{"id":4537,"date":"2024-02-21T12:10:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T20:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=4537"},"modified":"2024-03-02T12:07:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T20:07:03","slug":"new-job-tool-for-the-neurodivergent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=4537","title":{"rendered":"New Job Tool for the Neurodivergent!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">Here is a video <\/mark><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/7Vut9Y-KeCyaheTNv8M16hjLoAVvJE8NwLvYq08Y3el-uENLqGGWRtmSpZ4Fjt0q.Y7udeldVCjCoNdy7?startTime=1709402837000\">recording<\/a> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">of this event.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/JobSearchTool.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4538\" style=\"width:324px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/JobSearchTool.png 512w, https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/JobSearchTool-300x267.png 300w, https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/JobSearchTool-338x300.png 338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"499\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4387.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4545\" style=\"width:266px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4387.jpeg 499w, https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4387-300x124.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the next <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> <strong>Job Club,<\/strong> job coach<strong> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Dan Middleton<\/mark><\/strong> will  present a new career tool that he and others at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catalight.org\/\">Catalight<\/a> <\/strong>have developed, focused on individuals with autism. <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#136748\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Every attendee will receive a <\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:#fffbd2;color:#00955e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">free copy<\/mark><\/strong> of this <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Compass Work Tool<\/mark><\/strong> for continued support. Dan will be interviewed by Job Club facilitator Michael Bernick, and will discuss how this tool can assist with navigating job boards, attending job fairs, asking for accommodations,&nbsp; managing job rejections, and a 100 day plan for when you land the job you want. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"411\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Dan-Middleton-research-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4541\" style=\"width:276px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Dan-Middleton-research-1-1.png 411w, https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Dan-Middleton-research-1-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Dan-Middleton-research-1-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/mark>Dan Middleton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#b16a00\" class=\"has-inline-color\">The Zoom meeting URL and password will be sent to people on our email list as the date approaches. If you are not on our email list, click <a href=\"https:\/\/aascend.us4.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=45b240034405a1b47948a710d&amp;id=a3632f7d57\">here<\/a> to sign up. <em>No registration is necessary.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As usual at AASCEND meetings, <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#276d00\" class=\"has-inline-color\">attendees on the autism spectrum will offer their experience and perspectives throughout the program.<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#007e50\" class=\"has-inline-color\">&nbsp;<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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<\/strong><\/span><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> <\/span>Mar 2<\/mark><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>, 10am \u2013 11am <\/strong><\/span><br><strong>Where: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Online via Zoom.<\/span><\/strong> <em>URL and password will be emailed<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a video recording of this event. At the next AASCEND Job Club, job coach Dan Middleton will present a new career tool that he and others at Catalight have developed, focused on individuals with autism. Every attendee will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=4537\">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-4537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4537","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=4537"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4549,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4537\/revisions\/4549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}