{"id":2220,"date":"2018-05-24T18:18:32","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T01:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10124\/?p=2220"},"modified":"2018-05-24T22:33:34","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T05:33:34","slug":"self-driving-cars-and-beyond-paths-to-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=2220","title":{"rendered":"Self-Driving Cars: Spectrum job options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On June 2 the<strong>\u00a0<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: #993366;\">D<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Job Club<\/strong> hosts\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Dan Simpson<\/strong><\/span>, talking about paths to employment in the self-driving car industry and in the SF Bay Area tech sector generally, for people on the autism spectrum. \u00a0Dan brings his considerable skills and experience as a <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">recruiter<\/span> <\/strong>at\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/getcruise.com\">Cruise Automation<\/a>,<\/strong> a fast-growing autonomous car technology company based in the South of Market area of San Francisco. \u00a0Dan is also a board member at AASCEND.<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/aascend.org\/?attachment_id=2222\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2222\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2222\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CruiseCar-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"Self-Driving Car\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CruiseCar-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CruiseCar-473x300.jpg 473w, https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CruiseCar.jpg 702w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/aascend.org\/?attachment_id=2223\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2223\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2223\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DanSimpson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DanSimpson.jpg 200w, https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DanSimpson-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Don&#8217;t miss this chance to hear an insider&#8217;s account of work in this fascinating industry! Bring your questions and your imagination. And as always,<span style=\"color: #339966;\"> attendees on the spectrum will offer their experience and perspectives\u00a0throughout the program.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Special thanks to the Autism Studies Department at SFSU for volunteers!<\/em><\/strong><\/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<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When:<\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sat June 2, 10am \u2013 1pm<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Where:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Arc of SF<\/span> 1500 Howard St. @ 11th St. SF, CA 94103 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=1500+Howard+Street,+San+Francisco,+CA&amp;hl=en&amp;sll=37.269174,-119.306607&amp;sspn=11.81214,16.633301&amp;oq=1500+Howard+st&amp;hnear=1500+Howard+St,+San+Francisco,+California+94103&amp;t=m&amp;z=16\">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><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Parking is usually 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.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 2 the\u00a0AASCEND\u00a0Job Club hosts\u00a0Dan Simpson, talking about paths to employment in the self-driving car industry and in the SF Bay Area tech sector generally, for people on the autism spectrum. \u00a0Dan brings his considerable skills and experience as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=2220\">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":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220","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=2220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}