PHOTOS: MTA Celebrates Autism Acceptance Month with Public Service Campaign

See the Animation Playing on Digital Screens Throughout the Transit System

See Photos of Lights at Penn Station and Grand Central Madison Concourses

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is celebrating Autism Acceptance Month in April as the Long Island Rail Road concourses at Penn Station and Grand Central Madison are lit up in blue and digital screens across the transit system are displaying Autism Acceptance Month messages.

"By recognizing Autism Acceptance Month, the MTA is celebrating the uniqueness that makes our city and transit system special," said MTA Chief Customer Officer Shanifah Rieara. "We're dedicating our 10,000 screens across the system to broadcast messaging promoting autism acceptance and lighting our high trafficked terminals like Penn Station and Grand Central Madison in blue."

Autism Acceptance Month works to foster inclusion and increase understanding on what it means to be a person with autism while celebrating their accomplishments and contributions to society.