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Memitim
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| I'd love to go to some sort of AS meet just to see if hanging out with aspies is any easier than trying to be sociable with everyone else but I doubt I could bring myself to go. Hell, I can't even make any of the get-togethers that the guys at work are always trying to get me to go to, and I've known them for years. It would be interesting to find out, though. |
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Jellybean
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 6:12 am Post subject: |
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I have only one friend and would love to meet other Aspies in the area, but the support group is for only the parents to go to and there is nothing for us younger lot. (well actually I am nearly 19 so I suppose I am not that young...)
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JerryHatake
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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http://gmu.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2210021049
PWAAAs is a Facebook Group I created. I have to created a group name for aspies, autistic people and other PDDs people for GMU. The title I came up with was Students with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome United aka SWAAASU. If you have a better name then reply to this post
To Alex: I need your help for SWAAASU website and group as well. Please assist me.
Jerry Holy
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Pattywack
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:55 pm Post subject: Aspie groups |
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I think we should have Aspie groups everywhere and for everything in this world. We need Aspie groups for society, as well as for politics and religion and art and music. I don't know that much about social groups but we should incorporate Aspie group interaction in everything we do.
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Pattywack
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 1:15 pm Post subject: Re: Forming an Aspie Group |
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| Namiko wrote: | It has recently been brought to my attention that there is no sticky at WP to discuss how to form an aspie group, so here it is.  Here is what members have posted so far on the topic:
| newchum wrote: | Step one: Create website and submit it to many search engines as possible
Step two: Find every Autism worker in town and talk to them about you forming a group, also for good measure contact the parents of autistic children groups as well (there are likely to be siblings or parents with AS/HFA).
Step three: Contact local radio stations, newspapers and even television stations, if they want to do a story on AS and your group.
Step Four: Spread flyer's and posters everywhere where people with AS are likely to go to.
Depending on the size of your community and number of people doing the job, it take anywhere from as little as a week to more than a month. |
And this is from another thread:
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| berta wrote: | ...help me!!!
i need help on this. the people i am starting it with are kinda... new to everything.
so why am i makin the aspie group finally?
cause today i met up with two people from a norwegie ADD/AS forum. actually there were meant to be 3 but the 3rd guy couldnt make it. he was to dam* nervous. plus he had just thrown himself over the bridge into the iccy arctic ocean, because they were "suicide-securing" it..
the one girl was a revered meth adict, studying some teaching-related stuff, she has ADD and was really nice.
the other guy was actually my next door neighbour like; 7 years ago. he has ADD and is a nerd. it was really a nice time and they were so easy going open and great to talk to. we just talked about everything really. and the girl hugged me which was kinda nice. i dunno why but. who knows..
so it was kinda a kool day, except alot of other stuff that happened. i was really nervous, but that wasnt big deal. the highlight of the day i must say was when we all laughed coz of some guy at the pizza place which we met at chopping up some stuff, and all of us were totally sensory overload at the time. well its kinda fun to see that i have at least something in comon with other people.
now i plan on moving to town and arranging the aspie group.
but i have no idea if they are my friends...
or are we just acosiates.
input pleeeeaaase |
| Sean wrote: | Moving into town would be a good for you even if they are just associates. If you are going to to be planning things and running errands to get everything ready for the meeting or other event, then getting a car would be a priceless asset- even if it is only reliable enough to get you around town.
Having a set meeting time and place that won't have to be worked around to compromise with other groups is a big priority. I strongly doubt I need to go into any detail on the problems a constantly changing schedule would cause.
Don't get discouraged if someone else turns out to be a better leader for the group. You were the one needed to get it started, but other people may have various tallents to keep it going.
Once you have a regular set of people coming and a regular meeting time and place, you will need bylaws so everyone has the same written set of guidelines for what's going on. |
| Sophist wrote: | | Congrats, berta A wonderful idea! |
| berta wrote: | | Sean wrote: | Moving into town would be a good for you even if they are just associates. If you are going to to be planning things and running errands to get everything ready for the meeting or other event, then getting a car would be a priceless asset- even if it is only reliable enough to get you around town.
