Take a moment and imagine that you are in a class listening to a biology lecture. For many of you, the sound of the instructor’s voice is your main point of focus, as it should be. As a normal functioning person, you are able to drown out unnecessary noises and focus your attention. Now, I want you to imagine hearing the instructor’s voice, a humming bird in the window, a pen clicking, a person whispering in the back of the class, a siren from outside, and the pitter patter of footsteps in the hallway all at the same time at the same volume. Could you handle it? This example is exactly what it is like every day in the life of an autistic child. In the year of 2000, it was recorded that 1 in every 150 children were born with autism. Ten years
