~Approximatly 11,000 children are born in the USA each day.~
~1 in every 110 children is born with a form of Autism.
~100 of the children born each day have a form of Autism.~
~Every 14.4 minutes a child is born with a form of Autism in the USA.~
Within the next few months, this section will be going through a major makeover and possibly going to its own subdomain. We will be expanding some current parts of this section, removing certain parts of this section, and will be including new information to this section such as involving the breakdown of social stories ™ and how to write your own (the words "Social Story" and "Social Stories", and their uncapitalized variants, are trademarks originated and owned by Carol Gray); information in regard to SSI (Supplemental Security Income); how to implement PECS; more information in regard to all of the autism spectrum disorders (autistic disorder, asperger's disorder, rett's disorder, childhood disintegrative disorder [CDD], pervasive developmental disorder - not otherwise specified [PDD-NOS]), and much more.
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