International autism awareness month
April 2, is the International awareness day!, but my life was agitated to say the list this past week so i will do my IDIC day today!!!!
Celebrating IDIC!
New CDC report estimates 1 in 88 children have an ASD
March 29, 2012
By Autism Society
Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its latest report that states 1 in every 88 U.S. children has autism. This affirms what we have already observed through the Autism Society’s national network. The population of individuals with autism in the United States is continuing to rise.
(...)
“The increasing rate of autism incidence should serve as an urgent call to action to address the most critical issue facing individuals with autism and their families right now: lack of access to affordable and appropriate services,” said Autism Society Board Chairman Jim Ball.
This report presents a number of other important details, including:
One in 54 boys and 1 in 252 girls also have ASDs
More children were diagnosed at earlier ages - a growing number of them by 3 years old. However, most children still were not diagnosed until after age 4. Diagnoses was particularly much later for children with Asperger’s Syndrome.
http://www.autism-society.org/news/1-in-88-children-have-asds.html
Aperger's is part of the ASD spectrum but it is in between ASD and neurotypicals (the other 88 of each 100)
I'm a mother of a ten years old, Ricardo. It was a very hard and long journey to have a diagnosis when he was just 7, but now he is at a school who understand him and have physical therapy with a group of autistic children every week and i see how he is opening to his little brother and to us little by little he is learning to live in this society who doesn't understand him.
I hope someday everybody understand that people are different but being different is not a sickness is not a disability is a difference and we must celebrate "The infinite diversity in infinite combinations".
Aspergers are like Mr. Spock or like Sherlock Holmes in a way, they don't understand humans/others and this conflict them and stress them. ( in Spock case he suffer for it; in Sherlock case he decides he doesn't care anymore)
It is difficult to try to fit in a world where no one accept differences
We have racism
Homophobia
and We reject Autistic people
There is a lot of news of police and teachers abuse of Aspergers
They are not dangerous
they haven't mental disabilities, in fact several of them are geniuses
They are not a time bomb
They are not Violent
They feel too much and more deeply than us and they need Structure, Concrete thinking, Logic and Anticipation to act, and they don't like you touch them without permission.
They need acceptance!
Maybe they don't look to you in to your eyes when you talk, but it is not because they don't care, or because they are hiding something from you it's because they don't understand you and maybe you frighten them!
They have a big backpack where they put all their stress and our abuse and bulling, and they
have meltdowns and shutdowns as children and teens and need solitude and space as an adults to control their emotions.
here a vid about Asperger syndrome so you understand it better :D
The Infinite diversity
SO IDIC IS THE WAY! WE Must Accept and Celebrate
in infinite combinations".
Celebrating IDIC!
New CDC report estimates 1 in 88 children have an ASD
March 29, 2012
By Autism Society
Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its latest report that states 1 in every 88 U.S. children has autism. This affirms what we have already observed through the Autism Society’s national network. The population of individuals with autism in the United States is continuing to rise.
(...)
“The increasing rate of autism incidence should serve as an urgent call to action to address the most critical issue facing individuals with autism and their families right now: lack of access to affordable and appropriate services,” said Autism Society Board Chairman Jim Ball.
This report presents a number of other important details, including:
One in 54 boys and 1 in 252 girls also have ASDs
More children were diagnosed at earlier ages - a growing number of them by 3 years old. However, most children still were not diagnosed until after age 4. Diagnoses was particularly much later for children with Asperger’s Syndrome.
http://www.autism-society.org/news/1-in-88-children-have-asds.html
Aperger's is part of the ASD spectrum but it is in between ASD and neurotypicals (the other 88 of each 100)
I'm a mother of a ten years old, Ricardo. It was a very hard and long journey to have a diagnosis when he was just 7, but now he is at a school who understand him and have physical therapy with a group of autistic children every week and i see how he is opening to his little brother and to us little by little he is learning to live in this society who doesn't understand him.
I hope someday everybody understand that people are different but being different is not a sickness is not a disability is a difference and we must celebrate "The infinite diversity in infinite combinations".
Aspergers are like Mr. Spock or like Sherlock Holmes in a way, they don't understand humans/others and this conflict them and stress them. ( in Spock case he suffer for it; in Sherlock case he decides he doesn't care anymore)
It is difficult to try to fit in a world where no one accept differences
We have racism
Homophobia
and We reject Autistic people
There is a lot of news of police and teachers abuse of Aspergers
They are not dangerous
they haven't mental disabilities, in fact several of them are geniuses
They are not a time bomb
They are not Violent
They feel too much and more deeply than us and they need Structure, Concrete thinking, Logic and Anticipation to act, and they don't like you touch them without permission.
They need acceptance!
Maybe they don't look to you in to your eyes when you talk, but it is not because they don't care, or because they are hiding something from you it's because they don't understand you and maybe you frighten them!
They have a big backpack where they put all their stress and our abuse and bulling, and they
have meltdowns and shutdowns as children and teens and need solitude and space as an adults to control their emotions.
here a vid about Asperger syndrome so you understand it better :D
Click to viewThe Infinite diversity
SO IDIC IS THE WAY! WE Must Accept and Celebrate
in infinite combinations".