{"id":3007,"date":"2020-02-02T19:57:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T03:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10124\/?p=3007"},"modified":"2020-02-08T22:47:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T06:47:31","slug":"stanford-neurodiversity-summit-hiring-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=3007","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for Employer Meetings at the Upcoming Stanford Neurodiversity Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-purple-color wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 [Be sure to check out the news at the bottom&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Summit_Prep_Slides.pdf\"><strong>Slides<\/strong><\/a> from Lawrence Fung&#8217;s February 8 Job Club presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Saturday, March 14, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/med.stanford.edu\/neurodiversity.html\">Stanford Neurodiversity Project<\/a> <\/strong>will be holding a Job Fair with Bay Area employers who are specifically interested in hiring adults with autism. &nbsp;At <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><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>&#8216;s<\/strong> <strong>February 8 Job Club<\/strong><\/span> <strong><span style=\"color: red;\">Dr. Lawrence Fung,<\/span> <\/strong>the Project director, will provide an overview of the Job Fair, and work with Job Club attendees to prepare their presentations to employers<span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span> Employed autistic people will discuss their current jobs and how they envision their jobs and careers in the future. <span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Stanford Conference and Job Fair are <strong><span style=\"color: #383838;\">FREE<\/span><\/strong> and, space allowing, open to all with relevant interest. Please see details and a link to the<strong> <\/strong>registration below.<strong> <\/strong><em>Don&#8217;t miss this remarkable opportunity! <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"361\" src=\"http:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Stanford-Neurodiversity-Summit.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Stanford-Neurodiversity-Summit.png 600w, https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Stanford-Neurodiversity-Summit-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Stanford-Neurodiversity-Summit-500x300.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/med.stanford.edu\/neurodiversity\/ncw\">Conference Information<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/stanford-neurodiversity-summit-and-job-fair-tickets-90420551303\">Eventbrite Registration<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> For the Feb 8 Job Club:<br> <b>Who: <\/b>Adults on the autism spectrum, families, mentors and professionals all welcome. For more information, please contact: info@aascend.org<br><strong>When:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sat Feb 8, 10am \u2013 noon<\/strong><\/span><br><strong>Where: <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\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: purple; font-weight: bold;\">News at the bottom:<\/span><br><br> AASCEND received a request for participants in a research study about <a href=\"https:\/\/asu.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_6Q0vGQnxu681Tdr\">Societal Attitudes About Disability<\/a>. It looks legit, pays a bit, and you might want to participate.<br><br><span style=\"color: red;\">And for your interest:<\/span><br> Here&#8217;s a San Francisco Meetup group to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/SF-Free-School\/events\/268170723\/?recEventId=268170723&amp;recNumber=2\">Enhance Your Social Intelligence<\/a><br> and a Scientific American article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/a-solution-for-loneliness\/\">A Solution for Loneliness<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 [Be sure to check out the news at the bottom&#8230;] Slides from Lawrence Fung&#8217;s February 8 Job Club presentation. On Saturday, March 14, the Stanford Neurodiversity &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=3007\">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-3007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3007","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=3007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3007\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}