Oceanside Middle School Oceanside, New York

1 in every 150 children today have an autism spectrum disorder in the United States.

 

1 in every 94 boys has autism in the United States.

 

 A child is diagnosed with autism every 20 minutes in the Unites States.

 

   More children will be diagnosed with

   autism this year than with AIDS,          diabetes & cancer  combined.

 

    Autism is the fastest-growing serious          developmental disability in

      the U.S.

 

    Autism costs the nation over

    $90 billion per year, a figure

    expected to double in the next          decade.

 

   Autism receives less than 5% of

   the research funding of many less

   prevalent childhood diseases

 

   Boys are four times more likely

   than girls to have autism

 

   There is no medical detection          or cure for autism

 

 

“If a child cannot learn in the way we teach ... we must teach in a way the child can learn."