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WHAT: Christiana Care will host an autism awareness event to help create a greater understanding in the community about people with autism who live and work in the community. The event includes a showing of Extraordinary People, a documentary that follows the story of six very different individuals on the autism spectrum as they deal with personal challenges and find meaningful value through their work at a business called Extraordinary Ventures. Following the conclusion of the documentary, Charmaine Wright, M.D., medical director of the Center for Special Health Care Needs, will moderate a panel discussion that includes leaders who help support people with autism who live and work in Delaware. Panelists include: • Katina Demetriou, POW&R program director for Autism Delaware. • Patricia Pfarrer, director of workforce development programs for The Precisionists. • MaryAnn Nolan, co-founder of Waggies by Maggie and Friends. About one in 59 children has been identified with autism spectrum disorder, according to estimates from U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network. April is World Autism Month. WHERE: Main Auditorium, Christiana Hospital’s John H. Ammon Medical Education Center at 4755 Ogletown-Stanton Rd., Newark, Del. WHEN: Thursday, April 11 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Registration: Train by Cell: https://events.christianacare.org/event/autism-awareness/