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One Love... for Autism.

My son LOVES him some Bob Marley!  Seriously! Now, some of you probably turned your nose up when you read that, and that's okay.  I'm thinking you probably don't know much about Bob or his music, and that's okay too. Allow me to shed some light on that which you do not know... Bob makes my son sing... at the top of his lungs and with emotion! Bob makes my son sway to the beat! Bob encourages my son to read.  If there are lyrics in the album cover, my son can be found reading them. And I credit Bob for much of the spontaneous speech that my son has spoken this year. Here's a little more of that which you probably do not know. Marley remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music, and is credited for helping spread Jamaican music to the worldwide audience. The compilation album, Legend , released in 1984, three years after his death, is the best-selling reggae album ever (10 times platinum [ 3 ] ), with sales of more than 12 million copies. Mar...