Published on 12, July, 2020
So I go to a local group that runs events for people with learning disabilities / ASD. I made a point of asking before I joined is this appropriate for high functioning people and was assured yes it was.
they are completely useless. 90% of the events they run are 9-5 Mondays to Friday. Not suitable for people with jobs. Mostly unexciting stuff like ‘trip to the shops / cafe.’ The one function they were started to facilitate, ‘dating’ they no longer do. But today takes the biscuit.
Having organised a weekend treasure hunt around the city centre, no one including the organiser turned up. No notice of cancellation or rearranging the time. Just radio silence. Emailed them, rang the office, nothing.
it wasn’t their fault I struggled to make connection with the mostly low functioning members. I understand the rationale around the event choices and times given their members intrests and availability. But this is just rank unprofessionalism.
I found the group wandering around town. They’d changed the meeting time to half an hour earlier, put the time change in a Ps in an unrelated email sent 2 days ago and then didn’t ring me when I didn’t turn up. They’d just finished the game when I found them.
That's shocking! And not very inclusive. Have you told them how you feel?
It’s not a surprise - even nonprofit LGBT groups I used to be a member of in the 1990’s - 2000’s used to have the same issues and they only cater to those who are out of work