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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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  • in reply to KuriouslyAutistic44

    As a teenager I walked around my city with a plastic tube with written “я ищу место среди людей” in Russian - I’m looking for place among people. I thought someone would approach me. Well it worked to some point but I still couldn’t keep those friendships because those Russian speaking people were also interested with normal thing like anyone else. Maybe it’s easier to find someone “like us” online. In the real world I find it hard especially if not in “controlled environment” such as planned group meetings, support groups etc.