{"id":2215,"date":"2018-04-30T21:48:19","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T04:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10124\/?p=2215"},"modified":"2018-04-30T21:48:19","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T04:48:19","slug":"aascend-project-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=2215","title":{"rendered":"AASCEND Project Round-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On <strong>May 19<\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">A<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">S<\/span><span style=\"color: #339966;\">C<\/span><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">E<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">N<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">D<\/span><\/strong> presents a <strong>combined Job Club and General meeting<\/strong>\u00a0honoring April&#8217;s Autism Awareness Month and showcasing recent and ongoing AASCEND projects. \u00a0 <small>(This is the May Job Club meeting .)<\/small><a href=\"http:\/\/aascend.org\/?attachment_id=2216\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2216\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2216\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/roundup.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/roundup.png 300w, https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/roundup-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Come hear reports on <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>AASCEND participation in:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>World Autism Awareness Day at the <strong>United Nations<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The San Francisco <strong>Human Rights Commission<\/strong> hearing on autistic needs<\/li>\n<li>Michael Bernick&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/michaelbernick\/2018\/04\/18\/a-look-inside-an-autism-friendly-workplace-and-culture\/#49e5a33e2c00\">Forbes Magazine Report<\/a><\/strong> on a New York autism employment meeting<\/li>\n<li>Panel presentation at the San Francisco <strong>Resource Fair<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Presentations at the <strong>Autism Awesomeness<\/strong> Event<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Buddies<\/strong> Walk<\/li>\n<li>Autism presentations in three cities in <strong>France<\/strong> (report at later date)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the words of <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">UN Secretary General<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Ant\u00f3nio Guterres,<\/strong> <\/span>&#8220;On World Autism Awareness Day, let us reaffirm our commitment to promote the full participation of all people with autism, and ensure they have the necessary support to be able to exercise their rights and fundamental freedoms.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><b>As always, attendees on the spectrum will offer their experience and perspectives\u00a0throughout the program.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Who: <\/b>Adults on the autism spectrum, families, mentors and professionals all welcome. For more information, please contact: info@aascend.org<br \/>\n<b>When: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sat May 19, 10am \u2013 noon<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<b>Where: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Arc of SF <\/span><\/b>1500 Howard St. @ 11th St. SF, CA 94103 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/The+Arc+of+San+Francisco\/@37.7730732,-122.4181768,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8085809d877f2801:0xea8913ae5dc9c142!8m2!3d37.773069!4d-122.4159881?hl=en\">map<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>For more information about employment on the autism spectrum, join us at:<br \/>\n<b><a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/5086843\">Spectrum Employment Community by AASCEND<\/a>\u00a0on LinkedIn<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Parking is usually available<\/strong> 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":"<p>On May 19 AASCEND presents a combined Job Club and General meeting\u00a0honoring April&#8217;s Autism Awareness Month and showcasing recent and ongoing AASCEND projects. \u00a0 (This is the May Job Club meeting .) Come hear reports on AASCEND participation in: World &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=2215\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-2215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}