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"Cold temperatures didn't stop more than 7,000 people from gathering at Meyer Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach Sunday to support autism advocacy and research.The Autism Speaks walk and run was full of supporters including Shelley Hendrix who spent Sunday trying to collect signatures.\"We are here to collect 188,000 petition signatures to ask President Obama and Congress to develop a federal comprehensive plan to address the needs of the autism community,\" said Hendrix.The Autism Speaks organization was founded in 2005 by Palm Beach residents Bob and Suzanne Wright, who have a grandson with autism.\"Awareness is our primary objective,\" said Bob Wright, who along with his wife walked the 2.5-mile course along Flagler Boulevard. \"We want to get a sense of community. That's the problem with mental health. It becomes a personal issue and nobody talks about it. Getting all these families out here is a big deal.\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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