Worldwide Autism Awareness day and April is Autism Awareness month.
AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING STARTS WITH YOU, YES YOU!!!
Please do your part and educate yourself about Autism, and then educate others around you.
Please tune into CNN News channel or www.cnn.com and encourage others to do the same.
CNN Starts the Drumbeat: See What's In Store for April 2
Curious about autism? Want to know more? Your appetite for information will be more than satisfied if you sit through, read, or tape CNN's full 24 hours of autism coverage, planned for April 2 (World Autism Awareness Day).
Quick facts about Autism:
- Autism is developmental disorder.
- Currently 1 in 150 children in the US are affected. 1 in 94 American boys.
- Fastest growing developmental disorder with 10-17% growth per year.
- 67 children are diagnosed per day
- More children will be diagnosed with autism this year than with AIDS, diabetes & cancer combined
- Autism is a Spectrum disorder ranging from low-functioning with possible mental retardation to high-functioning with high IQ and genius or savant like skills
- No 2 people with Autism are affected in the same manner
On behalf of me and my special angel and all the other families out there COPING with autism….please spread the word and get educated!!!
~UNDISCOVERED SOUL~NO ESC TRUE LOVE~