Welcome everyone to Family Talk. It's a ministry of the James Dobson Family Institute,

supported by listeners just like you. I'm Dr. James Dobson, and I'm thrilled that you've joined us.

Well, welcome to Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk, the broadcast division of the Dr. James

Dobson Family Institute.

I'm Roger Marsh, sitting in the co-host chair today.

And on today's program, we're going to get into what promises to be a fascinating conversation

about navigating life with autism, helping those who have been diagnosed with autism or

Asperger syndrome do life in the adult world now the statistics tell us that you or

someone you know falls into that category I know it has impacted the Marsh

household with my sister and my nephew Ian of according to a recent study by the

National Institutes of Health nearly five and a half million

Americans are living on the spectrum, as they say, and that works out to just over 2% of the

entire population. And then a recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

aka the CDC, indicates that approximately one out of every 31 children born in the country

this year will be

diagnosed as living on the spectrum. And remarkably, the chances of your son being diagnosed

four times greater than your daughter receiving this diagnosis. Now, since the number of children

receiving the diagnosis has literally skyrocketed over the past three decades, it stands to reason

then that the number of adults

seeking to navigate life with autism has increased as well. And that's why today's edition

of Dr. James Dobson's family talk is so important. My guest is Ron Sandison. Ron's an author.

He's an educator and a theologian who understands that autism spectrum all too well. Ron has earned his Master of Divinity from

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