Excellent & valuable information posted by “Topics With Passion
April 2nd is World Autism Awareness Day.
Quick facts about autism:
- 1% of the worldβs population have Autism
- 21% of children with an ASD have been excluded from school at least once
- Autism affects how a person communicates with and relates to, other people
- Autism is on the rise
- Children and adults with autism have difficulties with everyday social interaction
- Kids with autism are typically diagnosed at around 3 or before
- No exact cause is known yet
- There is no cure and many people with Autism say none is needed, maybe we should listen?
- When caught early, the chances of minimizing the effects of autism are significantly reduced
- You cannot outgrow Autism
There is also a condition called Asperger syndrome, which is a form of autism used to describe people who are usually at the higher functioning end of the autistic spectrum.
Having autism is not a tragedy like manyβ¦
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I have and dearly love an Aspie teen son . . wouldn’t trade him for a million ‘normal’ boys!!
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I have made several friends here on WP, and I support them all the way!!!!
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Their world is awesome . . sometimes my son lets me peek into his world . . I am very honored for the privilege π
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It is an honor. Not a hateful bone in their bodies. π
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So so true!!
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