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Farmingdale school trains student 'autism ambassadors'
Jillian Lapiana rolled a green toy Army truck across the desk to Geofrey Muscarella and watched to see what he would do.
She had learned that Geofrey, who is autistic, might not react. But when he grasped the truck, she smiled.
Jillian is 8, and it was her first day as a visitor to a class of autistic children after being trained as an "autism ambassador" in a new program launched this...
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