Autism in mysterious. We don't know full what it is. We certainly don't know why it happens.
According to the Autism Society of America 1 in 150 children born this year will be diagnosed (that is one every 20 second).
April is Autism Awareness Month. If you are paying attention to the news you might have seen a story or two.
I believe the untold story of Autism is that of parents of children diagnosed with Autism. 18 months ago I was completely unaware of what there lives are like. They fight a heroic battle everyday.
If you know one of these parents, please reach out to them. Give them a hand, a hug, or a prayer. You also might want to send them to this new resource.
As far as I know it is the only resource on the web geared solely to helping these parents take care of themselves. [For obvious reasons I am partial to the resource.]
They wait for the teacher (hopefully a great one) to give them something of value.
Many employees do the same thing at work. They wait for a boss (hopefully a great one) to give them responsibility or authority or experiences that add up to a career.
A few people, not many, but a few, take. They take the best education they can get, pushing teachers for more, finding things to do, exploring non-defined niches. They take more courses than the minimum, they invent new projects and they show up with questions.
A few people, not many, take opportunities at work. Marketers have the easiest time of this (sort of hard to commandeer the chain saw) but don't do it nearly as often as they should.
What have you taken today?