{"id":818,"date":"2014-02-28T23:46:46","date_gmt":"2014-03-01T07:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10124\/?p=818"},"modified":"2014-03-01T00:05:48","modified_gmt":"2014-03-01T08:05:48","slug":"givens-nemko-in-a-live-musical-tribute-to-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=818","title":{"rendered":"Givens &#038; Nemko in a Live Musical Tribute to Autism!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a young child, they called <strong>Jeffrie Givens<\/strong> retarded. Then they called her shy, very shy. Then she was diagnosed with Asperger&#8217;s. Now they call her amazing. She has a solid day job as a researcher and an even better night job as a singer and actor. In the last five years, she has performed for thousands of people. At the <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">A<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">S<\/span><span style=\"color: #339966;\">C<\/span><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">E<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">N<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">D<\/span><\/strong> meeting on Mar. 15, you can see her show, <em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>&#8220;Retard!&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/em> \u00a0In it, her career and performance coach Dr. Marty Nemko interviews her to reveal her story and accompanies her on the keyboard.\u00a0<strong>Radio star Marty Nemko<\/strong> (\u201cThe Bay Area\u2019s Best Career Coach\u201d \u2014 SF Bay Guardian) led a lively discussion of autism employment at an AASCEND meeting in 2012.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-style: normal; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Nemko-Givens1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-825\" style=\"border-color: #bbbbbb; margin-top: 0.4em; background-color: #eeeeee;\" title=\"Nemko-Givens\" src=\"http:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Nemko-Givens1-300x227.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Nemko-Givens1-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Nemko-Givens1-395x300.png 395w, https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Nemko-Givens1.png 468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tell your friends about this exciting special AASCEND presentation!<\/p>\n<p>When:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sat Mar 15,\u00a010am \u2013 Noon<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nWhere:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The Arc of SF<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<strong>1500 Howard St. @ 11th St. \u00a0 \u00a0SF, CA 94103<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=1500+Howard+Street,+San+Francisco,+CA&amp;hl=en&amp;sll=37.269174,-119.306607&amp;sspn=11.81214,16.633301&amp;oq=1500+Howard+st&amp;hnear=1500+Howard+St,+San+Francisco,+California+94103&amp;t=m&amp;z=16\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=1500+Howard+Street,+San+Francisco,+CA&amp;hl=en&amp;sll=37.269174,-119.306607&amp;sspn=11.81214,16.633301&amp;oq=1500+Howard+st&amp;hnear=1500+Howard+St,+San+Francisco,+California+94103&amp;t=m&amp;z=16\">map<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a young child, they called Jeffrie Givens retarded. 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