Just wanted to share with everybody my belated mommy's day gift. I got it done on Friday & it's in honor of our "little man" Ryan. He was diagnosed Thursday with Pervasive Developemental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS). For those of you who do not know what that is....our son is on the Autism Spectrum. I hope you guys don't mind that I post some information regarding Autism. This was taken from the Autism Speaks Website....




Did you know…

• 1 in 150 children is diagnosed with autism
• 1 in 94 boys is on the autism spectrum
• 67 children are diagnosed per day
• A new case is diagnosed almost every 20 minutes
• More children will be diagnosed with autism this year than with AIDS, diabetes & cancer combined
• Autism is the fastest-growing serious developmental disability in the U.S.
• Autism costs the nation over $35 billion per year, a figure expected to significantly increase in the next decade
• Autism receives less than 5% of the research funding of many less prevalent childhood diseases
• Boys are four times more likely than girls to have autism
• There is no medical detection or cure for autism

Incidence vs. Private Funding

• Leukemia: Affects 1 in 25,000 / Funding: $310 million
• Muscular Dystrophy: Affects 1 in 20,000 / Funding: $175 million
• Pediatric AIDS: Affects 1 in 8,000 / Funding: $394 million
• Juvenile Diabetes: Affects 1 in 500 / Funding: $130 million
• Autism: Affects 1 in 150 / Funding: $15 million

Michelle & Mike

Happy belated mother's day! Cool Tat for sure!

http://www.autismtoday.com/
http://www.asperger.org/
http://www.autismspeaks.org/

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re: the tatoo OUCH! but pretty cool

andrea

Cool....looks great. I must say you are much more of an adventurous mom than I !!! A paper cut puts me over the edge...Was it painful to have done??

Cindyo

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Yes..it was a little painful. but well worth it. The guys at the tattoo parlor kept telling me that because I'm "older" now my pain levels aren't the same anymore I had my last one done 8 years ago. I now have five .

Michelle & Mike

I will check it out. Thank you Andrea.

Everyone at the Tattoo Parlor had never seen this design before. They told me that they have actually inked quite a few woman with the blue puzzle piece or the autism ribbon.

Michelle & Mike