April Dhaka 2011: Activists of different Islamic political parties shout on the stairs of the National Mosque of Bangladesh, “Baitul Mukarram” during a nationwide strike in Dhaka on April Dozens of people were injured and more than 100 arrested on Monday as Bangladeshi police fired rubber bullets during a strike by Islamic parties against a proposed law to give women equal property rights. Police also fired tear gas in clashes with protesters, mainly students at Islamic schools or madrassas, who brought much of the nation to a standstill by blocking roads.
A clash between pro-hartal activists and police has left a youth dead and at least 25, including five policemen, injured in the Jessore district. A key member of the opposition coalition has called a day-long countrywide shutdown on Apr 4 to protest the cabinet’s endorsement of the amended National Women Development Policy-2011. At a pre-hartal meeting at Muktangon in the city on Sunday, Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ) chairmen Mufti Fazlul Haque Amini said, “This hartal is to save Qur’an. We’ll declare non-stop hartals if we’re barred.” He also asked leaders and activists of his party and its allies—under the banner of Islamic Law Implementation Committee (ILIC)—to take to streets with Qur’an and burial sheets in hands.
“The number of children and people with autistic conditions continues to rise — in every nation and in every racial, ethnic and social group”. -UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- Moon
Autism is a developmental disorder that appears in the first 3 years of life, and affects the brain’s normal development of social and communication skills.
Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that affects how a person communicates with, and relates to, other people. It also affects how they make sense of the world around them.
It is a spectrum condition, which means that, while all people with autism share certain difficulties, their condition will affect them in different ways. Some people with autism are able to live relatively independent lives but others may have accompanying learning disabilities and need a lifetime of specialist support. People with autism may also experience over- or under-sensitivity to sounds, touch, tastes, smells, light or colours.
Asperger syndrome is a form of autism. People with Asperger syndrome are often of average or above average intelligence. They have fewer problems with speech but may still have difficulties with understanding and processing language. [The National Autistic Society]
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