The Mexican singer Cristian Castro said today that as a child had some degree of autism, and recommended approval of a project to create programs for the treatment of this disease in Puerto Rico.
The artist said at a public hearing in the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico who was a child "withdrawn" for what his teachers advised him to her mother, actress Verónica Castro, which took him to psychologists to detect the problem.
"Autism is a tendency to confuse because there are people like me who can have an incredible inner world and a very withdrawn personality, but at the same time very interesting house," said the singer of "Blue", "Angel" and "I wanted. "
"I'm here to support you analyze this legislation today, to support the hundreds of thousands of parents in the world struggle to overcome obstacles and to achieve equality for their children," added Castro.
The singer was accompanied at the hearing of the Commission on Family Affairs and Communities by the Puerto Rican musical events producer Maritza Casiano, who has an autistic son, age seven.
Casiano presented lawmakers with your project Aaron, the name of her son, which seeks to ensure continuing education for teachers, so they can better serve children with autism.
According to the Department of Education, Puerto Rico has registered a growth of 159 per cent in the number of children with autism in 2002 and 2003.
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