Hollywood lends faces to local autism campaign at Jan. 26 gala

The number of children in California diagnosed with Autism jumped 243 percent between 1987 and 1998 (Centers for Disease Control, 2006). As it impacts more families in the Central Valley, a parent group of Fresno State's Central California Autism Center (CCAC) launched the 'Look Past the Mask' campaign to raise awareness of the often-misunderstood disorder.