World Autism Awareness Day Recognizes Those Affected by the Disorder: Ask any random person on the street, and they will probably know that autism does not exist. What they may not know is that it actually means to have a disorder. Filling that gap in education is one of many reasons, Suzanne Wright of Autism Speaks lobbied the United Nations designated April 2 as World Autism Awareness.
"We want to help people understand what it's like to live with autism," said Christina Carty, the Great Delaware Valley Regional Walk Director for Autism Speaks. "We're trying to get them to go into someone else's shoes and understand that it's great to be different."
With the support of Qatar, Autism Speaks is convinced the UN to take today as World Autism Awareness four years ago to correct the beginning of April as Autism Month.Related to an aggressive campaign from Ad Council, Carty says education is working.
"Ad Council on hundreds of millions of dollars over the course of our contract," she said. "The difference in raising the awareness among the campaign trial and after the campaign trial made him their second-most successful health-related campaigns ever."
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) include autism, Asperger syndrome and pervasive developmental disorders not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS). They are developmental disorders of the nervous system that manifests itself as a violation of social interaction and communication. Symptoms of ASD can now be found in the age of three, and pediatricians are trained to look for signs such as language deficiencies or failure to maintain eye contact.
ASD affects 1 in 110 or about one percent of all American children. According to the 2005 PA State Autism census, about 25000 of Pennsylvania will be ASD, 80% male.Bucks County has the fifth largest population of persons with autism spectrum disorders in the state. The census also finds that more than 10.000 adults will SDA in 2015, rising to almost 20,000 in 2020.
The reason for the growing number can be explained, said Carty, the actual increase in the occurrence of disorder, and an increase in diagnoses. Physicians now understand more symptoms than before, compared with the past, when people with symptoms are dismissed as just "weird" or "uncooperative."
"This is one of the big questions relating to the growth of autism," said Carty."Doctors are doing such a better diagnosis by asking the right questions during the exams."
The debate over the causes of ASD are also underway. The scientific community continues to look for genetic traits and weaknesses to pinpoint the cause. However, the spores formed around the chemicals used in the early childhood vaccination. In one case, many parents consider the use of compound thimerosal in vaccines caused an upset. In 1999, the Center for Disease Control and the American Academy of Pediatrics asked vaccine manufacturers to remove the compound, causing the charges. Continued growth in the ASD after the removal of compounds suggests there is no connection, and there is currently no scientific evidence to support this link.
In England, in 1998, an article that appeared in the journal The Lancet, peer-reviewed medical journals, published a study that found a link to MMR vaccine and autism. In 2011, British Medical Journal showed how the study's author, Andrew Wakefield, falsified data and improperly results in the paper. CDC and the Institute of Medicine found no link between MMR vaccine and autism.
"Autism Speaks trust science," said Carty. "Experience has shown no link to vaccines and autism. But we also can not ignore all the parents who come to us and talk about how they have children changed after receiving the frame."
Autism Speaks is dedicated to the study of ASD and its causes, but McCarthy believes that it is equally important for the adequate perception of the people who already have the disorder.
"It's so easy to ignore or to arrange them," she said, "because people might think someone with ASD would have even noticed. But the people at the high functioning end of the spectrum such as Asperger syndrome, are very well aware that their peersthink about them. People with autism spectrum disorders are very intelligent, some of them are very talented artists. If we give to others to accept them, they can help people with autism spectrum disorders to feel good. "
"We want to help people understand what it's like to live with autism," said Christina Carty, the Great Delaware Valley Regional Walk Director for Autism Speaks. "We're trying to get them to go into someone else's shoes and understand that it's great to be different."
With the support of Qatar, Autism Speaks is convinced the UN to take today as World Autism Awareness four years ago to correct the beginning of April as Autism Month.Related to an aggressive campaign from Ad Council, Carty says education is working.
"Ad Council on hundreds of millions of dollars over the course of our contract," she said. "The difference in raising the awareness among the campaign trial and after the campaign trial made him their second-most successful health-related campaigns ever."
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) include autism, Asperger syndrome and pervasive developmental disorders not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS). They are developmental disorders of the nervous system that manifests itself as a violation of social interaction and communication. Symptoms of ASD can now be found in the age of three, and pediatricians are trained to look for signs such as language deficiencies or failure to maintain eye contact.
ASD affects 1 in 110 or about one percent of all American children. According to the 2005 PA State Autism census, about 25000 of Pennsylvania will be ASD, 80% male.Bucks County has the fifth largest population of persons with autism spectrum disorders in the state. The census also finds that more than 10.000 adults will SDA in 2015, rising to almost 20,000 in 2020.
The reason for the growing number can be explained, said Carty, the actual increase in the occurrence of disorder, and an increase in diagnoses. Physicians now understand more symptoms than before, compared with the past, when people with symptoms are dismissed as just "weird" or "uncooperative."
"This is one of the big questions relating to the growth of autism," said Carty."Doctors are doing such a better diagnosis by asking the right questions during the exams."
The debate over the causes of ASD are also underway. The scientific community continues to look for genetic traits and weaknesses to pinpoint the cause. However, the spores formed around the chemicals used in the early childhood vaccination. In one case, many parents consider the use of compound thimerosal in vaccines caused an upset. In 1999, the Center for Disease Control and the American Academy of Pediatrics asked vaccine manufacturers to remove the compound, causing the charges. Continued growth in the ASD after the removal of compounds suggests there is no connection, and there is currently no scientific evidence to support this link.
In England, in 1998, an article that appeared in the journal The Lancet, peer-reviewed medical journals, published a study that found a link to MMR vaccine and autism. In 2011, British Medical Journal showed how the study's author, Andrew Wakefield, falsified data and improperly results in the paper. CDC and the Institute of Medicine found no link between MMR vaccine and autism.
"Autism Speaks trust science," said Carty. "Experience has shown no link to vaccines and autism. But we also can not ignore all the parents who come to us and talk about how they have children changed after receiving the frame."
Autism Speaks is dedicated to the study of ASD and its causes, but McCarthy believes that it is equally important for the adequate perception of the people who already have the disorder.
"It's so easy to ignore or to arrange them," she said, "because people might think someone with ASD would have even noticed. But the people at the high functioning end of the spectrum such as Asperger syndrome, are very well aware that their peersthink about them. People with autism spectrum disorders are very intelligent, some of them are very talented artists. If we give to others to accept them, they can help people with autism spectrum disorders to feel good. "
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