“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept and celebrate those differences.” When the poet Audre Lorde wrote these words I’m sure she wasn’t speaking of autism. I say this because autism awareness was not around when she lived. However there seems to have always been children and adults with characteristics of autism. But “ autism awareness” was not a coined phrase until the new millennium. World renown spokesperson for autism, Dr. Tem