World Autism Awareness Day

Today, April 2nd, is World Autism Awareness Day

I think the best thing I can do today is to direct you to These Are the Days, Linda's blog. She and Tom are raising a beautiful little boy, Connor. His progress has been so wonderful!

Please visit them at: http://snoopmurph.blogspot.com/2009/04/world-autism-awareness-day.html

When you see Connor's sweet smile, it will put a smile on your face too.


There are more beautiful children with autism to be seen on Casdok's blog, Faces of Autism. See for yourself. I think too many of us think of people with autism as somehow different. They are just like our children. They need and deserve to be accepted, admired and loved, just like our children.

Ignorance

I thought a while about what to call this post. I guess there's no other word for it.
Please take a look at Linda's blog, these are the days - her post called A Show of Ignorance.

Her post concerns Michael Savage, whose recent rant on air included statements like, "Now you want me to tell you my opinion on autism?...a fraud, a racket" also, "...the illness du jour is autism....it's a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out."

In the same broadcast, he addressed asthma and minority children, saying, they got "extra welfare if they were disabled..."

Apparently Mr. Savage knows more about physical and mental illness than our doctors know.

On Linda's post you can find a link leading to a list of stations carrying Mr. Savage's syndicated program. You can also see and hear a video of his remarks. You may feel you can call or write to the stations airing his brand of venom.

Thank heaven, there don't seem to be any of those stations in NJ - but MD and DE carry him, and that's too close for my comfort.