At 9am on August 21 there will be over 1500 people attending the first Asia Pacific Autism Conference, which is the same number of people diagnosed in Australia each year with an autism spectrum disorder (autism). Autism is a lifelong developmental disorder for which as yet there is no cure.
Autism affects at least 1:160 Australian children. This equates to a newly diagnosed child every working hour and more that 30,000 families directly touched by autism. BAsed on these figures it more common in our community than than pediatric cancer, diabetes, and AIDS combined.
Australians are being asked to visit the Autism Hour on 30th April at 9am to pledge how they will spread the message about autism. Last year we had over 5400 people registering on the website. Please do your part by letting as many people as possible know about the website and just how many people are impacted by autism spectrum disorders
Together we can make a difference for everyone impacted by Autism.
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