HOUSTON – April 2nd is World Autism Awareness Day and KPRC 2 is once again proud to partner with Autism Speaks to help support families across the Houston area. Today as part of World Autism Awareness Day, KPRC2 Owen Conflenti is reading a book written by a local mom and illustrated by her son who is an award-winning artist and advocate for others on the autism spectrum like himself. Big thanks to Jigsaw Grant and LongTale Publishing for allowing us to share the book “Grant the Jigsaw Giraffe: Different is More” with you today. Autism Speaks Houston. KPRC 2 meteorologist Britta Merwin also interviewed Grant and his mom in order to help raise additional awareness about autism in the month of April.

HOUSTON – It’s Storytime again at KPRC 2! But now, it’s your kids’ turn to tell their stories. As social distancing continues, KPRC 2 wants to continue our story readings, but instead of published stories by established authors, we want to give our community’s kids a chance to be heard. Parents and guardians -- To submit on your kids’ behalf, submit photos of original hand-drawn and handwritten work in the app below. Selected stories of no more than 500 words will be read on Facebook Live by KPRC 2 anchors and reporters.