{"id":2819,"date":"2019-05-22T21:45:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T04:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aascend-preview.dreamhosters.com\/?p=2819"},"modified":"2019-05-28T11:57:57","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T18:57:57","slug":"neurodivergent-and-on-the-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=2819","title":{"rendered":"Neurodivergent on the Job in SF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">UPDATE:<\/span> To see the results of the survey on <em>Reduced Bandwidth Communication in Autism,<\/em> conducted at AASCEND May 18, click <a href=\"http:\/\/autismtheory.org\/AASCEND\/Reduced_Bandwidth\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On June 1 the\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">A<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">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>\u00a0 Job Club hosts\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Chris Williams<\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0of <a href=\"https:\/\/squareup.com\/us\/en\">Square, Inc.<\/a>, the fast-growing mobile payment and financial services firm based in San Francisco, and one of the best-known tech firms in the city. Chris Williams is a founder and lead of the <strong>Neurodiversity Employee Resource Group<\/strong> at Square. \u00a0Chris himself is on the autism spectrum. He will discuss employment at Square and other tech firms, as well as the mission of his Employee Resource Group\u2014to create awareness, inclusion, and empowerment for neurodivergent workers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2820 size-full\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/aascend-preview.dreamhosters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Chris-Williams-headshot.png\" alt=\"Chris Williams\" width=\"249\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Chris-Williams-headshot.png 249w, https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Chris-Williams-headshot-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever wondered what goes on &#8220;under the hood&#8221; at a\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">mobile payment and financial services company<\/span>, or what it&#8217;s like being a neurodivergent employee in such a place, be sure to attend this fascinating presentation, and bring your insights and questions.<\/p>\n<p>As always, <span style=\"color: #339966;\">attendees on the spectrum will offer their experience and perspectives\u00a0throughout the program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Who: <\/b>Adults on the autism spectrum, families, mentors and professionals all welcome. For more information, please contact: info@aascend.org<br \/><strong>When:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sat June 1, 10am \u2013 1<\/strong><\/span><br \/><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?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<p>Parking is usually available in the garage at 255 12th Street, with a reasonable flat rate for Saturdays. There is also metered street parking for $2.25\/hr.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: To see the results of the survey on Reduced Bandwidth Communication in Autism, conducted at AASCEND May 18, click here. On June 1 the\u00a0AASCEND\u00a0 Job Club hosts\u00a0Chris Williams,\u00a0of Square, Inc., the fast-growing mobile payment and financial services firm based &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=2819\">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-2819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819","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=2819"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2826,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819\/revisions\/2826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}