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- April is autism awareness month
- There is an Autism Society of America
- National Autistic Society (the NAS) they have marathons to help raise money

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Literature is essential in giving a voice to autism because most of the time they don't have a voice of their own. When someone writes about the struggles or the just the life of a person who has autism it brings it to light, the writers say what others cant.

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- Some autistic kids are learners
- Autism impairs the ability to communicate and interact.
- Autism effects 1 in 68  kids
- Autism effects 1 in 42 boys
- Boys are 5 times more likely to be diagnosed with autism than boys
- 40% of kids with autism do not speak

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Catherine, a sister to a boy with Autism, her and her family's life revolve around him and his needs. In the back of a sketchbook that she carries around are rules for David, he brother, to follow. Although some might seem as simple as "flush the toilet" there are also rules that are much more complex, such as " Yell on the playground, but don't yell at dinner." She has made these rules to try and stop his embarrassing behavior.

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"Once you met one person with autism, you've met one person with autism"

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I am odd, I am new
I wonder if you are too
I hear voices in the air
I see you don’t, and that’s not fair
I want to not feel blue
I am odd, I am new
I pretend that you are too
I feel like a boy in outer space
I touch the stars and feel out of place
I worry what others might think
I cry when people laugh, it makes me shrink
I am odd, I am new
I understand now that so are you
I say I “feel like a castaway”
I dream of a day that that’s okay
I try to fit in
I hope that someday I do
I am odd, I am new.

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Many kids with pattern thinking have more of a mathematical thought process

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Jon Stewart hosts "The Daily Show" and has headed comedy central's bi-annual "Night of Too Many Stars" fundraiser since 2006. With his help they have raised $18 million to date for New York Collaborates for Autism.

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The director of the famous movie Ghostbusters has come out with his autism diagnosis in 2004. He also shared with "The Daily Mail", a popular news site, that his autism might have contributed to the inspiration of his hit movie.

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Pattern thinkers need the whole map while most other people would rather use the directions.

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This video explains how some kids with autism see the world, and how the world effects them. But how they can overcome some of the obstacles they are faced with.