By Megan Kirk – (Source: www.michiganchronicle.com) – In America, one out of every 54 children will be diagnosed with autism according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of those diagnosed, minority children are often identified later and far less frequently than white children. Boys are often diagnosed at a higher rate than girls. For one local Detroit mother, the love of her sons; one, who measures on the autistic spectrum and the other who has a speech delay, drove a passion to create something that would breed positivity in their world and teach the ABC’s of affirmations.