What Everyone Should Know About Autism

Obviously, autism rates on at the all time high. A common fact is that 1 out of every 150 children has autism. Recent studies have upped that and it is now said that 1 in every 110 children have autism. Everyone should be aware of these staggering new rates and consider the risks of getting a child vaccinated. Along with this, children are being diagnosed sooner. Braxton was diagnosed at the age of two, which was a common age for most children. However, now children are being diagnosed within their 24th month.
There's several more cool facts out there, but these really shocked me. This website helped me out.

Random Facts

It's becoming difficult for me to come up with more things to post a blog on involving autism. But, since there's only two more weeks of school left, I feel like I can handle just two more posts.

This week I figured I would google some things about autism and post some things that I thought were cool. Some of these things I didn't know myself...

Like, I didn't know that autism was once considered a form of schizophrenia. This seems weird to me because I've seen cases of both and they seem so different. Another thing I didn't realize was that approximately 67 million people worldwide are affected by autism. That's a lot of people.

Some more cool facts:

• In families with one autistic child, the risk of having a second child with the disorder is approximately 5%, or one in 20.
• Some cases of autism may be associated with a family history of manic depression.
• From the Greek autos meaning “self,” autism literally means “alone."
• There is no blood test, no scan, and no image that can detect autism. Diagnosis relies on behavioral observation and screening.

So, I must admit that this is all off of the internet. However, I like to think that I know my fair share about autism. I really enjoy learning more about autism and I can only hope that one day I'll learn that there is, at last, a cure.

I got these facts from this website.

Memories

As it's getting later in the year, all I can think is, "Oh my goodness, it's almost summer!" It's kind of insane how fast this year seemed to go. Thinking back, memories of junior year seems to be so much more of a blur compared to the other years. I wish I was able to remember how I used to feel this time freshman year. Or how I felt all the way back in middle or elementary school. I can remember what I wore on these days, but it seems more difficult to remember feelings verses these memories.
To think that this is nearly the opposite for an autistic person. Their mind is composed of feelings and thoughts. Spending a majority of your time daydreaming and thinking, it's no shock that most of what those with autism remembers is how they felt. I can bet that Braxton remembers how he felt and his thoughts on his very first day of school. However, I doubt he could tell me, in description, what his classroom looked like. Recent surveys have shown results from questions like these that were asked to autistic adults. I won't go into full detail, but it was pretty cool to see just how true this really is.
Just proves how much more complex the autistic mind is compared to an "average" mind. Maybe one day we'll be able to "get into" an autistic mind. Until then, we can only imagine.