Having a set meeting time and place that won't have to be worked around to compromise with other groups is a big priority. I strongly doubt I need to go into any detail on the problems a constantly changing schedule would cause. 
Don't get discouraged if someone else turns out to be a better leader for the group. You were the one needed to get it started, but other people may have various tallents to keep it going.
Once you have a regular set of people coming and a regular meeting time and place, you will need bylaws so everyone has the same written set of guidelines for what's going on.
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i am not gona get a car, i wudnt need it, i dont live in cali. well i am discussing it right now actually with the ADD dude, but he wants NT PARENTS of AS/ADD kids to come. if so i wont go at all...
well i dunno what to do first, but i have KINDA already made a flyer, but i think i mite need to put down my own mobile number, after all this isnt an organisation, its NOT asociated with the local autism org, coz my mom is in that one..
and i think aspies might like to ttext message, or email when saying they are interested in the goup. plus calling maybe. i have no idea. or maybe i will just get prank calls..
so where are we meant to meet? i dont think its gona be half tje group u guys in the US have, coz its not with any money yet or anything. we met in the pizza place. so shud we meet there again? could we just reserve it or something? gosh i am so lost.
im gona set up an email addy tho, for the group, and maybe a website later..
any more tips??!! |
| Sean wrote: | | berta wrote: | i am not gona get a car, i wudnt need it, i dont live in cali. well i am discussing it right now actually with the ADD dude, but he wants NT PARENTS of AS/ADD kids to come. if so i wont go at all...
well i dunno what to do first, but i have KINDA already made a flyer, but i think i mite need to put down my own mobile number, after all this isnt an organisation, its NOT asociated with the local autism org, coz my mom is in that one..
and i think aspies might like to ttext message, or email when saying they are interested in the goup. plus calling maybe. i have no idea. or maybe i will just get prank calls..
so where are we meant to meet? i dont think its gona be half tje group u guys in the US have, coz its not with any money yet or anything. we met in the pizza place. so shud we meet there again? could we just reserve it or something? gosh i am so lost.
im gona set up an email addy tho, for the group, and maybe a website later..
any more tips??!! |
I can't imagine a public transportation system that works good enough to accomplish anything  , but suit yourself. I stongly agree that parent's of ASD/ADD kids is a bad idea. They have their own orgaizations to go rant in, and having them at your meetings would prevent people from being able to speak their minds. Occasionally having sessions for parents and AS kids to sit down and get a dialogue going might be a good idea, but certainly not during every meeting. I strongly advise you not to give out your mobile number. An email account and website for people to get information would be availeble 24/7 and you could also keep your privacy and avoid prank callers that way too. |
| berta wrote: | but sean, my town is so small, and i cant drive in traffic anyway:( but yeah, i dont even know where i will live heeh, maybe in the centre..?
so, aaanyway, what should i do really, before i can have the first meeting? make a budget? post an ad in the local newspaper? post flyers or what?
another problem i had was those two ADD people i met up with in town were like: obsessed and only wanted to talk about how ADD is caused by the environment etc.
so i could just set up a new hotmail account and hae a MSN space as a info site? ya think that would work. |
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I hope this helps you guys and please feel free to continue on discussion here.
Edited once for errors in BBCode. |
I think in order to get a group started you have to plan a committee and get enough people into it as best as you can. You would have to figure out what details you would have to plan out with the group process. You would have to find out what type of people are funding the group and how long it will take for this funding to last. Another thing you would have to have are good organizational skills so you could plan ahead on everything your wanting to do. People you should start telling are your friends or whoever is closest to you, then have them spread the word to their friends. Then just let it go on.
