Fw: Light of Hope Segments 1 thru 4

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Light of Hope Segments 1 thru 4. A must see from YOUTUBE.

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Autism Facts & Statistics

* 1 in 150 children

* 4:1 ratio of boys to girls

* 1 in 98 boys

* Fastest growing developmental disability

* 100 billion annual costs

* In ten years the annual costs are projected at 200-400 billion.

* Cost of lifelong care can be reduced by 2/3rds with early intervention

* A family with a child with autism will fund 3 to 5 million dollars of services

throughout the lifetime of the child.

* More children will be diagnosed with autism this year than cancer, diabetes,

Downs Syndrome and AIDS combined.

* Autism receives less than 5% of the research funding of most of the more

prevalent childhood disorders.

* Approximately 1 million individuals in the US have autism

Incidence vs. Private Funding (2007)

Condition Incidence Private Funding

Pediatric AIDS 1 in 8,000 394 Million

Leukemia 1 in 25,000 310 Million

Muscular Dystrophy 1 in 20,000 175 Million

Juvenile Diabetes 1 in 500 130 Million

Autism 1 in 150 42 Million

* Studies have shown that environmental toxins like mercury and pesticides cause

autism.

* There has been no study that has directly linked a pure genetics basis for

autism.

* The fastest growing genetic disorders are approximately 1% per 100 years.

Autism is much greater than that.

Generation Rescue has helped to recover thousands of children from autism and

continues to prove that Autism is Reversible.