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Autism: The New Black?

Jenny McCarthy, Brad Pitt Chris Weeks/WireImage.com, Steve Granitz/WireImage.com

We're not poking fun (or making light of the fact that 1 in 166 kids are diagnosed with autism). We just couldn't help but notice that it's become the cause célèbre lately.

Jenny McCarthy has been spreading a message of hope via the talk-show circuit with her new book, Louder Than Words, which recounts her son's recovery from autism.

America's Next Top Model features a 21-year-old stunner, college student Heather, with Asperger's syndrome. As host Tyra Banks chirped in one episode, "She's making a whole lot of autistic kids go, 'Wow.' " Well, not necessarily the kids, but definitely some of their families and friends.

Meanwhile, Jason Alexander, Minnie Driver, James Franco, Dermot Mulroney and other bold-faced names will perform at the 5th Annual Acts of Love Fundraiser at LA.'s Geffen Playhouse on Oct 15.

And if that's not enough, Brad Pitt's been rumored to donate to Cure Autism Now—need we say more?

Okay, just one more thing: This is one "trend" we'd love to see cured. And we're done.

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