{"id":16361,"date":"2020-10-22T17:04:25","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T21:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=16361"},"modified":"2020-10-23T12:01:18","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T16:01:18","slug":"different-not-less-autism-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/different-not-less-autism-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Different, not less: Autism in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October is well known for it\u2019s pumpkin spiced delicacies and spooky Halloween decorations in many places around the world, but October is also known for something a bit more special: Autism Awareness and Acceptance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many Canadians are now familiar with the term \"autistic,\" with lots of people having heard of the term before and most understanding the very basics of what it is. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But, even though there may be awareness about autism, there may not be as much acceptance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen to the interview below as the inspiring autism advocate from Northern B.C., Corey Walker, debunks harmful stereotypes, discusses life as a person with autism, and highlights how we as society can create a better, more accepting community. You\u2019ll even learn a little bit about how October actually <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">isn\u2019t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> considered to be Autism Awareness and Acceptance month.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October is well known for it\u2019s pumpkin spiced delicacies and spooky Halloween decorations in many places around the world, but October is also known for something a bit more special: Autism Awareness and Acceptance. Many Canadians are now familiar with the term &#8220;autistic,&#8221; with lots of people having heard of the term before and most&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":16414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,219,223],"tags":[2393,488,758,1107],"radio":[238],"origine":[280,264,231],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16361"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=16361"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=16361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}