{"id":1048,"date":"2016-11-03T11:35:41","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T18:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autismla.org\/1\/?p=1048"},"modified":"2017-04-26T15:27:46","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T22:27:46","slug":"asla-newsletter-november-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autismla.org\/1\/asla-newsletter-november-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"ASLA Newsletter &#8211; November 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/conta.cc\/2fj9rIt\">Link to ASLA Newsletter &#8211; November 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><b>Advocating!<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div>This month, our newsletter focuses on upcoming events which feature advocating for our community&#8230;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Wednesday, December 7, 2016<\/b><\/div>\n<div>ASLA proudly launches the Self-Advocate&#8217;s Speakers Bureau for adults of\u00a0<b>all<\/b>disabilities over 18 years old.If you are an adult with a disability who likes to speak in front of audiences to create acceptance of differences, please see the flyer below. San Fernando Valley will be coming soon!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Friday, December 9, 2016<\/b><\/div>\n<div>ASLA launches the 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0in a series of Community Town Halls. December 9 will focus on Special Education &#8211; Please note this is across all disabilities.\u00a0 Representatives from a range of school districts will attend to hear your concerns.\u00a0 Future Community Town Halls will include Regional Centers and Medical &amp; IHSS. (see flyer below for RSVP details)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Monday, December 12, 2016\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div>Our friends at South Bay Down Syndrome Association have an event on December 12th which is relevant to the Autism community &#8211; How to Give Testimony and Influence Public Policy. We look forward to seeing you at this event! (See flyer below for RSVP details)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thank you to all who participated in the &#8220;Virtual Candlelight Vigil for the Self-Determination Law&#8221; &#8211; If you still want to send your photo and message, instructions are at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.selfdeterminationnow.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">www.selfdeterminationnow.org<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Finally, in anticipation of the election on Tuesday please see this link from Disability Right California regarding the hotline for voters with disabilities &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.disabilityrightsca.org\/news\/2016NewsAboutUs\/20161102DRCAnnouncesHotlineForVotersWithDisabilities.htm\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">HERE<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>If you use Facebook, please be sure to &#8220;LIKE&#8221; us at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AutismLA\/\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">AutismLA<\/a>\u00a0to see our initiatives in the community.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>See you soon!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Kim Sinclair<\/div>\n<div>Executive Director<\/div>\n<div>Autism Society of Los Angeles<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Link to ASLA Newsletter &#8211; November 2016 &nbsp; Advocating! \u00a0 This month, our newsletter focuses on upcoming events which feature advocating for our community&#8230; Wednesday, December 7, 2016 ASLA proudly launches the Self-Advocate&#8217;s Speakers Bureau for adults of\u00a0alldisabilities over 18 years old.If you are an adult with a disability who likes to speak in front [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autismla.org\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autismla.org\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autismla.org\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autismla.org\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autismla.org\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.autismla.org\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1049,"href":"https:\/\/www.autismla.org\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1048\/revisions\/1049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autismla.org\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autismla.org\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autismla.org\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}