(Photograph) - A jigsaw-design ribbon to be worn to promote Autism Awareness Year 2002 was launched last week by Labour MP Linda Perham. It was a parent in her consituency with a five-year-old autistic son who founded the first Autism Awareness Year, jointly run by the Disabilities Trust and the British Institute for Brain Injured Children. During a Commons debate, health secretary Yvette Cooper said, 'It is important that we acknowledge that autism is a complex condition that affects not only the individuals but their families, parents, carers, teachers and schoolmates. It is not a simple problem with simple solutions.'
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