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Today is World Autism Awareness Day!
Remember, if you do not know anyone who has Autism, you soon will!

A few facts:

• Autism is not a disease. It is a neurobiological (brain) disorder.
• Autism now affects 1 in 110 children and 1 in 70 boys.
• Autism prevalence figures are growing.
• More children will be diagnosed with autism this year than with AIDS, diabetes & cancer combined.
• Autism is the fastest-growing serious developmental disability in the U.S.
• Autism costs the nation over $35 billion per year, a figure expected to significantly increase in the next decade.
• Autism receives less than 5% of the research funding of many less prevalent childhood disorders!
• Boys are four times more likely than girls to have autism.
• There is no medical detection, or cure, for autism.

April is Autism Awareness Month. Join us in this campaign to bring awareness to the near-epidemic that is autism.

Here are just a few links for World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD). You’ll find events, materials that you can use around the internet, ideas to help you celebrate WAAD, and more.

World Autism Awareness Day
Light It Up Blue!
Autism Speaks