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Where do people like me, meet people like me.

Violetfred

I know this may seem like a dumb question. When an ex-colleague, and then my GP mentioned autism, the first thing I did was try to find some kind of support groups that met up in person. I couldn't seem to find any. Is it something that doesn't happen, or am I not looking hard enough. I think talking in person to people in the same situation might be beneficial. Thanks for your time.

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    Based on my understanding, this doesn't  happen.  Many of us prefer one-to-one, and this can happen, but it is rare, I suspect.

    I wonder if there is much scope for having something like "autism mentors" who help autistic people find ways to engage in social groups, find a partner, find work or whatever.

    I work for a charity here in Brazil helping teenagers transition from school to "adulting" and I find it helps them a great deal by having someone who will not judge their questions - even prompting them to ask stuff they may be hesitant to ask.

    I also cover lots of things that people rarely cover in school, whether what to expect from the workplace, how to manage having your own apartment or living with a flatmate, what to expect at infrequent social events like weddings, funerals, birthday parties etc.

    Luckily this is only once a year athough I do get to help out with occassional situations where an individual is struggling.

    To translate this to helping adults, even those who are at the more mature end of the scale, would be something that could bring much relief, especially if there is an understanding of the limits of the clients tolerance and knowing how to help them if they need to get out of a situation.

    If there could be someone to offer this sort of "wingman" type service then it could help a lot of autists find their confidence in some of these areas.

    Would anyone consider using such as service? I'm 6,000 miles away from most of you so can't help but maybe it is something that NAS could consider supporting.