#WalkInRed announcement

It has recently been brought to my attention that the #WalkInRed campaign which was made to counteract Autism Speaks’ #LightItUpBlue campaign has changed their hashtag for 2016. The new hashtag is #REDinsted, a tag which the campaign leader(s) chose because it is more inclusive to people who can’t walk.
From what I’ve seen in many recent posts on Tumblr most people aren’t aware of this change and are still referring members of the public to the #WalkInRed tag, which is unlikely to contain much relevant information this year due to the fact that the people running the campaign are no longer using that tag. Now, I know that many people are going to find the transition to the new tag difficult, especially if they’ve already created posts or taken photos involving the old tag, but the transition will be much more difficult if it happens in the middle of April when someone mentions the tag change, so if people could reblog and signal boost this post to get the information it before April that would be great.
Note: I had no part in the making of the campaign or the change in tags, I’m just passing along the information. How you transition your posts, and even whether you transition them at all or not, is up to you; my recommendation would be to simply start transitioning your posts over to the new tag when you can, and not to worry about the posts you’ve already made.
Some tags which you may see being used in addition to #REDinstead are #LightItUpRed and #LIUR, but those tags are likely to be used less, so you may not see as much activity in them.

30 March 2016
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