Wednesday, April 1, 2009

autism awareness day.. doing what i do best for my little man.. being his advocate


tomorrow is national autism awareness day here..

1 in 150 children born today will be diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders


to help us in raising awareness you can do something as little as adding the picture below to your profile picture!!

as many of you know my son has been diagnosed on the spectrum
thankfully for us is highly functioning... and many others are not as lucky

our jobs as the mommy's and daddy's of these little hero's is to be their advocate... so here i am doing my job.. spreading the work making many more aware of what this is.. and ways we can help.. and ways we can hope

below are some links that can help inform you..
also if you are trying to find a way to give to this community there are many ways...

http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer?pagename=research_awareness

http://www.autismspeaks.org/whattodo/index.php?WT.svl=Top_Nav

we are walking in honor of TEAM BIG D.. if you would like to make a donation in honor of him we would be so grateful.
CLICK/VISIT HERE TO JOIN OR DONATE:

http://stepupforautism09.kintera.org/teambigd

anyone would walks and/or donates $25.00 or more will automatically receive a $50.00 gift certificate/print credit from Samantha Provenzano Photography

if you want to know a little bit more about Big D there is a video posted at the bottom of the page..
he really is quiet possibly the coolest lil man out there..

and i know a few people can let you know the same thing!

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