{"id":1293,"date":"2015-05-04T17:55:23","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T00:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=1293"},"modified":"2015-05-11T15:49:05","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T22:49:05","slug":"police-safety-and-job-club-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=1293","title":{"rendered":"Police Safety and Employment Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recent tragedies involving police nationwide highlight the potential danger of interaction with law enforcement. The danger can be greater for people on the autism spectrum because they can appear strange to police. Please join <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: #3366ff;\">N<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">D <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">for excerpts from\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/besafethemovie.com\">Be Safe<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, a new film created with people on the autism spectrum and that gives suggestions about how to be safe with police. Please bring your own experience with police \u2014 the bad <em>and the good<\/em> \u2014 so that we can learn from each other and live safer.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/BeSafe1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1299\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"BeSafe\" src=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/BeSafe1-300x106.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/BeSafe1-300x106.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/BeSafe1-500x178.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/BeSafe1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333; font-style: normal; line-height: 24px;\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 150%;\">And&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333; font-style: normal; line-height: 24px;\" dir=\"ltr\">AASCEND is happy to offer a <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>fresh perspective on Autism employmen<\/strong><\/span>t courtesy of <strong>Cristina Orozco<\/strong>, recently arrived in the Bay Area from Las Vegas where she was director and trainer for the Achievement <strong>Vocational Center for Young Adults<\/strong> with High Functioning Autism. There she created and taught a six week series on what kind of job is right for you, getting the job and keeping the \u00a0job. With over 15 years in Human Resources management, Cristina is <strong>bilingual in English and Spanish,<\/strong>\u00a0so be sure to invite your Spanish-speaking autistic friends to this discussion! Let&#8217;s see how Cristina&#8217;s approach complements our own <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Autism-Job-Club-Neurodiverse\/dp\/163220696X\">Autism Job Club<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. Joining Cristina will be her son <strong>Brandon Orozco<\/strong>, a young adult on the autism spectrum who will share his first-hand experience navigating the world of employment using the tools presented.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333; font-style: normal; line-height: 24px;\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Job-Club1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1307\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Job Club\" src=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Job-Club1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Job-Club1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Job-Club1-300x105.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333; font-style: normal; line-height: 24px;\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-style: normal; line-height: 24px;\">When:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sat May 16,\u00a010am \u2013 noon<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nWhere:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The Arc of SF<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><strong>1500 Howard St. @ 11th St. \u00a0 \u00a0SF, CA 94103\u00a0<\/strong>\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\">map<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><em><strong>Parking is available<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>in the garage at 255 12th Street, with a reasonable flat rate for Saturdays.\u00a0There is also metered street parking for $2\/hr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent tragedies involving police nationwide highlight the potential danger of interaction with law enforcement. The danger can be greater for people on the autism spectrum because they can appear strange to police. Please join AASCEND for excerpts from\u00a0Be Safe, a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=1293\">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":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1293"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1298,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1293\/revisions\/1298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}