{"id":1772,"date":"2013-02-05T15:30:40","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T19:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=1772"},"modified":"2022-03-25T11:49:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T15:49:44","slug":"a-childs-stuggle-with-autism-consumes-k-alumni-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/a-childs-stuggle-with-autism-consumes-k-alumni-family\/","title":{"rendered":"A Child\u2019s Struggle With Autism Consumes K Alumni Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2004, <strong>Antonie Boessenkool \u201999<\/strong> wrote a <em>LuxEsto<\/em> article (&#8220;Homeward Bound&#8221;) that appeared in the fall issue that year about <strong>Matt \u201994<\/strong> and <strong>Kelli \u201995 (Johnson) Stapleton<\/strong>. Their daughter Isabelle (Issy), at that time 5 years old, had recently been diagnosed with autism. The Stapletons currently live in Elberta, Michigan. Matt serves as principal of Frankfort\u2013Elberta High School and coaches football and basketball. Kelli runs a podcast business, but most of her time is devoted to helping Issy and raising her two other children, McEwen and Ainsley. Issy (12) has a form of autism that manifests in occasional violent outbursts directed at family members. For the past few years, Issy has been big enough to cause serious injury to her mom and others. The Stapletons have been trying to get treatment for Issy, but their insurance program covers little to none of the costs, which are significant. Recently, Issy got into an in-patient treatment program at the Great Lakes Center for Autism (Portage, Michigan). But the insurance company would only pay for 30 days of a treatment program that requires two to three months. The Elberta community news organ (the <em>Alert<\/em>) has published the Stapletons\u2019 story and is raising funds in hopes that Issy can complete her in-patient treatment program. All are invited to contribute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2004, Antonie Boessenkool \u201999 wrote a LuxEsto article (&#8220;Homeward Bound&#8221;) that appeared in the fall issue that year about Matt \u201994 and Kelli \u201995 (Johnson) Stapleton. Their daughter Isabelle (Issy), at that time 5 years old, had recently been diagnosed with autism. The Stapletons currently live in Elberta, Michigan. Matt serves as principal of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[232],"tags":[31],"post_formats":[],"class_list":["post-1772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","tag-alumni"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>A Child\u2019s Struggle With Autism Consumes K Alumni Family - News and Events<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In 2004, Antonie Boessenkool \u201999 wrote a LuxEsto article (&quot;Homeward Bound&quot;) that appeared in the fall issue that year about Matt \u201994 and Kelli \u201995\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/a-childs-stuggle-with-autism-consumes-k-alumni-family\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Child\u2019s Struggle With Autism Consumes K Alumni Family - News and Events\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In 2004, Antonie Boessenkool \u201999 wrote a LuxEsto article (&quot;Homeward Bound&quot;) that appeared in the fall issue that year about Matt \u201994 and Kelli \u201995\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/a-childs-stuggle-with-autism-consumes-k-alumni-family\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News and Events\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KalamazooCollege\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-02-05T19:30:40+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-25T15:49:44+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jim Van Sweden\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@kcollege\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@kcollege\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jim Van Sweden\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/a-childs-stuggle-with-autism-consumes-k-alumni-family\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/a-childs-stuggle-with-autism-consumes-k-alumni-family\/\",\"name\":\"A Child\u2019s Struggle With Autism Consumes K Alumni Family - News and Events\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-02-05T19:30:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-25T15:49:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/33b812ef7fd17031ab566856049c97af\"},\"description\":\"In 2004, Antonie Boessenkool \u201999 wrote a LuxEsto article (\\\"Homeward Bound\\\") that appeared in the fall issue that year about Matt \u201994 and Kelli \u201995\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/a-childs-stuggle-with-autism-consumes-k-alumni-family\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/a-childs-stuggle-with-autism-consumes-k-alumni-family\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/a-childs-stuggle-with-autism-consumes-k-alumni-family\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Child\u2019s Struggle With Autism Consumes K Alumni Family\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/\",\"name\":\"News and Events\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/33b812ef7fd17031ab566856049c97af\",\"name\":\"Jim Van Sweden\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25d851921c00e5d3b76e386535f86c38?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25d851921c00e5d3b76e386535f86c38?