INSANITY IN TEXAS

[jenniferm]

This was one of the worst things I've ever read.  It is no longer possible to wake up the public if this attitude is widespread. This is by the managing editor.  He reports about an autism specialist........who expects the rate to reach one in 40..........AND NO REASON IS GIVEN!   Seriously, I can't imagine when autism will be seen as an epidemic.   These are the exec.s .....   [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail]

Autism expert speaks to local parents, teachers
Brenham Banner Press, By ARTHUR HAHN/Managing Editor   Just a few years ago, says Kathy Morris, one in 10,000 children was diagnosed with autism; today, that rate has increased to 1 in 150, and that is expected to rise even more.

Morris is a nationally known speaker and trainer in a field that has seen a skyrocketing increase in autism cases.

"If it continues to grow as it has, we're going to be seeing incidences of one in 40," she said.

Scientists have discovered that autism relates to the way the brain processes information.

"They're 'wired' differently," Morris said of autistic people. "It's like Macs (Apple Macintosh computers) and PCs ... one's not right and the other wrong or one's damaged and the other's not damaged.