WALK NOW FOR AUTISM SPEAKS 2011
Its that time of year again that some of us have marked on our calendars with such importance as holidays and vacations that we note on our calendars religiously. That special time of year when our friends and family (and extended family) gather round not for large meal, but united in supporting a common cause. Fighting Autism. Standing together to raise funds to defeat ignorance, find answers and provide a light at the end of the tunnel for those parents families that are just starting this journey. 
Honestly, I am no social butterfly. I hate asking anybody for anything with a passion. Autism changes your family though as those of you with autistic children know. Now you can see with a different set of eyes and as for myself; it has become crystal clear how lucky we are. Prior to participating in this walk I had no idea that so many families had no guide, no "plan" and nobody showing them which way to turn. I never knew how low goverment funding was. The real shock came when I attended my sons preschool orientation at the autism program he attended last year. The questions that were asked of his teachers and later of me were frightening to me because I remember being there and oh do I remember feeling the way that they did. Its a feeling that comes back so intensely that it will well up in me a stream of tears that just keep on coming. So, for my son, for your sons and daughters, for the sanity of all the parents of diagnosed children now and the ones that unfortunately will be, I will ask for your support.
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