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Pattywack
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:43 pm Post subject: I would really like to start a new Aspie group! |
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I don't have enough people to help me get it started. I go to this group for people with Asperger's which I do really like, I don't know too many people who have Asperger's I would like to meet alot more people who have Asperger's which is why I joined Wrong planet, so does anybody like to hang out and watch baseball. I really like baseball, I mean I find it really fun to watch, I also like going to the movies as well as going out to eat at different restaurants.
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PurpleSpider
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| Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 12:25 am Post subject: Re: Aspergers Adult Social Group |
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| dallascowboys wrote: | | that sounds like a great Idea. Not many Aspergers Support Groups here in Brisbane cater for just the Adult Aspie and Cater for more the parents with Aspergers Syndrome Children. I feel it would be a great opportunity for Brisbane to have at least a couple of Adult Aspergers Social Groups. We as Adult Aspies still feel very left out without a group. |
I am in Brisbane too Yep I have been to a parents group was very uncomfortable but at least it is likely that some of the parents might be ASD.
I often feel lonely. It is hard to connect with people when you feel so different from them. I think the only way I am going to have close friends is to find some AS people. I can do general chit chat with NT but it isn't very meaningful.
Anyway enough rambling Would love to get together some time |
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Tim_Tex
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| Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 5:54 am Post subject: |
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Any groups in North Texas/Southern Oklahoma?
Tim
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coyote
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Posts: 362
Location: Montreal, QC
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| Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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I'm very happy to see this thread cause i am justly planning in starting a group here. There is a group in the big city (Montreal) but it's far from me (Blainville, 30 miles north of Mtl). There is an whole region here with nothing except kids' group or for parents. In french, it will be called "Groupe de Réunion pour Adultes Asperger des Laurentides - GRAAL" I'll keep you all informed about how it goes....
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syzygyish
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 3:42 am Post subject: Greeting Moup |
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I'm slooooooowly gathering contacts,info & confidence to start an adults group on the Gold Coast.
It's like watching paint dry.
Met my 1st Aspy ever last week.For 20 glorius minutes we discussed insects,molluscs & David Attenborough movies.
He's 21 & I'm 40,but together it was like we were both 10 again,y'know?
I heard a guy coin a phrase-"an intense,almost pathological,social hunger" describing Asperger's people.
Walking away,I looked back,straight into Mark's eyes & saw that hunger.
I know it myself,though 40 years of solitude has dulled the pain.
| Quote: | | I think we should have Aspie groups everywhere and for everything in this world. We need Aspie groups for society, as well as for politics and religion and art and music. I don't know that much about social groups but we should incorporate Aspie group interaction in everything we do. |
Right on,Pattywack.
Why do I need to bother about a commitee?I plan on meeting at the local Library,jabbering like NT's for a couple of hours,then shouting(paying for) lunch at a cafe around the corner.
Purplespider & Dallascoyboys,pm me if you can get down to the Gold Coast anytime.
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coyote
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syzygyish
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| Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 1:41 am Post subject: Dry Paint |
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My meeting's off to a dead stop!
http://aspergers.meetup.com/305/
2 Aspy's on the Gold Coast & they both PSVP'd NO.
Why sign on for something like that & then knock back the 1st opportunity?
Ah well.Guess I can shout lobster for lunch.Table for 1,as usual.
I don't think there's a single adult Aspy support group in Australia.
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Tim_Tex
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| Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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Nearest support group to me is in Fort Worth, 100 miles away.
Tim
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angelgirl1224
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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I would like to go to a support group and have looked and found a few 'as friendship groups' for people my age.
but yeah its something i want to do. because at present i dont know anybody with as |
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Nothingness
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| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:15 am Post subject: |
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i dont know anyone with AS i would really like to go to some group but this is sweden so i doubt there is any around here where i live. perhaps in the capital city but it takes hours to get there and costs lots.
also i doublt id dare even if it was possible. perhaps i could take some calming medicine and then try and force myself... 
but im 14 so if there is any group i guess there will be one for little children and one for adults.
does anyone know where to look to find some group if there is one? |
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