Local named international ambassador for autism

Fallbrook resident Joel Anderson, 20, has been selected to serve as an ambassador and awareness advocate for autism.

Anderson, who won the inaugural International Naturally Autistic Community ANCA Achievement Award for Adults with Autism in 2010, left on Sept. 21 to travel to Vancouver, British Columbia to attend the second annual conference of the aforementioned organization. Participants from eight countries are scheduled to attend this

year�'s event.

At the conference, Anderson will serve in a variety of key positions.

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