A public service advertisement for autistic children around the world is displayed on a large screen at Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street in Shanghai, China, on April 1, 2021. (Photo credit: Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images) Thanks to a declaration passed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2007, April 2 will forevermore be known as World Autism Awareness Day.Autism is a bio-neurological developmental disability that presents itself with a spectrum of symptoms with varying severity.
It affects one out of every 59 children and is most often found in boys, according to the National Autism Association (NAA).Many children with the condition are nonverbal, so communication with them can be difficult.