The Hechtman Family and Autism Friendly Business,LLC Bring the first Screening of  'The United States of Autism" Winner of Pepsi Refresh Grant to #Tampa Bay Thursday April 18th,2013 at 7:30pm AMC Woodlands

HAPPENED AWESOME!!
S P O N S O R E D  B Y
LifeWorks Wellness Center 
Clearwater,Fl 

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 http://www.tugg.com/titles/the-united-states-of-autism

Movie presentation of The United States of Autism

Follow one man's 11,000 mile, 40 day journey across the American landscape to visit twenty families and individuals affected by autism while searching for answers for his own son. With interviews from around the nation that include the widest spectrum of backgrounds - each conducted in the participants' original language - the film weaves a broad and compelling tapestry across the spectrum of American life in all its faiths, disparities, colors, and cultures. What he learns along the way will change not only his life, but the lives of those he meets, forever. It's a story about the best days that still lie ahead for our nation, the families, and the people who give America its heart.

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Our Very Own Tim Welsh and Son Tanner in New York City priemere April 5th 2013
"The United States of Autism"
Trailer

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Prevalence vs. Private Funding

• Autism now affects 1 in 88 children and 1 in 54 boys
• Autism prevalence figures are growing
• More children will be diagnosed with autism this year than with AIDS, diabetes & cancer combined
• Autism is the fastest-growing serious developmental disability in the U.S.
• Autism costs the nation $137 billion per year
• Autism receives less than 5% of the research funding of many less prevalent childhood diseases
• Boys are four times more likely than girls to have autism
• There is no medical detection or cure for autism

Prevalence vs. Private Funding

• Leukemia: Affects 1 in 1,200 / Funding: $277 million
• Muscular Dystrophy: Affects 1 in 100,000 / Funding: $162 million
• Pediatric AIDS: Affects 1 in 300 / Funding: $394 million
• Juvenile Diabetes: Affects 1 in 500 / Funding: $156 million
• Autism: Affects 1 in 88 / Funding: $79 million

National Institutes of Health Funds Allocation

• Total 2011 NIH budget: $30.5 billion
• Of this, only $169 million goes directly to autism research. This represents 0.6% of total NIH funding.

1 in 88

Currently 1 in 88 children are diagnosed with Autism.

Another child is diagnosed every 11 minutes.

Autism recieves less than 5% of the funding of most other prevalent disorders.

The Annual cost of Autism is $35 Billion

The Annual cost of Autism is $35,000,000,000 ( Some new studies are now saying upwards of 137B in costs to society a year )

The Average Annual cost of Autism is over $70,000 to a family.

The Cost over a lifetime for a family is $3.5 - $5 Million

Well over a million families are dealing with Autism.

Autism is the fastest growing developmental disorder in the United States.

The Autism Increase can not be explained away by urban myths of better diagnosis, more awareness or any other excuse.

Autism Statistics

• 58% of Americans say that they know someone "who has been diagnosed with autism, formally known as 'autism spectrum disorder', including Asperger's".

• Among this majority of Americans who have been touched by the autism epidemic, 15% say the affected person is a member of their family, 26% a member of a family they know, 30% someone they know from work, and 12% someone they know from their community or school.

• 52%, as opposed to only 8% feeling otherwise, believe the people they know with autism are not receiving proper medical treatment covered by their health insurance.

• Even among the 34% of Americans saying they do not know anyone in their own lives touched by autism, there is a nearly 3 to 1 margin of belief (35% versus 12%) that people with autism are not receiving proper medical treatment, covered by their health insurance.

•      By a margin of 2 to 1 (41% to 20%), Americans believe that unknown environmental factors, rather than better diagnosis, explains the surge in autism prevalence reported by the CDC.

Autism policy and politics ‐

• 61% of Americans agree (while only 35% disagree) with the statement "finding preventions, cures and treatments for medical conditions such as autism is as important and necessary a use of tax dollars as anything else the federal government should do."

• By a margin of 49% to 36%, Americans disagree with the statement "we just can't afford more money on anything right now, including things that sound good, like medical research on autism."

• By a margin of 55% to 33%, Americans support a doubling of federal resources to "find the causes of and treatments for autism."

• 78% of Americans agree that there should be a health research institution in the federal government dedicated to autism research, just as there is an Office of AIDS Research, a National Cancer Institute and other similar organizations.

• 65% of Americans believe "big company health plans should be required to end discrimination against people with autism."