All proceeds will go to ARK to help fund the rally. The most current estimate of children in the US with an Autism Spectrum Disorder is 1 in 500, or 400,000 children. These children are still ours, and they are the future of our country. Something needs to be done. There must be more research into the causes and treatments of autism.
Research needs funding.
We, as parents and families and friends of autistic children need to make our legislators aware of the problem at hand. A letter-writing campaign to all of our representatives in our state capitols as well as in Washington will take place this April during Autism awareness month. We want our legislators to be inundated with stories, pictures and pleas to help grant support both to researchers and to schools. We also plan to ask them to introduce legislation forcing insurance companies to cover the extra medical and psychological needs of children with autism. There will be a slide show, and many guest speakers who will inform the country about autism.