[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5336-5337]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          AUTISM AWARENESS DAY

  (Ms. FRANKEL of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FRANKEL of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I am wearing blue today, joining 
people around the globe in recognition of Autism Awareness Day as we 
bring light to a disorder that affects 70 million families worldwide, 1 
in 68 children in the United States.
  Autism Day is a day of hope for the mother and father whose sweet 
baby doesn't smile or babble, for the child who rocks obsessively, for 
the teen locked in his own mind who is shunned by classmates, and the 
aging parents who fear their adult child's care when they are gone.

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  Awareness is about increasing knowledge, which means early diagnosis 
and early intervention, and it is about love for all our precious 
children. On this day of awareness, Mr. Speaker, let's all commit to 
work together in a bipartisan manner to fund autism research and reduce 
the financial strains for Americans with disabilities.

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