{"id":2189,"date":"2018-03-29T11:35:49","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T18:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aascend-preview.dreamhosters.com\/?p=2189"},"modified":"2018-03-29T12:02:38","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T19:02:38","slug":"live-at-the-roxie-pacific-crest-trail-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=2189","title":{"rendered":"Live at the Roxie + Pacific Crest Trail Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

On March 27 A<\/span>A<\/span>S<\/span>C<\/span>E<\/span>N<\/span>D<\/span><\/strong> is co-sponsoring the San Francisco showing\u00a0of the independent film Keep the Change,<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0a romantic comedy featuring<\/strong> autistic actors<\/strong><\/span>, to be shown at the Roxie Theater<\/strong> in San Francisco on March 27 at 7pm. AASCEND is being offered a number of free tickets to the event so show up and get your free ticket while supplies last!<\/strong><\/em><\/span> After the screening there will be a panel discussion<\/strong> of the film, with participation from AASCEND, co-ponsors Creativity Explored, the Disability Superfest, and others. This will\u00a0be a memorable event: Don’t miss it!<\/p>\n

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When: \u00a0Tue Mar 27,\u00a07pm<\/span><\/strong>
\nWhere: Roxie Theater<\/span>\u00a03117 16th St.\u00a0SF, CA 94103 map<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

At the March 17\u00a0meeting AASCEND board member Paul Nussbaum<\/strong>\u00a0previewed his latest outdoor challenge: Conquering the entire Pacific Crest Trail,<\/strong><\/span> extending from Mexico to Canada,<\/strong><\/span> starting this May! Those who came heard\u00a0how Paul\u00a0plans to accomplish this inspiring demonstration of autistic ability, and how to\u00a0participate!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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When: Sat Mar 17, 10am \u2013 noon<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhere: The Arc of SF<\/span> 1500 Howard St. @ 11th St. SF, CA 94103 map<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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(The following event was cancelled due to the speaker being stuck in Sierra snows.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The event is a presentation by\u00a0Eric Zimmerman,<\/strong>\u00a0 creator of the Buddy Project.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0The Buddy Project is a non-profit organization through\u00a0which Eric reconditions\u00a0out-of-service computers and makes them available to people with disabilities. To date he has placed over 400 computers.\u00a0Come hear Eric tell\u00a0how he came to create this valuable\u00a0service, and what he has learned about thriving\u00a0with autism<\/strong> <\/span>from his own\u00a0experience. Eric is also the author of two inspiring books<\/strong> available free online, Anything but Ordinary<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(pdf viewable online), and Dare to be Different<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(epub download).\u00a0Eric has also recently taken up auto racing.<\/p>\n

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Parking is available in the garage at 255 12th Street, with a reasonable flat rate for Saturdays. There is also metered street parking for $2.25\/hr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On March 27 AASCEND is co-sponsoring the San Francisco showing\u00a0of the independent film Keep the Change,\u00a0a romantic comedy featuring autistic actors, to be shown at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco on March 27 at 7pm. AASCEND is being offered … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2189"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2205,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2189\/revisions\/2205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}