Autism Bracelets

If you'd like to help promote autism awareness, many organizations are now selling autism bracelets. Many are silicone bracelets, made popular by Lance Armstrong's "Livestrong" cancer benefit, in a multi-colored design echoing the 'jigsaw puzzle' motif used to symbolize autism. Other silicone autism bracelets are solid blue, with imprints explaining their significance.

Many online jewelry stores carry beaded autism bracelets, usually with a variety of colored glass beads and puzzle piece or autism ribbon charms. The 'jewelry' autism bracelets come in many different styles, from understated silver designs with a single puzzle-piece charm to outrageous multi-charm bracelets in rainbow colors. Anyone who would like to raise autism awareness with a symbolic bracelet should be able to find one in a style they enjoy.

Regardless of which type of autism bracelet you would rather wear, you may want to make sure some of the proceeds go towards an autism organization or charity. Many autism groups have online stores on their own websites, offering bracelets and other autism awareness merchandise. By buying from a registered charity, you can be sure they will be benefiting from your purchase directly. However, other jewelers' sites openly state that a certain percentage of sales from their autism jewelry is donated to one particular group or another. If you aren't comfortable trusting what their website says, you could contact the charity group mentioned and ask if they have records of donations from that particular merchant.

Awareness bracelets can be great conversation starters, giving you many opportunities to talk about autism with people who may not know much about the disorder. Keep an eye out for other people's bracelets, and you may even meet others involved in the autism community!

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