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April sheds light with autism awareness month

April sheds light with autism awareness month
Understanding is necessary to identify, diagnose and empathize with those who are neurodivergent.
Addison Freiheit, Staff Writer March 31, 2021

Unless you or someone you know has autism, you were likely unaware that April is Autism Awareness Month. Don’t worry—you are not alone. Forty-one percent of participants rated their knowledge of autism as weak during a 2017 study by Neurosciences Journal. But as approximately 1 in 54 children are...