When Miss Montana, Alexis Wineman, sashays onstage at Saturday's 2013 Miss America Competition,
she will be making history as the pageant's first-ever autistic competitor. She isn't alone in bringing awareness to the disorder: She
joins the ranks of Daryl Hannah and other celebrities putting a face on
Autism.
Once taboo to talk about, autism has been thrust into the mainstream spotlight in recent years by celebrities affected in some way by the disorder.
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