{"id":2026,"date":"2017-08-03T22:33:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T05:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=2026"},"modified":"2017-08-03T22:46:44","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T05:46:44","slug":"coping-with-anxiety-on-the-spectrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=2026","title":{"rendered":"Coping with Anxiety on the Spectrum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Are you autistic and often nervous or anxious? You are not alone. At <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>&#8216;s<\/strong> August 19 <strong>combined general and Job Club meeting<\/strong>\u00a0we will explore how to cope\u00a0with autistic anxiety. Flying in from Australia to lead the discussion will be Holly Bridges, author of the book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zebr.co\">Reframing Your Thinking About Autism<\/a> \u2014 in which she traces much of autistic anxiety to disregulation of a very old part of the nervous system, specifically involving the vagus nerve. She will share her experience working with autistic people to improve regulation of their stress response.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Holly has worked with various autism organisations in a variety of roles and she is now working in a private practice teaching people with autism how to help regulate and calm their nervous system. Holly founded a business called License to Think, so bring your own license to think and share\u00a0what you think, and feel, about this or any other approaches to autistic anxiety that you have found helpful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?attachment_id=2027\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2027\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2027\" src=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jobfear.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em>Around<strong> 11am<\/strong> the program\u00a0will transition\u00a0from coping with<strong> job-related anxiety,<\/strong> into our usual<strong> Job Club.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>When: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sat Aug\u00a019, 10am \u2013\u00a01pm<\/span> <\/strong>(including Job Club)<br \/>\n<strong>Where: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Arc of SF<\/span> 1500 Howard St. @ 11th St. SF, CA 94103 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/11th+St+%26+Howard+St\/@37.7728555,-122.4176541,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x808f7e27831f2b4b:0x798202856732dc3f!8m2!3d37.7728513!4d-122.4154601?hl=en\">map<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Parking is often available in the garage at 255 12th Street, with a reasonable flat rate for Saturdays. There is also metered street parking for $2\/hr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you autistic and often nervous or anxious? You are not alone. At AASCEND&#8216;s August 19 combined general and Job Club meeting\u00a0we will explore how to cope\u00a0with autistic anxiety. Flying in from Australia to lead the discussion will be Holly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=2026\">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-2026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026","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=2026"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2034,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026\/revisions\/2034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}