List of things that are currently RIGHT with the forum.

I think that young people come and go on here.

There tends to be a core of mainly older (30+) people who, for whatever reason, have settled into this forum for good or ill.

Ausomely Autistic   makes a good point in that respect in the thread below.

 RE: 48 hours without oxygen 

I suspect that forums are a bit 'old hat' these days and this is partly why people have left here - to join in somewhere that suits them better in format as well as content.

It has therefore become a hub for late diagnosed/recognised autists - not exclusively (obviously) but if you look at the members who have stayed long term they tend to be in this group.

I think that's a reason why I/we stay despite the trials and tribulations we have to suffer because of the IT problems.

It's a place where we actually connect.

I think that young people come and go on here.

There tends to be a core of mainly older (30+) people who, for whatever reason, have settled into this forum for good or ill.

Ausomely Autistic   makes a good point in that respect in the thread below.

 RE: 48 hours without oxygen 

I suspect that forums are a bit 'old hat' these days and this is partly why people have left here - to join in somewhere that suits them better in format as well as content.

It has therefore become a hub for late diagnosed/recognised autists - not exclusively (obviously) but if you look at the members who have stayed long term they tend to be in this group.

I think that's a reason why I/we stay despite the trials and tribulations we have to suffer because of the IT problems.

It's a place where we actually connect.

Unknown said:

I suspect that forums are a bit 'old hat' these days

Perhaps we should set up our own instagram or discord or whatever is currently popular with the non-dinosaurs