Close to three million Americans live with an autism spectrum disorder. Individuals diagnosed with autism can face social-interaction difficulties and, depending on the severity, a lifelong speech and learning impediment. As of 2016, a cure for autism has yet to be discovered, leaving millions of autistic individuals and their families pushing for a cure. East Stroudsburg University\u2019s (ESU) chapter of Autism Speaks U, a student organization that raises funds and awareness for Autism, is hosting a 5K walk\/run on Sunday, April 24, beginning at 10 a.m. on the Shawnee-Linden quad on campus.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll proceeds from the event go directly to Autism Speaks which supports autism research,\u201d Rachel Wolf-Colon, Ph.D., assistant professor of speech-language pathology and club adviser to Autism Speaks U at ESU, said. \u201cApril is Autism Awareness month and our club is happy to contribute to this worthy cause.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other organizations are joining in the fight. ESU\u2019s Phi Sigma Kappa, an on-campus fraternity, is helping set up and organize the event.<\/p>\n
\u201cAutism is becoming more common,\u201d Stephen Samaan, a junior majoring in business management from Allentown, Pa., and a Phi Sigma Kappa member, said. \u201cIt means so much to Phi Sigma Kappa that we can help raise awareness for such an influential organization.\u201d<\/p>\n
This event is open to the public. Registration is $10 per person and is from 9 to 9:45 a.m. For more information contact Dr. Wolf-Colon at 570-422-3929.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
East Stroudsburg University\u2019s (ESU) chapter of Autism Speaks U, a student organization that raises funds and awareness for Autism, is hosting a 5K walk\/run on Sunday, April 24, beginning at 10 a.m. on the Shawnee-Linden quad on campus.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll proceeds from the event go directly to Autism Speaks which supports autism research,\u201d Rachel Wolf-Colon, Ph.D., assistant professor of speech-language pathology and club adviser to Autism Speaks U at ESU, said. \u201cApril is Autism Awareness month and our club is happy to contribute to this worthy cause.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[143,22,42,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-facebook","category-news-release","category-slider"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14135"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14135"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14139,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14135\/revisions\/14139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}