{"id":876,"date":"2022-04-11T16:28:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T16:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/?p=876"},"modified":"2022-05-02T13:27:20","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T13:27:20","slug":"ncss-here-for-you-episode-autism-awareness-and-acceptance-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/ncss-here-for-you-episode-autism-awareness-and-acceptance-month\/","title":{"rendered":"NCSS Here for You Episode, Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The month of April is Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month.&nbsp; Autism spectrum disorder is made up of a group of complex neurodevelopment disorders resulting in repetitive patterns of behavior and difficulties with social communication and interaction. The symptoms are present from early childhood and can affect daily functioning. Individuals with autism have widely different abilities. Some children with an autism spectrum disorder may have a serious lifelong disability.&nbsp; However, with appropriate treatment and training, some children can develop certain aspects of independence in their lives.&nbsp; Today we\u2019ll discuss the<\/strong> <strong>various programs and services that NCSS provides individuals diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the full episode here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NCSS Here For You Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_M3ohY7r7n0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The month of April is Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month.&nbsp; Autism spectrum disorder is made up of a group of complex neurodevelopment disorders resulting in repetitive patterns of behavior and difficulties with social communication and interaction. The symptoms are present from early childhood and can affect daily functioning. Individuals with autism have widely different abilities. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=876"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":882,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876\/revisions\/882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}