RA First Lady Rita Sargsyan Participated in Walking Tour Dedicated to World Autism Awareness Day

The RA First Lady Rita Sargsyan today participated in the walking tour dedicated to World Autism Awareness Day. The march was organized by the national fund Autism chaired by the First Lady and with the assistance of Yerevan Municipality. It started from an area adjacent to Yerevan Municipality and finished at Liberty Square. Among the events organized in the framework of the walking tour the presentation of the song God’s Angels dedicated to children with autism and composed by Rita Sargsyan took place at Liberty Square. Among the events an open-air art painting exhibition of the alumni of the International Child Development Centre was also held. For the first time, following a number of world countries’ example the Lite It Up Blue campaign was organized in Armenia in the framework of which the building of Alexander Spendiaryan Opera and Ballet National Academic Theatre was lightened up blue. The aim of the initiative is to direct society’s attention to problems concerning autism through a blue light.