Provide research and funding for Autism Spectrum Disorder as an Epidemic Medical Disease. Effects 1in88 of our children.

The rate of children being diagnosed with autism has more than doubled since 1996. Characterized as a developmental disability, autism affects the lives of millions of children in the United States alone. How can something that was considered a relatively obscure condition 40 years ago suddenly rise to epidemic proportions, while the rates of other developmental disabilities remain the same. The answer is simple. It can’t. It is scientifically impossible to have an epidemic of a developmental or genetic disorder. The children diagnosed with autism should have the same right to quality medical care as any other child diagnosed with a disease. Continuing to ignore this epidemic is unfair to the children. Medical research is needed to find the core causes and cure for this disease. Thank you