CHILDREN WITH AUTIST SPECTRUM DISORDER ASD.

IN 2000,MY BELOVED DAUGHTER NICOLE WAS DIAGNOSIS AS HAVING AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER ASD AT TWO YEARS OLD OF AGE,HER DIAGNOSIS AND UNUSUALLY COMPELLING NATURE INSPIRED A REORIENTATION OUR PROFESSIONAL LIVE ,AND PERSONAL LIFE WITH A FOCUS TO LEAR MORE ABOUT AUTISM.THE COMPLEXITY OF AUTISM REQUIRED ME TO PUT A LOT MEDICAL INFORMATION.AUTISM IS A CONDITION OFTEN CHARACTERIZED BY A FAILURE TO BOND,LACK OF SOCIAL INTERACTION,AVOIDANCE OF EYE-TO -EYE CONTACT,DIFFICULTIES IN LANGUAGES DEVELOPMENTS,AND REPETITIVE BEHAVIORS KNOWNAS ''STIMMING' SELF -STIMULATION.THERE ARE ASSOCIATED MILDER FORMS OF THIS CONDITION SUCH AS ASPERGER'S SYNDROME,PDD PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS AND ADD/ADHD,OR ATTENTION DEFICIT,HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER.THESE ARE ALL KNOWN COLLECTIVELY AS AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER OR ASD.MARIO LEURINDA FOUNDATION IS A NON- PROFIT ORGANIZATION IN HONDURAS,IN TRYING TO LEARN EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO HELP NICOLE AND THE OTHER THOUSANDS THE CHILDREN WITH ASD IN HONDURAS.