ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University will welcome autism advocate Kloey Kaeser for a presentation on Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m., at Ronk Lecture Hall inside the Dwight Schar College of Education, as part of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Symposium Against Indifference series. The event, which is co-sponsored by the AU Department of Psychology, is free and open to the public.

Kaeser will present “Autism: Strategies for Collaboration and Success,” in which she’ll address three challenges people with autism face when attending university and then offer solutions that faculty, staff, students, parents and community members can employ when working with neurodiverse learners.

Having been diagnosed with level one autism, Kaeser brings a unique, lived perspective to her lecture. Throughout her life, she has faced many challenges such as attending school, socializing and establishing an identity, but today she seems to have found her calling. She is advancing autism education within K-12 schools, universities and the community at-large to spread awareness, acceptance and support for individuals on the autism spectrum.

Kaeser is the assistant director at Ashland Special Needs Ministry, a nonprofit organization that serves families with persons of special needs by providing a number of resources and support in the local community. She also is an author, having recently published a second edition of “An Autistic’s Guide to Autism,” available on Amazon, and blog writer.

To learn more about Kaeser’s inspiring story, visit her website at kloeykaeser.com.

AU’s Symposium Against Indifference series began in 2001. The College of Arts and Sciences seeks to challenge the university community, as well as the wider Ashland community, toward a deeper understanding of difficult affairs and creative responses from individuals and organizations. This year’s theme is “Thinking About Intelligence: Human and Artificial.”