{"id":5304,"date":"2025-08-30T23:50:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T06:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10124\/?p=5304"},"modified":"2025-09-07T20:56:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T03:56:47","slug":"connected-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=5304","title":{"rendered":"Connected Employment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/mkSoz9F6K9cfvXIhqrf3Kfgme9jGqt3Ph30RVxlugI5Kff0SFKKgdMY8nuDAVA3J.PESDx4pHpQzX-UcP?startTime=1757178346000\">Here<\/a><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#7d0ded\" class=\"has-inline-color\"> is a link to the following program.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Coming up on September 6, <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">A<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">A<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">S<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">C<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">E<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#0754e3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">N<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">D<\/mark>&#8216;s Job Club <\/strong>presents<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong> Sara Trail<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/mark>of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.connectedemployment.org\">Connected Employment<\/a><\/strong>  \u2014 a person-centered employment program that empowers neurodivergent individuals and their support systems with knowledge about employment options. Sara will be talking about<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><b><ul><li>Paid Internship Program<\/li><li>Career Pathways<\/li><li>Job Readiness<\/li><li>Entrepeneurship Training<\/li><\/ul><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Job Club facilitators <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#13703d\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Dan Middleton<\/mark><\/strong> and <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#106717\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Michael Bernick<\/mark><\/strong> will lead a roundtable discussion with Sara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#90692c\" class=\"has-inline-color\">link to the Zoom presentation will be emailed<\/mark><\/strong> to our newsletter subscribers (click <a href=\"https:\/\/aascend.us4.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=45b240034405a1b47948a710d&amp;id=a3632f7d57\">here<\/a> to subscribe) in the days before the event. There is <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#915e18\" class=\"has-inline-color\">no need to register<\/mark><\/strong> for this event.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" src=\"http:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sara-Trail.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sara-Trail.jpg 480w, https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sara-Trail-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sara-Trail-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sara Trail, M.Ed. has an extensive background in education and has worked with many neurodivergent individuals, primarily those with developmental disabilities. Since earning degrees from <strong>UC Berkeley<\/strong> and <strong>Harvard,<\/strong> Sara has continued to serve and advocate for neurodivergent individuals in navigating their housing, education readiness, and employment opportunities. a deep understanding of individual strengths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As usual at AASCEND meetings,&nbsp;<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#028f5b\" class=\"has-inline-color\">attendees on the autism spectrum will offer their experience and perspectives throughout the program.&nbsp;<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Who:&nbsp;<\/strong>Autistic adults, family members and&nbsp;professional&nbsp;who work with them are all&nbsp;welcome.<br><strong>When:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sat Sept 6,&nbsp;10 &#8211; 11am<\/mark><\/strong> (Pacific Time)<br><strong>Where:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Online via Zoom,&nbsp;<\/mark><\/strong>link will be emailed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@aascend.org\">info@aascend.org<\/a>&nbsp;with any questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a link to the following program. Coming up on September 6, AASCEND&#8216;s Job Club presents Sara Trail&nbsp;of Connected Employment \u2014 a person-centered employment program that empowers neurodivergent individuals and their support systems with knowledge about employment options. Sara &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=5304\">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-5304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5304","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=5304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5304\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}