{"id":4476,"date":"2024-01-08T21:23:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T05:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10124\/?p=4476"},"modified":"2024-01-20T11:25:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-20T19:25:09","slug":"healing-loneliness-in-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=4476","title":{"rendered":"Healing Loneliness in Autism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">Here is a<\/mark><\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/47Wz5C0YBEJgZLHO9lmjYFRFDBsEYNMmVjW7JBHmIhiQen9tE23_q65lzivWi_g6.x3m82NuFvH-pwc_r\">recording<\/a><\/strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\"><strong> of the presentation.<\/strong> <\/mark><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">See also<\/mark><\/strong><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialthinking.com\">socialthinking.com<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" src=\"http:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/LonelyMan.jpg\" alt=\"Lonely young man standing and staring out window at cityscape\" class=\"wp-image-4478\" style=\"width:206px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/LonelyMan.jpg 270w, https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/LonelyMan-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next up for <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>,<strong> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Michelle Garcia Winner,<\/mark><\/strong> Founder of the Social<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\"> <\/mark>Thinking\u00ae&nbsp; Methodology, will talk on a subject that is sadly relevant to many autistic people, <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong>loneliness.<\/strong> <\/mark>Together we will explore the impact of loneliness on both one\u2019s physical and mental health. We will also look at strategies and tips for building social competencies such as unpacking friendship, how we communicate in person, language for conversation, and the <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">\u201cspirals of anxiety.\u201d<\/mark><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"525\" src=\"http:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/michelle-garcia-winner.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4477\" style=\"width:236px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/michelle-garcia-winner.png 420w, https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/michelle-garcia-winner-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/mark>Michelle Garcia Winner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#b16a00\" class=\"has-inline-color\">The Zoom meeting URL and password will be sent to people on our email list 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> to sign up. <em>No registration is necessary.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michelle&nbsp;Garcia Winner,&nbsp;MA, CCC-SLP; CEO &amp; Founder of the Social Thinking\u00ae&nbsp; Methodology, is a prolific author, creative clinician, and internationally renowned speaker.&nbsp;She was honored to receive a&nbsp;Congressional Special Recognition Award&nbsp;in 2008, and a&nbsp;Lectureship Award&nbsp;(2019) from the Society of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatricians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As usual at AASCEND meetings, <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#276d00\" class=\"has-inline-color\">attendees on the autism spectrum will offer their experience and perspectives throughout the program.<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#007e50\" class=\"has-inline-color\">&nbsp;<\/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<\/strong><\/span><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> <\/span>Jan 2<\/mark><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>, 10am \u2013 11am <\/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 is a recording of the presentation. See also socialthinking.com Next up for AASCEND, Michelle Garcia Winner, Founder of the Social Thinking\u00ae&nbsp; Methodology, will talk on a subject that is sadly relevant to many autistic people, loneliness. Together we will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=4476\">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-4476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4476","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=4476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}