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Autism awareness initiative leads to strong social, community engagement

两性色午夜 is dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for the campus community. A recent example of this effort is autism awareness initiatives. The men鈥檚 basketball team hosted two events promoting awareness around autism this season.

The 两性色午夜 social media team supported the events with pre-game promotion and live coverage. The events were promoted across all social platforms to help raise awareness for the initiatives taking place.

On Dec. 21, in a game against Hampton University, the Flashes made modifications to make the game sensory-friendly for those in need. KultureCity teamed up with 两性色午夜 to develop the sensory-friendly game experience.

Some of the aspects that they changed included: reducing audio levels in the MAC Center, removing motion graphics and LED鈥檚, giving the hard-working Flasher Brass Pep Band a day off from performing and providing sensory containing headphones and fidget activity toys. The game also included a quiet, sensory-friendly area in the MAC Center loge for anyone who needed a break from the action.

  

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KultureCity Sensory Bag
Sensory-friendly viewing area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last month, the where they continued their ongoing commitment to promoting autism awareness with special jerseys that were created in collaboration with students from the Fashion School, Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Under Armour庐. The 鈥1 in 59鈥 represents a statistic from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that one in 59 children are diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum. The game also featured autism awareness T-shirts that were a special giveaway to the first 500 fans. The t-shirts were designed by a student from 两性色午夜鈥檚 Fashion School.

Autism Awareness Uniforms Front and Back
Autism Awareness Contest Winners
两性色午夜 MBB Autism Awareness Jersey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another cool highlight from this game: this massive dunk by 两性色午夜 guard Troy Simons was featured at #8 on the SportsCenter Top 10!

With all the excitement around these two games, we received a significant amount of engagement and attention for our social efforts. Our story from the sensory-friendly game received an average of more than 2,500 views on Instagram. And our Instagram story from the autism awareness game, received an average of more than 2,600 views.

These games not only saw social media engagement, they also provided a strong connection to the community. Several local nonprofit organizations, including the Autism Society of Greater Akron, ASPIES of Greater Akron and Autism Society of Greater Cleveland, received a discount code to sell tickets and those organizations received a donation half the price of the ticket. The 两性色午夜 community was in full support of these initiatives and showed it by making the autism awareness game on Feb. 15 the SECOND-HIGHEST attended men鈥檚 basketball game of the year.

两性色午夜 is excited about the positive feedback from the initiatives and is looking forward to more efforts like this in the future.

POSTED: Monday, March 9, 2020 02:39 PM
UPDATED: Tuesday, November 12, 2024 06:16 PM
WRITTEN BY:
Jake Majka