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]TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION<\/a>) \u2014 The month of April is nationally recognized as Autism Acceptance Month<\/a>. According to a 2025 study done by the CDC<\/a>, one in 31 children is diagnosed with autism in the United States. For Troy professor Jillian Camwell, autism awareness is something that hits very close to home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey want to love like every other child wants to be loved, they want to be treated like every other child wants to be treated,\u201d said Camwell, the mother of an autistic child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Camwell\u2019s nine-year-old daughter, Rosie, was diagnosed with autism at two years old. She has been working with special education teachers and Applied Behavioral Analysis therapy from an early age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re so blessed to have these special education teachers in the school,” Camwell said. “We had home visits, and she was able to go into the school before Pre-K to work with their specialists.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Camwell explained that a big misconception about autism is that signs or behaviors are one-size-fits-all. She said this isn\u2019t true, and rather levels of autism vary greatly between each individual. Campbell says it is important to recognize these differences, especially in the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery single child and person with autism is different. Somebody might mask very well. One child\u2019s meltdown might be just shutting down and going quiet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awareness, she said, helps us to better understand others and serve as more effective communicators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe just have to learn how to communicate differently,” Camwell said. “We\u2019re adaptive. We as a society can be flexible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Flexibility makes us better humans. It makes us empathetic. It makes us self-aware of how we treat others, not just autistic children, but a person who is walking down the hallway and we smile at them. That goes a long way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Camwell said she is grateful for the resources that have been provided to her child, and encouraged other parents with a child on the spectrum to take advantage of these programs as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

]TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 The month of April is nationally recognized as Autism Acceptance Month. According to a 2025 study done by the CDC, one in 31 children is diagnosed with autism in the United States. For Troy professor Jillian Camwell, autism awareness is something that hits very close to home.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey want to love…<\/p>\n

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