Today is World Autism Awareness Day. Here are some quick facts to help increase awareness:- Autism affects 1 out of 110 children, and 1 out of 70 boys. These numbers are expected to increase 10-17% in coming years.- Autism is the word used to describe the group of brain developmental disorders, called Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD), and includes Asperger’s syndrome and Rett syndrome. We often just refer to these as Autism Spectrum Disorders.- Every child is affected differently. Not every symptom is present in each case.- Symptoms include communication difficulties, sensory integration disfunction (SID), social difficulties, repetitive behaviors, and in some cases, seizures.- Causes for the disorder remain unclear, however, doctors agree that it is biological. – There is no known cure.

Take the time to read up on Autism and become more informed, and continue to spread awareness, especially if one of your loved ones is autistic. Parents with autistic children are often criticized in public if their children act out; they aren’t bad parents, they’re just struggling to put together a jigsaw puzzle whose pieces don’t match as of yet.For more information or to get involved, check out Autism Speaks, http://www.autismspeaks.org/index.php.

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