{"id":3467,"date":"2021-06-13T20:45:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T03:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10124\/?p=3467"},"modified":"2021-06-13T21:14:44","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T04:14:44","slug":"aascend-authors-introduce-their-visionary-new-book-on-autism-full-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=3467","title":{"rendered":"AASCEND Authors Introduce Their Visionary New Book on Autism Full Employment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The June 19 <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><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"> <\/span>general meeting features <strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Michael Bernick<\/span><\/strong> and <strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Dr. Lou Vismara<\/span>,<\/strong> discussing their visionary new book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Autism-Full-Employment-Act-Differences\/dp\/1510767320\/ref=sr_1_1\"><strong>The Autism Full Employment Act<\/strong><\/a>.  This new book<em>\u00a0<\/em>is about the <strong>next stages of jobs<\/strong> for adults with autism, ADHD, and other learning and mental health differences in the post-pandemic economy. The authors are AASCEND member Michael Bernick, and Lou Vismara, MD, one of the founders of the MIND Institute at UC Davis and a longtime advocate for the autism community. At the June 19 meeting, Bernick and Vismara will be interviewed by AASCEND member and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCYyd5KcOyQLeavo9ggl5eww\/videos\">AASCEND TV<\/a> <\/strong>book reviewer, <strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Jennifer Brooks<\/span><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">,<\/span><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\"> <\/span><\/strong>on their new book and employment opportunities for adults with autism in the post pandemic economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Autism-Full-Employment-Act-Differences\/dp\/1510767320\/ref=sr_1_1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"356\" src=\"http:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Autism-Full-Employment-Book-Cover.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Autism-Full-Employment-Book-Cover.png 240w, https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Autism-Full-Employment-Book-Cover-202x300.png 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"color:#b16a00\" class=\"has-inline-color\">The Zoom meeting URL and password will be sent as the date approaches. <em>No registration is necessary.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"373\" src=\"http:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/bernickmichael.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Bernick portrait photo\n\" class=\"wp-image-3468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/bernickmichael.jpg 280w, https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/bernickmichael-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MICHAEL BERNICK <\/strong>is a former director of the California State Labor Department, with over forty years in the employment field. He currently is an employment attorney with the interna\u00adtional law firm of Duane Morris LLP, &nbsp;fellow with the Milken Institute, and advisor to the Stanford Neurodiversity Project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"333\" src=\"http:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LAV.png\" alt=\"Lou Vismara portrait photo\n\" class=\"wp-image-3469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LAV.png 280w, https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LAV-252x300.png 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LOU VISMARA, MD<\/strong> is a founding mem\u00adber of the UC Davis MIND Institute, the state of California\u2019s First 5 Commission, and the California Legislative Blue Ribbon Commission on Autism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As usual at AASCEND meetings, <strong><span style=\"color:#457e67\" class=\"has-inline-color\">attendees on the autism spectrum will offer their experience and perspectives throughout the program.<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 Jun 19, 10am \u2013 11am (approx.) <\/strong><\/span><br><strong>Where: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Online via Zoom.<\/span><\/strong> <em>URL and password will be emailed<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The June 19 AASCEND general meeting features Michael Bernick and Dr. Lou Vismara, discussing their visionary new book, The Autism Full Employment Act. This new book\u00a0is about the next stages of jobs for adults with autism, ADHD, and other learning &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=3467\">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-3467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3467","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=3467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3467\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}