Tuesday,
April 2nd is World Autism Awareness Day.
The
sixth annual World Autism Awareness Day is April 2, 2013. Every year, autism
organizations around the world celebrate the day with unique fundraising
and awareness-raising events. North Reading Public Schools is celebrating
World Autism Awareness Day by encouraging staff and students to wear blue.
Did
you know ...
Autism
now affects 1 in 88 children and 1 in 54 boys, Autism prevalence figures are
growing. Autism is the fastest-growing serious developmental disability in the
U.S. Autism receives less than 5% of the research funding of many less
prevalent childhood diseases, Boys are nearly five times more likely than girls
to have autism.
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