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Cans for Cornerstone
Will WindersMatt Berger
What is Autism?Autism is a mental condition in which people
have significant social and communication difficulties.
There are 3 types of ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder).
Asperger syndrome Autistic Disorder Pervasive Development Disorder
Background: AutismOne in every one hundred and ten people
have Autism.More children this year will be diagnosed
with Autism then Cancer, Diabetes, and AIDS combined.
Sixty seven children are diagnosed with autism daily.
Background: Autism (continued)Autism has been growing at an alarming rate
and Autistic children are beginning to age out of the school system at age 21.
This means that a lot of Autistic people will go into adulthood without any help for jobs or living.
Autistic people have several unique abilities such as noticing details and sorting/categorizing
Cans for CornerstoneThe point of Cans for Cornerstone would be
to provide a safe worksite environment for Autistic adults
It would focus on the skills that Autistic people have as mentioned before.
We are collecting cans/bottles to raise money for this non for profit organization.
Action PlanWe have already started collecting bottles
every chance we have. We have collected bottles at numerous
softball games in Ridgefield. We went to the Memorial Day Parade to
collect bottles there as well. We plan to continue this throughout the
summer until we reach our goal of $300.
“The private funding for Leukemia is approximately $310 million per year.The private funding for Muscular Dystrophy is approximately $175 million per year.The private funding for Pediatric AIDS is approximately $394 million annually.The private funding for Juvenile Diabetes is approximately $130 million annually.
Autism only gets approximately $15 million of private funding for research every year.” (Dera 1)
Work Cited http://www.caninemagic.org/ http://www.sodahead.com/fun/why-we-should-euthanize-autistic-ch
ildren-do-you-agree/question-189364/?link=ibaf&imgurl=http://images.sodahead.com/polls/000189364/polls_sad_child_3630_229014_poll_xlarge.jpeg&q=sad%2Bautistic%2Bchildren
http://www.care2.com/news/member/996845249/1148912 http://www.dps.missouri.edu/Autism/Adult%20Autism%20&%20E
mployment.pdf http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/212541/autism_staggeri
ng_statistics.html http://www.autismspeaks.org/whatisit/index.php http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/212541/autism_staggeri
ng_statistics.html