World Autism Awareness Day

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Clearwater, Florida - Today is World Autism Awareness Day. It's a day to increase global awareness about autistism. In the US, an estimated one in 150 children have autism. Experts are calling it a health care crisis and a crisis worldwide.

Shelley Sharp is with the Tampa chapter of Autism Speaks "Ten years ago it was one in 10,000 children diagnosed with autism and today it's one in 150... another child is diagnosed with autism every three hours."

While the cause of Autism is not known, Autism Speaks and Toys R Us have teamed up to help treat the symptoms. They put together a list of top ten toys to help autistic children.

To see the top ten toys recommended click here.

To learn more about Autism Speaks click here.

Now until May 4, all 586 Toys “R” Us stores across the country are accepting cash donations to support Autism Speaks. You can also donate online by visiting www.Toysrus.com/autismspeaks. Last year they raised $1.1 million for scientific research into what causes autism.