Guest guest Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 Parents might want to send these facts to their Family, Friends, neighbors , teachers, therapist - etc... This Information came from _www.autismSpeaks.org_ (http://www.autismSpeaks.org) ( I am not promoting Autism speaks but this is where I found these facts.) Autism Facts: One in 166 Children is diagnosed with autism One in 104 boys is on the autism spectrum ( Recently its been quotes One in 90 boys) Did you know that 67 children are diagnosed per day; that's a new case every 20 minutes! More Autistic children will be diagnosed with autism this year than with AIDS, diabetes and Cancer combined! Incidence -vs -Private Funding: Leukemia: affects 1 in 25,000/funding $310 million Muscular Dystrophy: Affects 1 in 20,000/ funding $175 million Pediatric AIDS: Affects 1 in 8,000/funding $394 million Juvenile Diabetes: Affects 1 in 500/ Funding $130 million Autism: Affects 1 in 150/ Funding $15 million Total 2005 NIH Budget:$29 Billion Of this only $100 Million goes towards Autism Research. This only represents 0.3% of the total NIH Funding. ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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