Piecing the puzzle: April marks National Autism Awareness Month

As Monday marked World Autism Awareness Day and April serves as Autism Awareness Month, staggering new statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which were released on March 29, said that 1 in 88 U.S. children, have been "identified with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)."

MONROE: Towns went âBlueâ for National Autism Month

MONROE — April was recognized across the United States as National Autism Month and served as an opportunity for everyone to educate the public about autism and the issues within the autism community.

Ghana: Autism 'Relegated to the Sidelines'

[IPS] Accra - At first glance Nortey Quaynor looks like any ordinary 29-year-old Ghanaian. If you spend a little time with him, though, you soon realise that something is different.

Autism’s full spectrum: dollars driving diagnoses?

The Issue: How to explain the explosion in the number of diagnosed cases of autism in America. *** As a retired special-education teacher, I am alarmed by the so-called rise of autism cases (“America’s False Autism Epidemic,” Dr. Allen Frances, PostOpinion, April 24). In the late ’90s, I attended conferences...

Walk for Autism is Saturday

Recent statistics released by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention show autism is becoming more prevalent. The statistics, based on a 2008 survey, show one in 88 children and one in 54 boys in the nation have the disorder.