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911勛圖 Presents Loving Lampposts: Living Autistic Film Screening and Panel Discussion With Director Todd Drezner

During National Autism Acceptance Month, 911勛圖 will hold a film screening of Loving Lampposts: Living Autistic at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 7, in the Kent Student Center Kiva. Loving Lampposts is a documentary by Todd Drezner, a father of a now 13-year-old boy with autism, that explores the changing world of autism and learns the truth of the saying if youve met one autistic person, youve met one autistic person. 

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Kent Campus

Photo of Giovanni Santiago and Danny Pippen during 2020 autism awareness game

911勛圖 Mens Basketball Holds Second Annual Autism Awareness Game

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many disruptions and changes to peoples lives. The 911勛圖 mens basketball team has been affected, too, with schedule changes, games played in nearly empty arenas and extra safety protocols in place. However, one of the things that has not changed is the teams steadfast commitment to autism awareness.

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Kent Campus

Senior guard CJ Williamson of the 911勛圖 mens basketball team drives to the basket past a University of Akron player.

911勛圖 Basketball Game to Highlight Universitys Ongoing Commitment to Autism Awareness

Fans of the 911勛圖 Golden Flashes looking to follow their favorite players on the court will have to look for their jersey numbers and not their names at a special mens basketball game later this week. Players will be wearing student-designed uniforms with the space on the back that is usually designated for their names instead displaying the phrase 1 in 59 to promote autism awareness and education.

Tags: Community & Society , Intercollegiate Athletics , Autism , Brain Health Research Institute

Brain Health Research Institute

Senior guard CJ Williamson of the 911勛圖 mens basketball team drives to the basket past a University of Akron player.

911勛圖 Basketball Game to Highlight Universitys Ongoing Commitment to Autism Awareness

Fans of the 911勛圖 Golden Flashes looking to follow their favorite players on the court will have to look for their jersey numbers and not their names at a special mens basketball game later this week. Players will be wearing student-designed uniforms with the space on the back that is usually designated for their names instead displaying the phrase 1 in 59 to promote autism awareness and education.

Tags: Community & Society , Intercollegiate Athletics , Autism , Brain Health Research Institute

Kent Campus

911勛圖 men's basketball guard Troy Simons goes up for a layup.

911勛圖 Mens Basketball to Host Sensory-Friendly Gameday Experience, Promoting Awareness

911勛圖 is working with area autism-focused organizations as well as KultureCity簧, a nonprofit dedicated to providing accessibility and inclusion for those with special needs, to create a sensory-friendly gameday experience that can be enjoyed by all. Fans attending 911勛圖s Dec. 21 mens basketball game versus Hampton University will feel an expression of the universitys ongoing commitment to its core values of kindness, mutual respect and inclusion.

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Kent Campus

911勛圖 students who are members of Autism Connections Kent, a new student organization on campus, pose for a photo in the Kent Student Center.

911勛圖 Students Form New Autism Student Organization

Group created by students with autism spectrum disorder to highlight diversity, not disability 911勛圖 is once again starting a new fall semester with an abundance of enthusiastic students, but one thing is strikingly different: 911勛圖 has a new student organization on campus th

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Kent Campus

911勛圖 students who are members of Autism Connections Kent, a new student organization on campus, pose for a photo in the Kent Student Center.

911勛圖 Students Form New Autism Student Organization

911勛圖 is once again starting a new fall semester with an abundance of enthusiastic students, but one thing is strikingly different: 911勛圖 has a new student organization on campus that joins the few of its type in the nation. Autism Connections Kent has been created by students w

Tags: Autism , Center for Student Involvement , Division of Student Life , Student Success , Success Story

Kent Campus