April is Autism awareness month

April is autism awareness month that began with the UN-sanctioned World Autism Awareness Day on April 2.

I wasn’t aware of this until I started researching the topic for my latest learning Cantonese and Mandarin podcast on autism (自閉症 / 自闭症 - zi6bai3zing3 / zìbìzhèng) and vaccinations (疫苗接種 / 疫苗接种 - jik6miu4 zip3zung3 / yìmiáo jiēzhǒng) and how the first recorded inoculation may have something to do with a Taoist hermit, a nun, and a ouija immortal. It also goes into the two different ways to say “thank you” in Cantonese.

For those of you learning English, I talk about something akin to “the world is your oyster,” “come hell or high water,” meltdowns, some cooking terms like: mirror glazed and piped decorations, and a bunch of other stuff…

Piqued your interest? It’s at: https://soundcloud.com/leslie-frank-643243096 (IF you’re on a desktop computer or tablet, this link is fine, BUT if you’re on a cell phone, this link might ask you to open/download the SOUNDCLOUD app, so if you don’t want to do that, choose the RADIOPUBLIC link below; IF you choose to download the app, click on the magnifying glass at the bottom of the app and search for “leslie frank”, then click on the “口” (mouth) icon; you’ll probably need to scroll down until you see the #15th episode)

OR

https://radiopublic.com/learn-cantonese-and-mandarin-for-8QdNJa

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