{"id":5256,"date":"2016-10-07T13:13:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T18:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=5256"},"modified":"2019-06-04T16:22:25","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T21:22:25","slug":"speaker-aims-to-help-people-understand-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2016\/10\/07\/speaker-aims-to-help-people-understand-autism\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker aims to help people understand autism"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/10\/AaronLikens_3x3.5.jpg\"><\/a> Aaron Likens\n<p>Aaron Likens, the Autism Ambassador for Easterseals Midwest in St. Louis, will present \u201cUnderstanding Autism: From the Other Side of the Wall\u201d at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11 in the Kemper Recital Hall, inside Spratt Hall on the campus of Missouri Western State University. The event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Likens is the author of \u201cFinding Kansas: Living and Decoding Asperger\u2019s Syndrome.\u201d His is now a sought-after speaker and blogger who is passionate about sharing his insights into this often misunderstood condition.<\/p>\n<p>His appearance is sponsored by the Missouri Western social work program, the University of Missouri\u2019s social work program, and Missouri Western\u2019s Accessibility Resource Center. The event will provide Continuing Education Units.<\/p>\n<p><em>Missouri Western State University is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\">www.missouriwestern.edu<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Likens, the Autism Ambassador for Easterseals Midwest in St. Louis, will present \u201cUnderstanding Autism: From the Other Side of the Wall\u201d at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11 in the Kemper Recital Hall, inside Spratt Hall on the campus of Missouri Western State University. The event is free and open to the public. Likens is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[28,48],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5256"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8222,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5256\/revisions\/8222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}