Autism rates have skyrocketed and it is essential that we get a handle on the causes. Unfortunately, the Autism research funding ratios have thus fallen way behind. Autism research now needs a good shot in the arm to catch up. We are talking about 1 billion dollars in research funding right now, just to catch back up and then matching that every couple of years until we get a handle on it.
Since many similar syndromes, which may or may not be totally related, but probably are have all been lumped together now in the same area of study and now they are calling them the Spectrum of Autism Disorders, this makes targeted funding a little more difficult. Each one individually needs to be further studied and it is time we found the direct causes or the combinations of causes that are being classified in the Spectrum of Autism Disorders.
The exact cause or causes are not known, therefore, this should be one very important goal for the scientific research, we must know what is causing it, so we can stop Autism or as one group puts it; DAN! "Defeat Autism Now!" More research is needed and money drastically needed for that endeavor. One concerned dad, Gary Kuhre, whose heroic quest and love for his son we will discuss later in this book, puts it very simply:
If one in 150 kids were suddenly being born without their left arm, there would be an immediate public outcry and instant demand for billions of dollars in research, but since this is Autism and its out of the public mainstream, it goes unfunded and unnoticed"
A true a statement indeed and perhaps this truth is what brought about the quest to write this book. One recent study and survey showed that Autism affects one in three people in some way; in other words they have a family member, relative or close family friend that has Autism, so what is the hold up on the funds for Autism research? Are we to wait until this crisis, which many in the know are now calling an epidemic reaches 1% of our population, because it will.
Even if Autism research received the Billions of dollars it needs right now, the rate of increase means we will see 1% of our population with some disorder in the Autism Spectrum in well under 10-years. The CDC denies that it is an epidemic and by strict definition they are correct, however, the explosive growth of Autism has been like a lightning bolt through our society and too, the budgets of most school districts. Simply ignoring this problem is not going to make it go away, its only getting bigger each and every day.
Autism Inspiration: http://www.autisminspiration.com/
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