So since i probably wont have any time to write again till schools out im gonna write about APRIL. did you know April is autism awareness month? And since Rett is an autism spectrum disorder its only fitting that the one and only post for a while is about AUTISM. or maybe about everything.
Did you know that 1 in 88 kids have autsim?
Did you know there is no blood test, no scan, and no image that can detect autism. Diagnosis relies on behavioral observation and screening.
Did you know that Autism is more common than childhood cancer, diabetes, and AIDS combined.
Did you know that Approximately 67 million people worldwide are affected by autism. and that Autism is the fastest growing disability in the United States.
So why isnt there a cure yet?
There needs to be funding, research done, awareness raised. Just. Like. Rett.
I want to take a minute to tell you all about my weekend. Im positive youll enjoy this.
So. Remember my post back in January? Me, my sister, and my best friend Nathalie. we were denied the right to host a dance for the middle schoolers. But we didnt agree with it and we fought it. we petitioned and got over 200 signitures from our peers and WE WON. our dance was scheduled for Friday April 13th. GUESS WHAT?
For Rett Syndrome we raised $1,221.
To those of you moms who go all out on your fundraisers it may not be that much but for three teenage girls with crazy schedules and school and life in general $1,221 in one night is pretty darn impressive.
But it doesnt stop there. Nathalie stayed over at my house on Friday to saturday and saturday afternoon when we got bored we decided since it was so nice (rare in the ADKS) that we would have a lemonade stand and donate our money to Rett research! we expected not a lot. Maybe a couple people. We DEFINETLY did not expect to have to make multiple lemonade runs and make NINETY BUCKS. 90. on lemonade. for 50 cents a cup.
so add that 90 to the 1221 from the dance and get 1311! $1,311 in two days while all the other people our age around us were sleeping the day away or doing nothing. and we decided that since we were so successful on Saturday, why not try again Sunday? so we set up our stand again and made a wopping $125!!! thats ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY SIX DOLLARS. in three days. when youre 14/16 thats A LOT of money!
It was such an incredible weekend. I literally had the most fun ive had in a while. wanna snapshot into it? watch this video!!
and be reminded to NEVER GIVE UP. because when authority says no, if you stand up for real and believe, you will come out on top. Or at least we did!
want to view the video of Rett that lured all the middle school students to our dance?
or what about our take on the word retard(ed)?
