AUTISM AWARENESS DAY

Today is Autism Awareness Day. Please take the time to educate yourself more on this confusing disorder so you'll understand more about the lives of families living with it. When one person in a family suffers from it, the ENTIRE family suffers too. Please take a moment to thank your higher power for blessing you with typical children who know what it means to give and receive hugs. For those of us who have Autism living among us daily, we don't get those same hugs, it's viewed upon as something torturous by these individuals. Our kids don't understand emotions and don't know how to read social cues to have those normal bonding moments with others. Please take the time to recognize the signs so when you do see a parent struggling with an "out of control" child at the store, you'll be more inclined to offer up help vs saying, "that child needs a good beating". Autism is extremely confusing, it's not curable and extremely expensive to do what the mainstream medical professionals consider "quackery medicine" which is paying out of my own pocket to go to a DAN! doctor. When you get that amazing eye contact from your child when they look up and smile at you, know that those of us with Autism kids don't get that. Please teach your older children the signs and what they can do to help an Autistic child in their classroom. These kids do want friends, they just don't know how to socially be involved.

If you want to know what you can do today to show support, here are a few suggestions....

Hug an "Auti" parent today.

Get down on the level of an Autistic kid, point to your nose to demand eye contact and say a simple, "hello".

Donate to an Autism Charity.

Wear a puzzle piece on your lapel.

Donate your status on Facebook to say, "“Today I'm donating my status to WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY — help spread the word!”

Also, become a fan of "ASA" on Facebook.

If you want more info on Autism or different Charities as well as controversial methods of treating Autism, I LOVE getting on my soapbox and educating the world. I would rather people ask me about this disorder vs. ignoring my child altogether.

Remember, AUTISM SPEAKS AND THE WORLD NEEDS TO START LISTENING!