NEW YORK, NY (July 10, 2008) – Autism Speaks, the nation's largest autism advocacy organization, and the Ad Council have created a new public service advertisement (PSA) pegged to next month's Summer Olympics in Beijing. The print ad compares the long 1 in 28,500 odds of a child becoming an Olympic athlete with the far likelier chance -- 1 in 150 -- of being diagnosed with autism.

“As the world prepares to focus its attention on the accomplishments of some remarkable athletes, we