heidi joe castro, al jazeera, corsicana, texas. >>> be sure to tune in at 8 p.m. r more of heidi jo castro's reporting on this case. >>> today is world autism awareness day. this year's theme is employment. an estimated 80% of adults with autism are unemployed. that's according to the u.n. and cdc data shows that 1 in 68 people in the u.s. have autism, a number that's been rising in recent years a doctor from new york's university school of medicine says the increase can be attributed to so much attention being paid to autism these days. >> we have done a great job about increasing awareness of autism and autism spectrum disorders. probably parents and doctors and clinicians are diagnosing it more often. that's part of it. the other thing is because there's no actual test, a blood test like an x-ray to diagnose autism then people are more likely to diagnose it based on the criteria. there's a looser criteria. the treatment focuses on the symptoms so that issues in autism it has to do with language development and only only -- social development. they may not be bab

hidy joe castro it in oklahoma city tonight. heidi reporter: john bates was suggesten and silent today following his booking. now, the tulsa oklahoma sheriff's deem said the shooting of eric harris was an excellent that bates intend today reach for his stun gun wrath than his pistol and now this case has called oklahoma's reliance on these such reserve officers in to question. the big question the tulsa county sheriff's department is faces is why a 73-year-old insurance company executive was moonlighting as a volunteer police officer. reserve deputy robert bates was booked tuesday on a second manslaughter charge, he was immediately released on $25,000 bond. >> in light of the charges he's not glowing make a going to make a statement. we will defend this in the court of law. and that's what we are going to do base is charge charged in the death of eric harris the trarg he had of illegal guns, cameras show bates run deputy bates warns he's going to use his stun gun but instead fires his pistol. >> oh, i shot him i am sorry. >> reporter: