{"id":3293,"date":"2021-01-13T21:36:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T05:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=3293"},"modified":"2021-01-15T16:09:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T00:09:52","slug":"washington-change-new-hope-for-autism-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=3293","title":{"rendered":"Washington Change = New Hope for Autism Policy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Change is in the air! <font color=\"#000000\">At our <\/font><strong style=\"color: red;\">January 16<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">  Zoom meeting <\/span><strong style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><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><font color=\"#000000\"> <\/font>asks how the change of administration in Washington may affect legislation favorable to the autistic community. <strong>Kelly Israel,<\/strong> policy analyst for the <strong>Autistic Self Advocacy Network<\/strong> has a ringside seat in Washington DC. She will share the experience of the recent years, goals for the coming session of Congress, and thoughts on how organizations like AASCEND can best engage with national policy on autism. The Zoom link will be mailed the day before the meeting. No registration is required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"322\" height=\"248\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/capitol.png\" alt=\"capitol building under rainbow and question mark\" class=\"wp-image-3294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/capitol.png 322w, https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/capitol-300x231.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As usual,&nbsp;attendees on the spectrum will offer their experience and perspectives&nbsp;throughout the program.&nbsp;<strong><span style=\"color:#2fa300\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Don&#8217;t miss this provocative program during these tumultuous times. <\/span><\/strong>Bring your own ideas and help make a better future!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who:\u00a0<\/strong>Adults on the autism spectrum, families, mentors and professionals all welcome. For more information, please contact: info@aascend.org<br><strong>When:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sat Jan 16, 10am \u2013 11am<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>(approx) <em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Pacific Time<\/span><\/em><br><strong>Where:\u00a0<span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Online via Zoom.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<em>The link will be emailed on January 15.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Change is in the air! At our January 16 Zoom meeting AASCEND asks how the change of administration in Washington may affect legislation favorable to the autistic community. Kelly Israel, policy analyst for the Autistic Self Advocacy Network has a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=3293\">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-3293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3293","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=3293"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3300,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3293\/revisions\/3300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}