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Isthisreal
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 Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:12 pm Post subject: Support groups in Ohio? |
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| Does anybody know of any support groups that meet in ohio? I have searched and asked around to no avail. I have never met another aspie in person. |
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rushfanatic
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:25 pm Post subject: Re: Support groups in Ohio? |
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| Isthisreal wrote: | | Does anybody know of any support groups that meet in ohio? I have searched and asked around to no avail. I have never met another aspie in person. |
Howdy Do..Are you in Medina County? Months ago, I saw in the Gazette that there was a support group in Brunswick..That was too far for me to travel.Sorry that I have no other info. |
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Never heard of one, and from what I can tell most psychs in Ohio are pretty ignorant about ASDs. There's a few Ohioans on this board, though. There's me, then Rainsong, techstepgenr8tion (I think) and a couple others.
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Isthisreal
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| Quote: | | from what I can tell most psychs in Ohio are pretty ignorant about ASDs |
Thank you! Its nice to here someone confirm what I have been thinking!  I went to a phycologist and counseler, and they were a complete waste of my time. 
Next time, I'm going to an asd specialist.
| Quote: | | Howdy Do..Are you in Medina County? Months ago, I saw in the Gazette that there was a support group in Brunswick..That was too far for me to travel. |
Thanks, but that is too far for me to travel as well. |
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| Did You cheack the link I gave You? |
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kuiamalynne
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I'm in Columbus, OH. Ohio State's Nisonger Center runs a support group for young adults on the spectrum: http://aspirationsohio.org/
The web site says people aged 17-30, but I think there are people older than this involved. |
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Here's a group in Dayton.
http://darngroup.tripod.com/
To my knowledge, they have become a lot more neurodiversity-friendly than their web site suggests. Currently their support group is the only one that's meeting, and as a result consists about half of parents and half of Spectrum people. Their meetings can be guest speakers or discussion groups and attendance is generally 10-30 people.
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Isthisreal
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I already have a list like that, but your list appears to have more on it. So I will have to check it out. Thank you.
| Quote: | I'm in Columbus, OH. Ohio State's Nisonger Center runs a support group for young adults on the spectrum: http://aspirationsohio.org/
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I contacted my local asd chapter and they told me about aspirations. I've thought about it, but they only meet eight times and it cost $250. It seems more like a teaching kind of thing than a meeting other aspies kind of thing. The other group they referred me to won't check their e-mail.
Thanks, but Dayton's too far for me.
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| Isthisreal wrote: |
I already have a list like that, but your list appears to have more on it. So I will have to check it out.
| Quote: | I'm in Columbus, OH. Ohio State's Nisonger Center runs a support group for young adults on the spectrum: http://aspirationsohio.org/
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I contacted my local asd chapter and they told me about aspirations. I've thought about it, but they only meet eight times and it cost $250. It seems more like a teaching kind of thing than a meeting other aspies kind of thing. The other group they referred me to won't check their e-mail.
Thanks, but Dayton's too far for me. |
May I ask what county you are in? |
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kuiamalynne
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| Isthisreal wrote: |
I contacted my local asd chapter and they told me about aspirations. I've thought about it, but they only meet eight times and it cost $250. It seems more like a teaching kind of thing than a meeting other aspies kind of thing. The other group they referred me to won't check their e-mail.
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Well, Aspirations is more than the eight-week group (which is sort of like a vocational/social skills training thing). There are also men's and women's social groups that meet 2 to 3 times a month and do things like bowling, playing board games, going to the movies, etc. There is also a book club that meets at the campus Barnes & Noble once a week (which I go to regularly). And once a month they hold "reunions" for the eight-week group (but I've never attended these). |
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| Quote: | | May I ask what county you are in? |
I am in =====.
| Quote: | | Well, Aspirations is more than the eight-week group (which is sort of like a vocational/social skills training thing). There are also men's and women's social groups that meet 2 to 3 times a month and do things like bowling, playing board games, going to the movies, etc. There is also a book club that meets at the campus Barnes & Noble once a week (which I go to regularly). And once a month they hold "reunions" for the eight-week group (but I've never attended these). |
Hmmm, I didn't know they did those other things. They sound interesting. I had heard about the reunions though. What kind of books do you read at the book club?( It's hard for me to read something that I am not interested in.) Do you all read the same book and then discuss it?
City driving makes me quite nervous though.
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| I'm in the Cincinatti area and the only ones here are for little kids. |
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kuiamalynne
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| Isthisreal wrote: | Hmmm, I didn't know they did those other things. They sound interesting. I had heard about the reunions though. What kind of books do you read at the book club?( It's hard for me to read something that I am not interested in.) Do you all read the same book and then discuss it?
City driving makes me quite nervous though. |
We read different sorts of books at book club. We vote on each new book as a group, hence the wide variety. The books we've read have included Good Omens, Brave New World, Twilight, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and right now we're reading Catch-22. Generally, we read around 60 pages each week and then discuss. |
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blech...ohio...I live in ohio...not a fan...
There's been some crazy weather lately... 
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