Events in Humboldt spotlighting Autism Awareness continued Friday afternoon.

As we told you here at the start of April, the month is exactly that.

Humboldt & District Community Services opened their Main Street location for a couple hours.

Saskatoon Health Region Consultant Shelley Kolisnek was on hand.

"Autism is on the rise, we're getting better at diagnosing and understanding and helping children at a lot younger age," she said regarding where they are at with services. "We find that if we can intervention in place that they don't lose ground and they learn very, very well and become productive and have friends. That's certainly what we want for them."

Also present at the come and go event that included blue donuts from the Danish Oven and Tim Horton's was Cherene Erikson. Kolisnek describes her as "Austism super mom." Erikson's daughter is Autistic.

"You never know what they are going to do, what they are going to say," she said of her day as a parent. "I don't look at anything she does negatively, it's a learning challenge for me as a parent and she teaches me more than anyone ever could in life," she beamed.

She has become an advocate for awareness and will be helping out with a few other events before April is out. She will be at Humboldt Public School plus she is organizing a walk for awareness on April 28th at the HPS track.

"Educate yourself, don't judge," Erikson urged. "Just because it may look like a child is having a bad day or a temper tantrum, it doesn't mean that they are a bad kid. Educate yourself and be aware of what's going on, don't be naive about it."

If you want more information regarding the "Light it Up Blue" campaign or the walk they can help at the HDCS office.by calling 682-1455.