World Autism Awareness Day

World Autism Awareness Day
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Autism affects approximately 1 out of every 150 children around the world. It is a neural development disorder that affects their ability to socialize...

Autism affects approximately 1 out of every 150 children around the world. It is a neural development disorder that affects their ability to socialize normally by impacting their abilities to utilize verbal and non-verbal communication.

Since 2012, there has been a 30% increase in the amount of children being affected with autism, and World Autism Awareness Day helps to bring awareness to this growing health concern.World Autism Awareness day was created as a dedication to raising awareness of autism in the general community, and it functions as a standing request to the UN Secretary-General to move forth this message to the world, particularly to all of the UN member states.

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