{"id":4064,"date":"2018-10-17T14:30:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T18:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/?p=4064"},"modified":"2018-10-22T18:40:49","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T22:40:49","slug":"panel-on-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/panel-on-autism\/","title":{"rendered":"Oct. 27 WordCamp Panel to Explore Workplace Support for Autism in Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4130\" src=\"https:\/\/2018.philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/files\/2030\/10\/panel-autism-2.jpg\" alt=\"Philadelphia city skyline in the evening\" width=\"900\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2030\/10\/panel-autism-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2030\/10\/panel-autism-2-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2030\/10\/panel-autism-2-768x369.jpg 768w, https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2030\/10\/panel-autism-2-500x240.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Within the WordPress community, we are beginning to see a need to better support our children with the challenges of autism and related issues, particularly as they grow into adults.<\/p>\n<p>At 1:30 pm October 27, the WordCamp Philly panel &#8220;Creating Inclusive Workplaces: What Tech Communities Are Doing to Support Employees with Autism and Related Challenges&#8221;\u00a0 will focus on how the tech community can create systems that enable people with autism and related challenges to flourish professionally.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The panelists and moderator will be tech and medical professionals from outside of the WordPress community, with an eye to sharing what other technologists are already doing.<\/p>\n<p>Panelists include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Peg Monaghan, Program Consultant \u2013 Autism at Work Development, SAP<\/li>\n<li>John Herrington, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Koval, Corporate Initiatives Manager, Bentley Systems<\/li>\n<li>Frank Buttaro, III, Senior Account Manager, New Horizons Computer Learning Centers, will be the moderator.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Photo by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/alVthhdkV1A?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Scott Serhat Duygun<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/search\/photos\/philly?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Within the WordPress community, we are beginning to see a need to better support our children with the challenges of autism and related issues, particularly as they grow into adults. 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