Toni Braxton made an appearance at the Empire State building for autism Awareness Day . The R&B diva was on hand for the lighting ceremony to kick-off Autism Awareness Month. Toni has an autistic son, and since his diagnosis in 2007, the singer has been an advocate for Autism Speaks, the largest autism awareness group in the world.

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