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.
