Autism Sunday and Autism Twitter Storm on February 13th

Posted by on Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

The International Day of Prayer for Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome aka "Autism Sunday," will be observed this Sunday, February 13, 2011. The annual event, which was originally started in 2002 by UK residents Ivan and Charika Corea, has since grown into a worldwide phenomena and is observed on the second Sunday in February. Churches of [...]

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Why Autism and Why Me?

Posted by on Saturday, January 29th, 2011

Over five years ago, when we first received our son’s autism diagnosis, one of the first questions I remember asking myself was, "Why me?" "Was I being punished for something I had previously done?" and "What did we do to be dealt such a painful lot?" It’s reasonable to assume that most parents have posed [...]

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  • * In 1970, Autism affected 1 out of 10,000 children
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