By: Marc Levy, The Cambridge Day
City Hall was lit with blue spotlights Monday at an Autism Awareness Day celebration with Mayor Marc McGovern and the principals of four public schools that led the event: Robin Harris of the Fletcher-Maynard Academy, Darrell Williams of the King Open School, Katie Charner-Laird of the Cambridgeport School and Manuel Fernandez of the Cambridge Street Upper School.
Among the speakers at the event was Niusha Summers, 9, of Fairmont Street, a Cambridgeport third-grader. This was the speech she read, lightly edited and condensed for publication:
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