Honestly just felt like a bit of a vent. I have recently moved to a new area and because it’s a more central location I wanted to try and look for some social groups. I struggle quite a bit with loneliness and making friends.
So, I did a bit of googling and searched apps like meetup to see if there were any support groups/social groups aimed at autistic adults. Basically just a safe space for neurodivergent folk to socialise and potentially make friends.
However, I can’t find anything apart that fits this category. This really surprised me as I live in a city now so you would think there would be at least one group like this. I found a group that was for autistic people to socialise every week at a different pub. I loved the sound of this but it looks like there hasn’t been any meetings in at least a year.
What frustrated me even more is that there was lots of organisations offering support groups and workshops for parents of autistic children an carers. I agree that these groups are needed and are a great sense of community for carers and parents. But, I find it disappointing that these organisations aren’t able to offer the same for autistic adults.
I have even considered if I could start my own. However, I would have no idea how to go about this but I could do some research as I think a group like this in such a big city would be great.
For now I’m going to look at other social groups like book club or maybe even give crafting a go despite my lack of skill in this area.
Rant over it just really annoyed me lol
