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.

The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention call autism -‘a national public health crisis whose cause and cure remain unknown’

So, what happened and what caused the massive world wide pandemic?

No-one can say definitively,  although there are many suggestions and opinions.  I have mine, which I express in my books.  It has much to do with the toxins in our lives and the assault on our young children with multiple vaccines. I feel they get too much, too soon. When young  immune systems and brains are developing, the last thing they want is a host of multiple live viruses and toxic chemicals injected straight into the blood stream.

Like so many others, my son was fine for the first year of his life but something went drastically wrong after certain “recommended vaccines”.  Life has never been the same since.

As I said – too much, too soon.

Still life goes on and whilst most people are now familiar with the word autism there is still a lot of ignorance about the disability.  In some countries people with the condition are locked away for their own safety, never being allowed out because of other people’s attitudes towards them.  Hopefully today’s events will help more people understand.

I’m told my book “I’m Not Naughty - I’m Autistic” has helped many.  It’s written in such simplistic terms anyone can quickly read it and get a grasp of  some of the problems families face.

Today, autism will be mentioned at the United Nations, on tv channels, on the worldwide web and even on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.  It should generate significant media cover,  which is good.

Meanwhile, all the fuss will go completely over my son’s head, after all, it’s his birthday!

Jean Shaw

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