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Peabody To Go Blue For Autism Awareness

Peabody Public Schools is asking students to wear the Peabody Tanner school colors to support autism awareness and acceptance on Friday.

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Since Peabody Schools were not in session on World Autism Day on April 2, the district is asking students to wear blue this Friday to show support for their autistic classmates.
Since Peabody Schools were not in session on World Autism Day on April 2, the district is asking students to wear blue this Friday to show support for their autistic classmates. (Dave Copeland/Patch)

PEABODY, MA — Peabody Public Schools students are going blue for autism awareness and acceptance on Friday.

Because the district had last Friday — which was World Autism Day — off because of Good Friday, students will be wearing Peabody colors in support of their autistic friends and classmates this Friday.

Students wearing blue who would like their pictures shared on social media are asked to tag them #peabodylightingitupblue.

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Peabody police are also selling a special autism awareness police badge this month with money raised going to Northeast Arc services.

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(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)

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