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Tonight. singer toni braxton talks about autism on her new reality tv show "braxton family values." the voice behind the hit "unbreak my heart" looks like she lives the glam life but she gets real showing viewers the family struggles. braxton's son diesel has autism leading her to a role as a spokeswoman for the group autism speaks. listen. what will parents gain from your new show and what do you want to say to families dealing with autism? >> it was very important to me to portray a side of me other than a singer. i'm a mother with a special needs son. diesel suffers from autism but i'm one ...

Autism. a voice behind the hit "unbreak my heart" looks like she lives the glam life. she shows viewers the family struggles and that include raising a child with autism. her son has autism leading her to a role as a spokeswoman. what will parents gain from your new show and what do you want to say to families who are dealing with autism? >> it was very important to me. i'm a mother with a special needs son. he suffers from autism but i'm one of the lucky parents. i found out when he was younger. he's 8 now. early diagnosis completely changed his life. he's in public school. mainstreaming him....

Let's talk about what matters tonight. singer toni braxton talks about autism. a voice behind the hit "unbreak my heart" looks like she lives the glam life. she shows viewers the family struggles and that include raising a child with autism. her son has autism leading her to a role as a spokeswoman. what will parents gain from your new show and what do you want to say to families who are dealing with autism? >> it was very important to me. i'm a mother with a special needs son. he suffers from autism but i'm one of the lucky parents. i found out when he was younger. he's 8 now. early diagnosis...

>> i'm a mother with a special needs son. he suffers from autism, but i'm one of the lucky families, i found out when he was younger. he was 2 years old. early diagnosis completely changed his life. he's in a special education program, with occupational therapy, but we're mainstreaming him. the best advice i can giveparence, no matter what the outcome looks like, there is always hope. my child had no eye contact, wasn't social, wasn't speaking, thought he was hearing impaired, but look at us today. there's always hope. >> tell our viewers what mainstreaming means. >> he's no longer in an autis...

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