As we know it, autism awareness has been part of our world for over 20 years since the United Nations first mentioned it in 1999.  Since then, media outlets have pumped out information related to the DSM.   Like other marginalized groups,  autism has been misrepresented time and time again.  Because of this, people off the spectrum have been given the wrong idea about autism as a whole.   However, I believe there is a different approach to raising autism awareness and that is through education on the community level by individuals who live on the spectrum themselves.  

https://www.autism-society.org/about-the-autism-society/history/