By: Giulia Frasca, Esq.<\/p>\n
April is Autism Awareness Month, a time to raise public consciousness about autism and autism spectrum disorders, complex disorders that affect brain development and a person\u2019s ability to communicate, learn and form relationships.\u00a0 Tuesday, April 2, 2013 is World Autism Awareness Day, initiated by Autism Speaks, a day where organizations around the world will be recognizing autism and autism spectrum disorders in various ways such as shining a blue light upon a famous landmark, or distributing multi-color puzzle piece ribbons.<\/p>\n
With new research and facts being reported, it is important for everyone, especially new parents, to be aware of the early warning signs of autism spectrum disorders.\u00a0 Autism spectrum disorder now affect one in every 50 children, well above the one in 88 previously reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\u00a0 According to the study, 1 million children nationally are diagnosed with autism.\u00a0 These findings, recently released (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By: Giulia Frasca, Esq. April is Autism Awareness Month, a time to raise public consciousness about autism and autism spectrum disorders, complex disorders that affect brain development and a person\u2019s ability to communicate, learn and form relationships.\u00a0 Tuesday, April 2,…<\/span><\/p>\n