One in 500 children are affected by autism and related disorders, impacting over 400,000 families in the U.S. alone.
Autism is the third most prevalent developmental disorder in the world.
Because it is considered to be a lifelong condition, such a diagnosis leaves many parents with little hope for their children's future improvement or recovery. Since 1983, The Son-Rise Program at the Autism Treatment Center of America has provided innovative training programs designed to help families and caregivers enable their children to dramatically improve in all areas of learning, development, communication and skill acquisi tion. While Raun K. Kaufman has been working in the field with families, children, and professionals for sev eral years, he brings a unique per spective and qualification to the world of autism treatment as a per son who has fully recovered from autism. At 18 months, Mr. Kaufman was diagnosed with severe autism and given no hope of recovery. His parents, authors and teachers Barry Neil Kaufman and Samahria Kaufman, developed a special child-centered program for their son, enabling him to emerge without any trace of his former condition.