Autism Awareness
As some of you may know my son Mikey is severly autistic. We have been really lucky with all the help and support that we have needed since his diagnosis at 2 - he is now 9 1/2 but still non verbal - but other people are not so lucky, due to costs and lack of support etc. Many children with early intervention and support can lead very full lives but they need access to the help to begin with.
I saw this note on keepaofthecheez's LJ this morning and I hope she won't mind me copying the note and link. Please, please take a minute to watch the video. Autism is a struggle for the children/people who suffer the syndrome but also for those who care for them every day. If there is no help and support it becomes almost impossible.
Anyway....
The band Five for Fighting is generously donating $0.40 to http://www.autismspeaks.org/ each time http://www.whatkindofworlddoyouwant.com/videos/view/id/408214=20 is viewed. The funds raised will go toward research studies to help find a cure for autism. When you have a moment, please watch this informative clip, featuring touching photos of a beloved daughter and her family.
Please, PLEASE watch the video, have your friends and families watch it, and post this to your journals. This is an issue close to my heart, as many of you know, and I think it's a wonderful cause to spread. I wouldn't ask otherwise.
There are insurance companies who refuse to pay for much needed therapy to help these children. The earlier it's caught and they CAN get the therapy, the better chance they have of leading fuller, more interactive lives with the world around them. Every day counts, and there are so many who are slipping through the cracks. So many. Please do what little you can, watch the video, watch it lots of times, leave it running in the background, get other people to watch it, donate to your local or state autism societies, learn more about this so you can help parents who have children who they love desperately, and who sometimes feel a little crazy BECAUSE they love them so much, and yet feel like sometimes they just can't get through.
Thank you to xingou for the head's up. ♥
Thanks for helping xx
I saw this note on keepaofthecheez's LJ this morning and I hope she won't mind me copying the note and link. Please, please take a minute to watch the video. Autism is a struggle for the children/people who suffer the syndrome but also for those who care for them every day. If there is no help and support it becomes almost impossible.
Anyway....
The band Five for Fighting is generously donating $0.40 to http://www.autismspeaks.org/ each time http://www.whatkindofworlddoyouwant.com/videos/view/id/408214=20 is viewed. The funds raised will go toward research studies to help find a cure for autism. When you have a moment, please watch this informative clip, featuring touching photos of a beloved daughter and her family.
Please, PLEASE watch the video, have your friends and families watch it, and post this to your journals. This is an issue close to my heart, as many of you know, and I think it's a wonderful cause to spread. I wouldn't ask otherwise.
There are insurance companies who refuse to pay for much needed therapy to help these children. The earlier it's caught and they CAN get the therapy, the better chance they have of leading fuller, more interactive lives with the world around them. Every day counts, and there are so many who are slipping through the cracks. So many. Please do what little you can, watch the video, watch it lots of times, leave it running in the background, get other people to watch it, donate to your local or state autism societies, learn more about this so you can help parents who have children who they love desperately, and who sometimes feel a little crazy BECAUSE they love them so much, and yet feel like sometimes they just can't get through.
Thank you to xingou for the head's up. ♥
Thanks for helping xx