Westchester Students Learn from Autism Awareness Presentation

Autism-AwarenessAaron Likens, center, author of Finding Kansas: Living and Decoding Asperger's Syndrome, recently spoke to students in grades five through 12 to raise awareness of Autism Spectrum Distorders.

Likens was diagnosed at 20 wil Asperger's Syndrome. To gain better understanding of himself, he began to write and now gives presentations to help promote understanding of these disorders.

Likens is pictured after the program with Westchester Intermediate students, front, left to right,  Kourtney Lowry, Kaylee DeMarco, Devin Trusty, Kolton Cardenas and Karabir Singh. Back, Riley Wologo, Courtney Milzarek and Likens.