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Autism is a lifelong, complex disability that typically appears in early childhood and can affect a person\u2019s social skills and personal and social interaction. People with autism can have trouble with non-verbal communication, show atypical speech patterns, have difficulty making and keeping friends and show difficulty in everyday conversations.<\/p>\n
In 1970, the\u00a0Autism Society<\/a>\u00a0recognized April as Autism Awareness Month and began an ongoing campaign to raise awareness of the symptoms, signs and realities of living with autism.<\/p>\n This year, the Autism Society is urging people to recognize Autism Awareness Month as Autism Acceptance Month, with its \u201cCelebrate Differences\u201d campaign to promote acceptance, stir change and make sure that all people who are affected by autism can achieve the fullest life possible.<\/p>\n In 2004, one out of 125 children in the United States had autism. In 2020, that number rose to one in 59. The goal of the Autism Society, in recognizing the increase, is to provide printable and digital resources, establish community partnerships, build partnerships with organizations and businesses and to work to include all in the community who are touched by autism.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Autism Society of Northern Virginia<\/a>, whose mission is to improve \u201cthe lives of autistic individuals and their families through community-building, advocacy and education,\u201d can offer help, resources and support for area residents affected by autism. Call 571-328-5792, or email\u00a0info@asnv.org<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Provided by Prince William County Autism is a lifelong, complex disability that typically appears in early childhood and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[663,187212,187213,187214,7709,7714,7713,533,2832,532,2831,7710,519,7711,7712],"class_list":{"0":"post-595508","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-autism","9":"tag-autism-acceptance-month","10":"tag-autism-society","11":"tag-autism-society-of-northern-virginia","12":"tag-british-royal-family","13":"tag-catherine","14":"tag-catherine-middleton","15":"tag-kate-middleton","16":"tag-prince-of-wales","17":"tag-prince-william","18":"tag-princess-of-wales","19":"tag-royal-families","20":"tag-royal-family","21":"tag-uk-royal-family","22":"tag-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115617351877003916","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}