Today is World Autism Awareness Day.  It’s also my son’s birthday.

He has autism.

When he was first diagnosed with the lifelong disability, it was relatively  unheard of. Back in 1993, at the age of four, the statistics were four or five out of every 10,000 got the short straw.  At the time I had trouble finding anyone who knew anything about it.

Today, depending on which report you read, autism affects one out of every 100 and everyone’s at least hear of it.  However, very few really understand how it affects not just the person concerned, but all the family.  Read more... (408 words, 0 images, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

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