Op-Ed: Bringing the autistic into the workplace
Elizabeth Hiza Chief Marketing Officer, The Barnum Financial Group
April 12, 2021
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“Is there a job for me?” could be the refrain of the nation’s burgeoning cadre of autistic individuals. Their ranks are growing. Since 2000, the prevalence rate of autism in children has nearly tripled from 0.67 percent to 1.85 percent or one in 54 among 8-year-old children.
April is National Autism Awareness Month, and the theme of the Autism Society of America this year has shifted from Autism Awareness to Autism Acceptance in an effort to better help people, including families, acknowledge the presence of autism and the need to act swiftly and do something constructive. One way, the Autism Society says, is through job opportunities.
Nearly 600 in state contract virus despite full vaccination
Greg Bishop, The Center Square
April 12, 2021
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More than 580 Illinoisans have tested positive for COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated.
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported that of the about 2.5 million people in Illinois who have been fully vaccinated, as of data compiled Wednesday, 581 tested positive for COVID-19 after getting their final vaccine dose.
“We’re looking to report breakthrough data once a week, but are waiting for more information from the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention],” a spokesman for the Illinois Department of Public Health said Monday.
Breakthrough cases are when a fully vaccinated person later gets the virus they were vaccinated against.
The state s best bet, Walensky said, is to really close things down.
Walensky called on Michigan to go back to where we were last spring, last summer and to shut things down, to flatten the curve, to decrease contact with one another and to ramp up testing and contact tracing efforts. Cases in Michigan have dramatically risen in recent weeks, averaging 7,359 new cases per day over the last week and approaching its pandemic highs set around Thanksgiving, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Deaths are also on the rise. Really what we need to do in those situations is shut things down, Walensky said.
Bay Area political events: Pandemic and voting, Ruth Bader Ginsburg s legacy
Chronicle staff report
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Upcoming political events in the Bay Area. Events take place online unless otherwise noted:
MONDAY
COVID relief: A town hall on efforts to combat the health and economic impacts of the pandemic in the South Bay with Santa Clara County Supervisor Otto Lee and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Fremont. 5:30 p.m. More information is here.
WEDNESDAY
Pandemic and voting: How California changes to facilitate mail voting and accommodate in-person balloting during the pandemic affected turnout, with Public Policy Institute of California researcher Eric McGhee. 11 a.m. More information is here.