{"id":3926,"date":"2024-11-20T22:52:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T03:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=3926"},"modified":"2024-11-20T22:52:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T03:52:00","slug":"meat-studios-popcorn-for-the-people-refresh-is-a-welcome-celebration-of-the-neurodivergent-folks-behind-the-snacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=3926","title":{"rendered":"Meat Studio\u2019s Popcorn For The People Refresh Is a Welcome Celebration Of the Neurodivergent Folks Behind The Snacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Finding and keeping a job is tough for anyone, but it can be especially difficult for the neurodivergent. Even a typical interview can present an obstacle that is impossible to overcome. It\u2019s\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/imagine.jhu.edu\/blog\/2022\/10\/05\/neurodivergence-at-a-glance\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">estimated<\/a>\u00a0that the unemployment rate among the neurodivergent is as high as 40 percent. Unsurprisingly, many individuals within that community are either under\/unemployed or are only offered the lowest-tier jobs and are often underpaid.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.popcornforthepeople.com\/?srsltid=AfmBOoq3kmA9fSCGQ8Tbgo53sl8opu46f-UDEH3sPm7qVpSGVfRC_MmA\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Popcorn for the People<\/a>\u00a0is a snack brand that aims to provide better employment opportunities for the neurodivergent. Cofounder Steven Beir, himself on the autistic spectrum, started Popcorn for the People with his parents to provide the kind of jobs he struggled to land for people like himself.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thedieline.com\/meat-studios-popcorn-for-the-people-refresh-is-a-welcome-celebration-of-the-neurodivergent-folks-behind-the-snacks\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finding and keeping a job is tough for anyone, but it can be especially difficult for the neurodivergent. Even a typical interview can present an obstacle that is impossible to overcome. It\u2019s\u00a0estimated\u00a0that the unemployment rate among the neurodivergent is as high as 40 percent. Unsurprisingly, many individuals within that community are either under\/unemployed or are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-packaging-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}