for your post. I am a mother of two boys with autism – our eldest has ASD (autistic spectrum disorder) and our youngest has PDD-NOS (pervasive development disorder – not otherwise specified). Autism is becoming a more common disability, mainly due to people\’s awareness of the disorder. I know that here in Perth, it is very hard to find merchandise promoting autism awareness (even from the Autism Association, it can be difficult). Here, Autism Awareness month is in May – I will be ordering in some merchandise so that my partner and I can sell them at work (and donate profits to the Autism Association of course!).
Thank you once again,
Roxy
K L Williams
On May 9, 2010 at 3:41 pm
jewelry with a cause is great! my son also has ASD but thankfully he is considered high functioning. he loves to sit down with me and string beads and crystals, he is very into his art. thanks for bringing more awareness through this article
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