Autism Speaks

Those of you who frequent the scrapbooking celebrity blogs, know that Ali Edwards is raising funds for the organization Autism Speaks through Kevin Bacon's organization of 6 degrees. Ali's son was diagnosed last year as being on the autism spectrum. She has used the forum of her blog to educate and to request donations for the disease that effects 1 in 150 children and has no known cause or cure. As a thank you to her supporters, she has posted the directions to create one of her books that she teaches around the world. If you scrapbook or craft, make sure that you check it out Ali's blog today.

At the end of her entry, Ali has a note that Technique Tuesday is also supporting autism research as the philanthropic support for 2007. The are supporting this in two ways: 1) they have created a set of stamps from which 50% of the profit will go to Autism Speaks, 2) you can enter an autism awareness scrapbook challenge during the month of April, and 3) you can make a donation.

It is really amazing to me the more I learn about autism. It has such a broad spectrum of symptoms that it is amazing. It is also amazing at how much control it has over families who struggle with it daily. I have a good friend who is up against autism daily and she absolutely amazes me.

I am also amazed at how powerful a community can be. In this case, the community is the scrapbooking community. It is an amazing network of people who can really make a difference!