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jim Van Sweden\"},\"description\":\"Director, College Communications\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Child\u2019s Struggle With Autism Consumes K Alumni Family - News and Events","description":"In 2004, Antonie Boessenkool \u201999 wrote a LuxEsto article (\"Homeward Bound\") that appeared in the fall issue that year about Matt \u201994 and Kelli \u201995","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/a-childs-stuggle-with-autism-consumes-k-alumni-family\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Child\u2019s Struggle With Autism Consumes K Alumni Family - News and Events","og_description":"In 2004, Antonie Boessenkool \u201999 wrote a LuxEsto article (\"Homeward Bound\") that appeared in the fall issue that year about Matt \u201994 and Kelli \u201995","og_url":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/a-childs-stuggle-with-autism-consumes-k-alumni-family\/","og_site_name":"News and Events","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KalamazooCollege","article_published_time":"2013-02-05T19:30:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-03-25T15:49:44+00:00","author":"Jim Van Sweden","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@kcollege","twitter_site":"@kcollege","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jim Van Sweden","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/a-childs-stuggle-with-autism-consumes-k-alumni-family\/","url":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/a-childs-stuggle-with-autism-consumes-k-alumni-family\/","name":"A Child\u2019s Struggle With Autism Consumes K Alumni Family - News and Events","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-02-05T19:30:40+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-25T15:49:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/33b812ef7fd17031ab566856049c97af"},"description":"In 2004, Antonie Boessenkool \u201999 wrote a LuxEsto article (\"Homeward Bound\") that appeared in the fall issue that year about Matt \u201994 and Kelli \u201995","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/a-childs-stuggle-with-autism-consumes-k-alumni-family\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/a-childs-stuggle-with-autism-consumes-k-alumni-family\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/a-childs-stuggle-with-autism-consumes-k-alumni-family\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Child\u2019s Struggle With Autism Consumes K Alumni Family"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/","name":"News and Events","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/33b812ef7fd17031ab566856049c97af","name":"Jim Van Sweden","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25d851921c00e5d3b76e386535f86c38?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25d851921c00e5d3b76e386535f86c38?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jim Van Sweden"},"description":"Director, College Communications"}]}},"featured_image_src":" ","featured_image_src_square":" ","author_info":{"display_name":"Jim Van Sweden","author_link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/author\/jvsweden\/"},"guten_post_layout_featured_media_urls":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"ab-block-post-grid-landscape":false,"ab-block-post-grid-square":false,"pl-blogpost-landscape":false,"pl-blogpost-square":false,"guten_post_layout_landscape_large":false,"guten_post_layout_portrait_large":false,"guten_post_layout_square_large":false,"guten_post_layout_landscape":false,"guten_post_layout_portrait":false,"guten_post_layout_square":false,"campus-posts-thumbnail":false,"gform-image-choice-sm":false,"gform-image-choice-md":false,"gform-image-choice-lg":false},"category_info":"<a aria-label=\"archive of category Alumni\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/category\/alumni\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Alumni<\/a>","tags_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/tag\/alumni\/\" rel=\"tag\">alumni<\/a>","social_share_info":"<a data-share=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/a-childs-stuggle-with-autism-consumes-k-alumni-family\/\" class=\"pl-facebook-share social-share-default pl-social-share\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a data-share=\"twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/a-childs-stuggle-with-autism-consumes-k-alumni-family\/\" class=\"pl-twiiter-share social-share-default pl-social-share\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a data-share=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?url=https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/a-childs-stuggle-with-autism-consumes-k-alumni-family\/\" class=\"pl-linkedin-share social-share-default pl-social-share\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin-in\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>","wordExcerpt_info":"<p>In 2004, <strong>Antonie Boessenkool \u201999<\/strong> wrote a <em>LuxEsto<\/em> article (&#8220;Homeward Bound&#8221;) that appeared in the fall issue that year about <strong>Matt \u201994<\/strong> and <strong>Kelli \u201995 (Johnson) Stapleton<\/strong>. Their daughter Isabelle (Issy), at that time 5 years old, had recently been diagnosed with autism. The Stapletons currently live in Elberta, Michigan. Matt serves as principal of Frankfort\u2013Elberta High School and coaches football and basketball. Kelli runs a podcast business, but most of her time is devoted to helping Issy and raising her two other children, McEwen and Ainsley. Issy (12) has a form of autism that manifests in occasional violent outbursts directed at family members. For the past few years, Issy has been big enough to cause serious injury to her mom and others. The Stapletons have been trying to get treatment for Issy, but their insurance program covers little to none of the costs, which are significant. Recently, Issy got into an in-patient treatment program at the Great Lakes Center for Autism (Portage, Michigan). But the insurance company would only pay for 30 days of a treatment program that requires two to three months. The Elberta community news organ (the <em>Alert<\/em>) has published the Stapletons\u2019 story and is raising funds in hopes that Issy can complete her in-patient treatment program. All are invited to contribute.<\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1772"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16247,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772\/revisions\/16247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1772"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=1772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}