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:: Our Mission

The goal of HEART is to implement effective educational supports and programming for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders so that each student will learn at an individualized pace to maximize their potential. We will provide education, encouragement and resources to those involved in the lives of these students in order to promote a caring, nurturing environment where flexibility and high expectations are maintained.
 
 
Statistics
  • AUTISM OCCURRENCE: One in every 150 children born in the US have autism. It is estimated approximately 1 million in the US have this disorder.
    • NOTE: This number does NOT include: PDD, Asperger's and other spectrum disorders. These statistics are endorsed by the CDC, American Academy of Pediatrics, and other federal organizations.
       
  • U.S. FACTS:
    • A new case of autism is diagnosed nearly every 20 minutes
    • There are 24,000 new cases diagnosed in the U.S. per year
    • The economic impact of autism is more than $90 billion and expected to more than double in the next decade.
    • Autism receives less than 5% of the research funding of many less prevalent childhood diseases.
    • There is no medical detection treatment, or cure for autism.

       
  • AUTISM COMPARED TO OTHER DISABILITIES: Autism is the fastest-growing developmental disability in the U.S. today.
  • FUNDING RESEARCH: In the late 1990s The National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded just $5 million in Autism Research. Today, the National Institutes of Health funds allocation:
    • $29 billion Total NIH funding
    • $5 billion Funding of relevant NIH departments: Child Health, Mental Health, Environmental Health, Neurological Disorders
    • LESS THAN $100 million* Portion of the $5 billion allocation that directly or indirectly impacts autism research. *This represents 0.3% of total NIH funding.
    • MUCH MORE FUNDING is needed.

       
  • GIRLS VS. BOYS: Autism often strikes boys more often than girls – roughly four times more common in boys. Statistics being 1 in every 166 children that makes it 1 in every 41 males.
 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

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