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Highlights
Landmark Collaboration
The Hong Kong Autism Institute (HKAI) has announced a landmark collaboration with UNESCO Regional Office for East Asia and Special Olympics East Asia (SOEA) to promote World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) 2026 in Hong Kong SAR.
Unique Plenary Event: Sign Up!
The WAAD 2026 Plenary Event is the first of its kind anywhere in China. It is hosted at HKEX Connect Hall on 2 April between 2pm and 3.30 pm.
Light It Up Blue Campaign
Each year around the world people show their support for World Autism Awareness Day by ‘lighting it up blue’.
Our Vision
Our vision is for Hong Kong to be Asia’s Centre of Excellence for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
WAAD@Work
Join WAAD@Work sessions hosted for employees
and members by major Hong Kong organisations including:
• Actuarial Society of Hong Kong (ASHK)
• AXA Hong Kong and Macau
• DLA Piper, Hong Kong
• Ernst and Young, Hong Kong
• Manulife Hong Kong and Macau
Contact your HR department or speak to your manager to find out more. Interested in hosting a session in your workplace? Contact the HKAI here.
Support
“We are working to bring new perspectives on understanding Autism, its rapidly growing prevalence and the unavoidable need to engage with it from a social and economic standpoint.”
Damien Green
Founder,Hong Kong Autism Institute
“WAAD 2026 is about moving from awareness to participation, ensuring persons with autism are present and included in education, sport, work and community life. That inclusion benefits everyone, and it must be shaped with autistic voices and lived experience at the center.”
Professor Shahbaz Khan
Director and Representative of the UNESCO Regional Office for East Asia and Chair of the United Nations Theme Group on Disability in China
“Our organization has witnessed the transformative impact of inclusion when persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including autism, are meaningfully engaged in unified social activities, particularly in sport.”
Freda Fung
Regional President and Managing Director of Special Olympics East Asia
“As a market operator and listed company, at HKEX we are keenly aware of our responsibility to the community and are committed to supporting greater inclusivity in Hong Kong’s financial markets and our wider society. We are, therefore, proud to be a major partner supporting WAAD 2026 in Hong Kong and pleased to support efforts to raise Autism awareness."
Carlson Tong
Chairman, HKEX