I must take this time to emphasize how much autism awareness can benefit from hosting Tommy Hilfiger on your The Ellen Show. I was once again reading the Autism Speaks official blog and learned that Autism Speaks in conjunction with the New York Center for Autism hosted an event called A Funny Affair For Autism. During this event, performances from Saturday Night Live stars, Seth Myers and Bill Hader were featured and with the 4o0 guests that attended 1.3 million dollars were raised.
Seeing as the only media coverage of this event was the Wall Street Journal, I feel as though Autism Speaks needs to be exposed to people of a younger and more mainstream demographic. Your show targets this perfect group of people. Bringing the issue of autism into the mainstream will put autism in the faces of many people who do not understand how big of an issue autism is and growing to be. Please take a look at the posted published by the Autism Speaks blog posted here: http://bit.ly/rtGeF5, and take everything into consideration when thinking about the possibilities that could be realities if you take the time to help spread autism awareness into the mainstream.
This is a wonderful, inspiring video made this year by People CD Inc. relating to the families and friends of those with autism. With the growing rate of autism at an all time high right now, it is important to know that it is the individual and those who have a relationship with the individual who all are affected by autism.
Jenny McCarthy has already spoken about autism on the Ellen show. It is time to get a new spokesperson talking about how autism has affected their life. Fashion Designer Tommy Hilfiger has a son with autism, and has partnered with Autism Speaks to share his story.
To get Tommy on the Ellen show speaking about how having a son with autism has affected his life would give the public a whole new perspective on the cause. Tommy would reach out to publics that Jenny McCarthy and Toni Braxon have not, and he will be a fresh face to the public.
Another person in the public’s eye who suffers from autism is Heather Kuzmich. A contestant on America’s Next Top Model, Heather made it through many rounds, not letting her Asperger’s syndrome get in the way of her reaching for her dreams.
It would be a great idea to have Tommy Hilfiger on the Ellen Show and have Heather make an appearance, modeling Tommy’s new ready to wear collection. The segment will then wrap up urging the public to donate to Autism Speaks so that we can get one step closer to finding a cure for autism.
The individual with autism is not the only one that suffers from the issue. The entire family is affected by the day to day struggles. Watch this video from Autism Speaks’ YouTube page and see for yourself what families go through every day.