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What's your special interest?

Meeples

I've noticed there a lot of posts on this forum about making friends and finding others who share an interest, so I thought I'd start a thread where people could talk about the stuff that really interests them and maybe connect with others who feel the same about that topic. I hope that's okay, and I'm sorry if a thread like this already exists and I missed it.

I know I have several interests which I get VERY excited about and would love to find others to geek out with on - as it can feel really lonely to not have people who share the same passion or get excited about the same things. But I also love listening to people talk about things that they're really passionate about too, so I would genuinely love to hear about everyone special interests too.

I find it really hard to make friends and am always cautious about talking about the things that really interest me, after years of being told that I'm weird/creepy/boring for getting obsessed with stuff that I like. But that's just me, and if I get passionate about something then I can't help but  focus on it. And that makes sense to me. Why wouldn't someone focus on something that makes them happy? 

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  • Hi! My special interest for the last couple of years has been the group that I run locally for autistic women. I’ve made a number of good friends through this group which is fantastic. I like the interaction between group members online. We’re not meeting face to face at present c/o Covid but we were previously and will do again afterwards. I’ve been running group video chats since the spring so that group members can all still chat together. There’s always plenty to keep me occupied with this group. From instigating posts for discussion; vetoing membership requests; signposting NT parents who request to join to more appropriate services; liaising with other service providers about services that may be beneficial to my group members and so on and so forth. I do periodically have mini special interests that last for a short time but the group is definitely my main one for the moment :-)

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  • Hi! My special interest for the last couple of years has been the group that I run locally for autistic women. I’ve made a number of good friends through this group which is fantastic. I like the interaction between group members online. We’re not meeting face to face at present c/o Covid but we were previously and will do again afterwards. I’ve been running group video chats since the spring so that group members can all still chat together. There’s always plenty to keep me occupied with this group. From instigating posts for discussion; vetoing membership requests; signposting NT parents who request to join to more appropriate services; liaising with other service providers about services that may be beneficial to my group members and so on and so forth. I do periodically have mini special interests that last for a short time but the group is definitely my main one for the moment :-)

Children
  • in reply to Kitsune

    What a wonderful interest and what a fantastic community to create. I'm not surprised to hear it keeps you busy, running something like that must be a huge commitment. I'm glad you've managed to keep it going through this whole Covid situation. Its been such a tough year for everyone and has been very hard on lots of local groups, especially as not everyone is comfortable with or has access to the online world. Its great that your community has managed to adapt to being online until you can all meet in person again.