Autism Speaks (In Honor of Autism Awareness Month)
by Peg O'Neill, M.D.
April is Autism Awareness Month. For years, the Autism Society has been setting aside this month to increase public education and awareness regarding issues surrounding autism, including the importance of early detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention, in order to better understand this puzzling, increasingly prevalent condition which presents as a spectrum of social, communication and behavioral differences. […]