Autism Speaks: A Biography

Many people don’t know a person with autism. This happened to one family. Natalie has an older brother that has autism. Her brother, Patrick, has autism, but she doesn’t see him as that. He can retell you word for word what happened in the ten pages that he just read. Natalie likes to n go out in public with her brother, but everyone doesn’t see him as society's “norm.” He has a brilliant mind that no one else but him will have that power to tell you something word for word. Sometimes when people are over, he has to compensate for his disability. People will never understand how his brain works and how others work (Letter).
If you tell him a beatles song he will tell you the exact day, month, and year it came out. This is how his brain works.
Autism Speaks is an organization that tries to find ways to see what causes autism and helps families that have kids with autism. It all began with two grandparents that had a grandchild with autism. They wanted to start an autism company, so Bernie Marcus donated $25 million to get it rolling in 2005. At first no one knew about it because it was a small company. Later on, Autism Speaks and other autism companies came together to form a big organization. Now the company has lots of people coming to them for help (Autism Speaks).
They are still trying to find the cause of autism. Their mission is to help every family with kids with autism. I bet you are asking “How do I get help from this organization?” You have came to the right place. According to the article, Financial Assistance, “ Completing an application to determine final eligibility, families must speak with a representative from the Autism Response Team” (Financial). Autism Speaks clients are usually kids with autism or families that have a child with autism. Their goals are to work in communities and work on the federal level. They work globally to make sure everyone would be taken care of across the world (Autism
Dr. Temple Grandin. She works in the lab trying to figure out the cause of Autism. One of her quotes is, “It’s never too late to expand the mind of a person on the autism spectrum.” This means that even though someone has lived a life with no one that they know with ASD, they still can expand their mind on someone with ASD. Not everyone knows a person with ASD and don’t know how to react to them. Another quote is from someone with ASD. It states, “Autism can’t define me, I define autism.” That was said from Kerry Margo. She has done amazing things for someone with ASD. Her quote means that even though she has autism that doesn’t define her in anyway. Only she can know what defines her, but it isn’t autism. Even though it is a part of her that doesn’t mean it is what she is (Autism