A charity that I would most like to work with would be Autism Speaks. Autism seems to be something no one knows about until they are forced to, for example they have a child, or another close family member that has autism. I personally have a daughter who was diagnosed as having severe non-verbal autism. Im not going to lie, until I was told my child had autism, I didnt really even know what autism was. Sure I had heard statistics and heard of it before, and references to it like "on the spectrum". Unfortunately the world of autism is unlike any thing i have ever encountered in my life. Yes the "spectrum" can cover a lot of situations and circumstances, from being like my daughter where they dont speak (even though her and I speak all the time. If she doesnt trust you, she will not show you what she is capable of) and are considered lower-functioning, all the up to someone having aspergers where the individual is considered higher functioning and usually are extremely gifted in mathematics. I would support this charity because I dont feel good knowing theres people out there uneducated about autism and they believe a lot of misconceptions of the disorder, as I once was. I know one thing though, my daughter and I have a special bond...a bond that is unique and for this, I would never change her. Some days are really hard, and you want to cry and scream and maybe even just run away, however those days arent as often as the days where she is super affectionate an super happy. Those days make the other days well worth with. If you dont know much about autism, i would definitely urge you to educate yourself, and be part of the solution.
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