{"id":847,"date":"2014-05-14T19:03:03","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T02:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10124\/?p=847"},"modified":"2014-05-16T15:03:38","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T22:03:38","slug":"disability-perspectives-at-uc-berkeley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=847","title":{"rendered":"Disability on Campus and in Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

A<\/span>A<\/span>S<\/span>C<\/span>E<\/span>N<\/span>D\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>is taking a Spring Break<\/span> in May but returns afresh on June 21<\/strong>\u00a0for a conversation with Paul Hippolitus<\/strong>, Director of the Disabled Students Program at UC Berkeley. Paul will speak on\u00a0Disability Perspectives: <\/em><\/strong>What’s needed to compete in Life and Work<\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0and the new course he has developed\u00a0\u00a0at UC<\/strong><\/span> Berkeley<\/strong><\/span>. Paul has served in the US Department of Labor and on the President\u2019s Committee on the\u00a0\u00a0Employment of People with Disabilities. Please join us for this important and informative discussion!<\/p>\n

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When:\u00a0Sat June 21,\u00a010am \u2013 Noon<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong>Where:\u00a0The Arc of SF<\/strong><\/span>\u00a01500 Howard St. @ 11th St. \u00a0 \u00a0SF, CA 94103\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0map<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>NOTE: The garage on 12th Street is open again! <\/strong>\u2014 with a reasonable flat rate for Saturdays.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>AASCEND’s Small Business Showcase was a great success, with presentations by a fine artist<\/a> with work featured online at CB2.com, a computer tune-up master, a pet care expert<\/a>, a piano tuner and jazz organist, a creator and Etsy.com seller of art and jewelry<\/a>,\u00a0and two experienced handymen<\/a> \u2014 all on the autism spectrum.<\/p>\n

The film\u00a0Too Sane for This World<\/a><\/strong>, featuring many AASCEND\u00a0members, is now available to stream online<\/strong><\/span> at Amazon<\/a> and (the less expensive)\u00a0Cinema Libre<\/a>. The film received this positive\u00a0review<\/a>\u00a0in the UK.<\/p>\n

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In other news AASCEND received this lovely thank you for a recent presentation at San Francisco State University:<\/p>\n

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