Social groups for ASD/Aspergers

You could maybe speak to your local social services department to ask if they know of any that you’re not aware of. Or facebook is another good resource for finding local groups. 

If you can’t find one, how about considering starting one? There’s lots of money flying around at the minute to help with things like that, as well as support in actually setting the group up etc. 

I go to one that runs every Friday morning and I truly love it. I can’t even begin to tell you all the benefits I have gained and continue to gain by going there, not to mention the friendships ~ friends that I can cope with :) 

Our’s is more of a social group and we have, for a while now, been going out once a month for something to eat. In December we started to go out and do an activity once a month, the first one being bowling. And in the summer just gone, we had our first day trip to the sea side, which was really good. 

I may at some point be starting a group of my own but with more of a focus. The group I go to is perfect and I wouldn’t want to change it in any way, but I would also like to use my skills to help autistic adults achieve any goals etc that they have, so as well as the group I start being a social group, it will have a focus on achieving goals. 

In my town, which isn’t that big, we have a good number of autism groups for adults. Another one I’m part of favours people with what could be called more ‘severe’ autism. I really love that group as well but as I’m currently not driving and I don’t use public transport, it’s not easy for me to get to. However, they also go on walks or places of interest once a month and I generally go on the outings with them. I haven’t tried any of the other groups but the ones I currently attend are more than enough for me. 

I hope you find one because honestly, the benefits I have gained are truly miraculous and I really do feel part of a family or community or group ~ I call it our family and so do several of the others. 

I have had severe meltdowns in front of them, I’ve cried, been hyper, been almost mute, I’ve been tired, hungry and super excited, I think they’ve probably just about seen the full spectrum of me and nobody cares because we’re all the same, in one way or another. And I get to play one of my favourite games most week, which is scrabble. 

I can’t recommend autism groups enough although I do respect that we are all different so it might not be for everyone, but the hidden benefits have been like miracle workers in my life. 

I hope you find one

You could maybe speak to your local social services department to ask if they know of any that you’re not aware of. Or facebook is another good resource for finding local groups. 

If you can’t find one, how about considering starting one? There’s lots of money flying around at the minute to help with things like that, as well as support in actually setting the group up etc. 

I go to one that runs every Friday morning and I truly love it. I can’t even begin to tell you all the benefits I have gained and continue to gain by going there, not to mention the friendships ~ friends that I can cope with :) 

Our’s is more of a social group and we have, for a while now, been going out once a month for something to eat. In December we started to go out and do an activity once a month, the first one being bowling. And in the summer just gone, we had our first day trip to the sea side, which was really good. 

I may at some point be starting a group of my own but with more of a focus. The group I go to is perfect and I wouldn’t want to change it in any way, but I would also like to use my skills to help autistic adults achieve any goals etc that they have, so as well as the group I start being a social group, it will have a focus on achieving goals. 

In my town, which isn’t that big, we have a good number of autism groups for adults. Another one I’m part of favours people with what could be called more ‘severe’ autism. I really love that group as well but as I’m currently not driving and I don’t use public transport, it’s not easy for me to get to. However, they also go on walks or places of interest once a month and I generally go on the outings with them. I haven’t tried any of the other groups but the ones I currently attend are more than enough for me. 

I hope you find one because honestly, the benefits I have gained are truly miraculous and I really do feel part of a family or community or group ~ I call it our family and so do several of the others. 

I have had severe meltdowns in front of them, I’ve cried, been hyper, been almost mute, I’ve been tired, hungry and super excited, I think they’ve probably just about seen the full spectrum of me and nobody cares because we’re all the same, in one way or another. And I get to play one of my favourite games most week, which is scrabble. 

I can’t recommend autism groups enough although I do respect that we are all different so it might not be for everyone, but the hidden benefits have been like miracle workers in my life. 

I hope you find one

Thank you for replying Blueray, I hope you’re doing ok? I was a bit worried the other day when you said you were going to have a break from this forum.

I might try phoning social services and I could google search Facebook groups (not on Facebook myself).

I would love to start my own craft group for people with ASD. Unfortunately though I’m very much at the mercy of my husbands shift patterns which change from week to week. He already uses up his 4 shift requests per month so I can run a beaver scout group every Wednesday which means that there is no evening that I could commit to running a group every week. I couldn’t run one at my home address either as having young children at home I wouldn’t want to advertise my home address to people that I didn’t personally know. I think the idea of running my own group will have to go on my list of things to do when I work out how.

The group you go to sounds good and similar to what I would like to be part of. Just being able to do social things or activities with other people diagnosed with ASD so that I don’t get as much of the usual anxiety that I get in groups that everyone thinks I’m weird.

I shall keep searching and hopefully I’ll find something.