{"id":4554,"date":"2024-03-08T09:36:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T17:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10124\/?p=4554"},"modified":"2024-03-21T08:39:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T15:39:44","slug":"neurodiversity-for-dummies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=4554","title":{"rendered":"Neurodiversity for Dummies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Here is a video<\/mark> recording<\/a> of the presentation.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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On March 16 A<\/span>A<\/span>S<\/span>C<\/span>E<\/span>N<\/span>D<\/span><\/strong> presents, online via Zoom, the newly-released book Neurodiversity for Dummies<\/a>, with authors John Marble, Khushboo Chabria <\/strong>and Ranga Jayaraman.<\/strong> Neurodiversity For Dummies<\/em> is a guide to understanding neurodivergent conditions like autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and more. The book is intended for the neurodivergent person and for parents, caregivers and professionals seeking success for a neurodivergent person. The book is also designed as an aid to service providers, workplace managers and colleagues, and to family members and friends. At the meeting the authors will give a tour of the book, describe how the book came to be, and respond to your questions about it!<\/p>\n\n\n

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………<\/mark>John Marble, Khushboo Chabria & Ranga Jayaraman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

John Marble<\/mark><\/strong> is the multiply neurodivergent founder of Pivot Neurodiversity<\/a>, an organization empowering companies to modernize recruitment, hiring, and culture to better support neurodivergent employees. He is also a classroom instructor and training partner with Neurodiversity Pathways<\/strong><\/a>. Khushboo Chabria,<\/mark><\/strong> motivated in part by her own ADHD, is a neurodiversity specialist working with the Neurodiversity Pathways program of Goodwill of Silicon Valley. Ranga Jayaraman<\/strong><\/mark> is the Director of Neurodiversity Pathways<\/strong> program of Goodwill of Silicon Valley in San Jose, California, USA. He is a neurotypical father of a neurodivergent son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 here<\/a> to sign up. No registration is necessary.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As usual at AASCEND meetings, attendees on the autism spectrum will offer their experience and perspectives throughout the program.<\/mark> <\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who: <\/b>Adults on the autism spectrum, families, mentors and professionals all welcome. For more information, please contact: info@aascend.org
When:<\/strong> Sat<\/strong><\/span> <\/span>Mar 16<\/mark><\/strong>, 10am \u2013 11am <\/strong><\/span>
Where: Online via Zoom.<\/span><\/strong> URL and password will be emailed<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here is a video recording of the presentation. On March 16 AASCEND presents, online via Zoom, the newly-released book Neurodiversity for Dummies, with authors John Marble, Khushboo Chabria and Ranga Jayaraman. Neurodiversity For Dummies is a guide to understanding neurodivergent … Continue reading →<\/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-4554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4554","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=4554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}