Autism fundraiser planned in Warren on Saturday

September 5, 2007 at 9:01p.m.

WARREN — A doctor, his family and his staff are going that extra step to help raise money to defeat autism.

Dr. Clive Sinoff is sponsoring a car wash from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot of his office at 8740 E. Market St.

Although Dr. Sinoff’s practice is in pain medicine, he is not far removed from autism.

His 20 year-old son, Allen, was diagnosed with autism at 18 months and has struggled through his childhood. Dr. Sinoff said Allen began talking at the age of 5 but his language is poor.

“He does speak, but it is not easy,” the doctor said.

The money raised from the car wash will go to Autism Speaks, an organization that began in 2004 whose goal is to help find a cure for autism.

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