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It's April 27th. I'm Bethany Van Delft, and this is the 10 News, where we get the lowdown on what's up in the world.

President Biden's administration has achieved its goal of vaccinating 200 million Americans against COVID-19 within

his first 100 days in office. Animal rescuers in Poland responded to a call from a woman,

frightened by what looked like a strange, mysterious animal in a tree. What they discovered was, in fact,

a croissant. And April is Autism Acceptance Month.

In today's episode, we'll find out more about this effort to promote awareness and understanding

and to celebrate our differences. Let's get into the 10.

Autism Spectrum affects one in about every 54 kids in the United States.

But the thing about autism is, it can affect each of those kids in very different ways.

In fact, a simple way to explain autism is a difference in the way a kid's brain develops.

So, people with autism may do things a little differently, like communicating, making friends,

or coping with things like changes, loud noises, or crowds. But because autism is a spectrum,

meaning it can vary within a range, it doesn't always look the same. Sometimes these differences

can lead people to do things that change the world, like Satoshi Tijiri, whose autism played a role

in his passion for collecting bugs and playing video games

as a kid, which later helped him create Pokemon.

Awesome!

Can you even imagine a world without Pikachu?

Pikachu!

The theme of this year's Autism Acceptance Month is Celebrate Differences.

And yeah, we should, because none of us is exactly the same.

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