{"id":22991,"date":"2021-11-15T11:21:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T16:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=22991"},"modified":"2021-11-15T11:21:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T16:21:19","slug":"autism-training-center-to-hold-virtual-fundraiser-stories-from-the-spectrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2021\/11\/autism-training-center-to-hold-virtual-fundraiser-stories-from-the-spectrum\/","title":{"rendered":"Autism Training Center to hold virtual fundraiser, \u201cStories from the Spectrum\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The West Virginia Autism Training Center will host a virtual fundraising event from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4. Funds raised will help expand the College Program for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder at Marshall University.<\/p>\n<p>The event, titled\u00a0 \u201cStories from the Spectrum: Building for the Future,\u201d will feature inspiring stories, unique auction items and special guest appearances. The Dr. Ruth Sullivan Autism Champion Award will be presented to Dr. Barbara Becker-Cottrill to honor her career dedicated to supporting those diagnosed with autism and their families.<\/p>\n<p>Those interested in attending the virtual event can register and\/or donate at this link:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fe.givesmart.com%2Fevents%2FnL6%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CSTams%40marshall.edu%7Caf814d3b691840c97d3508d9a61b6d1e%7C239ab2783bba4c78b41d8508a541e025%7C0%7C0%7C637723459286880349%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=7XIbKybQpn%2Fffzq%2F4cC8VL7TSlz%2F4lL1TubSfltN9UQ%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/e.givesmart.com\/events\/nL6\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The West Virginia Autism Training Center provides support to individuals with autism as they pursue a life of quality. One of those support programs is the College Program for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder at Marshall.<\/p>\n<p>Questions about this event can be directed to Dr. Marc Ellison, executive director of the West Virginia Autism Training Center, by phone at 304-696-2848 or by e-mail at <a href=\"mailto:ellison13@marshall.edu\">ellison13@marshall.edu<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The West Virginia Autism Training Center will host a virtual fundraising event from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4. Funds raised will help expand the College Program for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder at Marshall University. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":22425,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22991"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22992,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22991\/revisions\/22992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}