Today has been declared World Autism Day by the UN

My wife, Shirley, and I have been blessed with two wonderful children, now grown and living successful, happy lives. We have known people with autistic children, hence we've known a few autistic children. But we have never had to face this challenge ourselves.

I do not know the current statistics, but I believe either autism has been on the rise in recent years or our awareness and understanding of it has discovered more and better ways to diagnose the condition than in previous years.

I encourage you to look up information about autism today, and to help those you may know who are autistic and/or have autism in their families. What a wonderful idea it would be to aid someone today who may be autistic -- and to learn from them in return.
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April 2, 2008 | Filed Under Health News, World News