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Local Spotlight: Autism Awareness Month

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April 20, 2016 2:00 pm

Local Spotlight: Autism Awareness Month

We shine the local spotlight on a first year University of Miami Law School student who is not only raising awareness about Autism, she’s also living with the condition.

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