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Transition Aged Youth Webinar Series
Expanding Career Pathways for Youth and Young Adults on the Autism Spectrum: Employment as a Social Determinant of Health
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Date: | Monday, March 23, 2020 |
Time: | 3:00 p.m. EST |
Description: | The Webinar's discussion will:
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Registration: | Registration is not necessary. The meeting is free and open to the public. |
Webinar Series: | Transition Aged Youth on the Autism Spectrum |
Recorded Webinar
Slides
- Full Slide Set (PDF 1 MB)
Pending 508 Compliance
Speaker
Scott Robertson, Ph.D.
Policy Advisor, Youth Policy Team, Office of Disability Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor
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Dr. Scott Michael Robertson, an autistic adult, works as policy advisor on the Youth Policy Team at the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy. He previously worked as a Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Fellow for Senator Tom Harkin in the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Dr. Robertson has also served as a Public Member of the federal Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee and a Council Member on the Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council. In 2006, he co-founded the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) as a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and then served as the Founding Vice President. Dr. Robertson completed his Ph.D. in information sciences and technology at Penn State University after investigating cyber- and face-to-face bullying of autistic youth for his dissertation study.