| I had never even heard of the disease before I | | | | professional early enough. |
| saw the movie "Mercury Rising" by Bruce Willis | | | | No, I don't know the cure for autism just yet, nor |
| and some kid. Then I saw Tom Cruise and Dustin | | | | do I know what the real cause of the Autistic |
| Hoffman's "Rainman", and finally Mario Puzo's | | | | Disorder (AD) is. But I know what the disease is, I |
| miniseries "The Last Don". All of a sudden it | | | | know how you can identify autism by its |
| dawned on me. There really is a severe | | | | symptoms, and I know that a lot of autism |
| developmental disease out there called autism, | | | | research is still ongoing to determine the many |
| and doctors, scientists, and all other medical | | | | vital factors that may yet make autism curable. |
| professionals for all their knowledge and | | | | Of course I have full confidence that in just a |
| experience don't know a whole lot about the | | | | matter of time, the half a million plus children that |
| disease. | | | | are currently living with the disorder in the United |
| I mean, after some reading up on the behavioral | | | | States, and others around the world, will finally get |
| and developmental disorder, I found that little is | | | | the help that they need to live a normal life. |
| known beyond speculation about what causes | | | | So, you, and everyone else for that matter, |
| autism, or how it can be really cured. | | | | whether they have loved ones suffering from the |
| Needless to say, I got afraid for my life and for | | | | condition or not, ought to find out as much as |
| the life of my unborn child, and I started to do | | | | they can about this condition. With this condition, |
| some autism research of my own. What I found | | | | the more you know, the better you can handle it |
| was chilling, but very helpful. What I found were | | | | if your loved one suffers from it. Those who |
| ways by which you can identify the disease so | | | | don't know anything about this condition surely |
| that if you have someone close to you - a loved | | | | get caught unawares when their loved ones |
| one or neighbor suffering from the condition, you | | | | suffer from it. |
| can know to get them help from a medical | | | | |