Today, April 2nd, is World Autism Awareness Day. This day in many countries, including the United States, programs are being sponsored by companies to encourage everyone to learn about autism and to help raise money to find a cure. Autism is a neurological disorder that last's throughout a person's lifetime. As of today, 1 in 150 individuals will be diagnosed with autism, roughly 67 children are diagnosed daily. That is a really scary statistic and imagine this: more children will be diagnosed with autism this year than with AIDS, diabetes, and cancer combined! As of today there is no medical detection or cure for autism, so a lot of money from families goes toward therapy for their child. Any child could roughly experience anywhere from ten to forty hours a week of therapy.
I am touched by this due to my niece. She is six years old and at the age of two and a half was diagnosed with autism. She has come a long way in the last three and a half years and we can not only thank that to the people who have helped in her recovery but to organizations like Autism Speaks who are raising funds to not only help families but to also find a cure.
To find out more information please visit the websites:
autismspeaks.org
worldautismawarenessday.org
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