The Learning Experience Pre School Celebrates World Autism Day

 World  Autism  Awareness  Day  was remembered Tuesday,  at the  Learning  Experience  Children's center In Wilmington. The  pre school, kicked off the  event   with  Preschoolers and staff wearing  blue, the national  color  of the  Autism  Society.  Other events scheduled   for the  month  of April  will be a cake sale, penny race, and capped off by an  art exhibit, which  will display the  art work of the  children  of the center.

  Autism is a developmental disability that causes problems with social skills and communication. Autism can be mild or severe. It is different for every person. Autism is also known as autism spectrum disorders.Children with autism  have difficulty  with  communicating, social  skills  and /or  dealing with the  world around them. According to the  Center  for Disease  Control  in Atlanta,1 out of  every 110 children will be diagnosed with  the  spectrum.

  According to  the  Center director  Jennifer Spear, Business  Manager Viashalli  Mitta, and Program  Coordinator, " We chose to celebrate Autism  Awareness  month  because, the  key  to  helping children with autism is  early detection and therapy,and since the  center's charges  ages start as as young as 6 weeks it was a perfect fit for our center to  host this  event. Also  according to  Spear " My son was diagnosed with  Pervasive  Developmental Disorder, when  he was 5 years old  so this cause  is  dear to my heart"