April is World Autism Month, a month designated to enhance understanding of autism and increase acceptance of autistic individuals.  Today’s episode will help to provide answers for the following questions: What is autism? Why are rates of autism increasing? What causes autism?How do you know if your child is autistic? What to do as a parent?------Sign up for the Parenting Translator Substack, and follow along on Instagram.Parenting Translator is hosted by Dr. Cara Goodwin and is produced by Earfluence.Dr. Cara Goodwin, PhD, is a child psychologist and mother to three children who "translates" research on parenting and child development into information that is accurate, relevant, and useful to parents.