{"id":3889,"date":"2022-05-10T22:18:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T05:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10124\/?p=3889"},"modified":"2022-05-28T12:11:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T19:11:15","slug":"mental-health-in-the-pandemic-and-in-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=3889","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health in the Pandemic, and in Autism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><font color=\"purple\">Here are the <a href=\"http:\/\/aascend.org\/?attachment_id=3930\">slides<\/a> to Jan\u2019s talk. Her contact information is on the last slide.<br>Paul Nussbaum is at it again! He&#8217;s back from the Pacific Crest Trail, having completed a 200-mile section heading north from the border of Mexico. Pictures soon. Startoff<\/font><\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/aascend.org\/?page_id=3915\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><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><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>&#8216;s<\/strong> <\/mark><strong>May 28<\/strong> program (NOTE: <em><font color=\"purple\">NOT the usual 3rd Saturday!<\/font><\/em>) honors <strong><font color=\"red\">National Mental Health Awareness Month.<\/font><\/strong> The Pandemic has affected many people&#8217;s mental health, and the neurodivergent have been hit hard, too. On May 28 AASCEND friend <strong><font color=\"red\">Jan Johnston-Tyler<\/font><\/strong> will be speaking about the impact the Pandemic has had on mental health both in the larger community and on the neurodivergent community in particular, and how everyone can get back on their feet again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#b16a00\" class=\"has-inline-color\">The Zoom meeting URL and password will be sent as the date approaches. If you are not on our email list, click <a href=\"https:\/\/aascend.us4.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=45b240034405a1b47948a710d&amp;id=a3632f7d57\">here<\/a>. <em>No registration is necessary.<\/em><\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"223\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Jan-Johnston-Tyler.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Jan-Johnston-Tyler.jpg 223w, https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Jan-Johnston-Tyler-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jan Johnston-Tyler<\/strong> was talking about transition and autism employment way back in 2007, when these concepts were barely spoken of anywhere. That\u2019s when she started <strong><font color=\"red\"><a href=\"https:\/\/evolibri.com\">EvoLibri<\/a><\/font><\/strong> in Silicon Valley, following a 20-year career in high tech. Being a parent, a business woman, and with a freshly-minted <strong><font color=\"red\">MA in counseling psychology,<\/font><\/strong> she began to take on corporate American, school districts an antiquated public systems to help neurodivergent folks find success in the neurotypical world. And she hasn\u2019t stopped since!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Has the pandemic affected your mental wellbeing? Come share your experience. As usual at AASCEND meetings, <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#457e67\" class=\"has-inline-color\">attendees on the autism spectrum will offer their experience and perspectives throughout the program.<\/mark> <\/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 May 28, 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>Here are the slides to Jan\u2019s talk. Her contact information is on the last slide.Paul Nussbaum is at it again! He&#8217;s back from the Pacific Crest Trail, having completed a 200-mile section heading north from the border of Mexico. Pictures &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=3889\">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-3889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3889","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=3889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3889\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}