MORE 'AUTISM' POSTS
“We shall sit here, softlyBeneath two different yearsand the rich earth between usshall drink our tears” – Audre Lorde April is Autism Awareness Month Last week new statistics were released from the CDC that indicates that 1 out of every 88 children are now being diagnosed on the Autism Spectrum (ASD). April is Autism Awareness […]
If I were to tell you this statistic – it affects 1 out of every 110 children – would you know what I am talking about? The answer is autism. Current research indicates that 1 out of every 110 children is being diagnosed as being somewhere on the autism spectrum. If you are a boy, that […]
As many of know, I am the aunt to 3 boys on the autism spectrum, one of whom is now officially a teenager. His life is very different from the teens we usually see in our libraries. He won’t be coming to any library programs or telling you what he thinks about the books he […]
Today’s blog post is brought to you by Matthew Ross, he is the director of the Bucyrus Public Library in Ohio and the father of 3 children, one of whom is Autistic. Alex’s mom, Angie, is also an MLS librarian. Together they write this blog post for us with a unique perspective for librarians to […]
It is hard these days not to hear about and think about Autism. Statistics indicate that 1 out of every 110 children are now diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum (ASD). Statistics also indicate that if you look at only boys, it is 1 out of every 60 boys. Over the years the rate […]
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