$25 underwrites one classroom’s “Educational
Toys for Autism” holiday wish list
$50 underwrites one child’s summer swimming camp
$300 underwrites a one month rent stipend
to
support Consortium recruitment of qualified specialists
$400 underwrites one child’s week at adaptive bike camp
$900 underwrites one child’s week at day camp at the Children’s Beach House
Attention all runners and walkers! Bring your old sneakers to donate to
Perpetual Prosperity Pumps Foundation and help bring technology and
training to the poorest farmers and villages in Ghana West Africa. Drums
will be available on site the day of the race to drop your shoes in! For
more information please visit
www.pppafrica.org.
Why we need your support….A history lesson in Autism….
1943
Leo Kanner publishes first paper identifying autism in children;
he is the first to use the word autism in its modern sense when
he introduces the label early infantile autism.
1944
Hans Asperger describes an autism disorder in children that is
later known as Asperger’s Syndrome.
1965
The Autism Society of
America is founded.
1970s
Evidence of a genetic
role is debated.
1990s
More research is done
and shows a possible genetic link to autism.
1995
Since 1977 the number
of students enrolled in federal programs for children with
disabilities increases by 47%.
2001
The Lower Delaware
Autism Foundation is incorporated in the state of Delaware.
2005
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 1 in 166 children are affected by autism.
2005
The Lower Delaware
Autism Foundation opens the doors to its first office in Lewes,
Delaware.
2007
The Center for
Disease Control and Prevention reports that 1 in 150
children are affected by autism.
2007
Autism receives as
little as 5% of the research funds of less common diseases such
as juvenile diabetes.
2007
More children will be
diagnosed with autism this year than with AIDS, diabetes and
cancer combined.
2007
There is still no
medical test to detect autism and NO CURE……..
2008
LDAF RACES to a
future of autism acceptance & awareness with your support!
