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Would a youth club for people on the spectrum be a good idea?

misskittykat

There is a youth club in the town I live in that my daughter can't really access because of the type of kids there.  I've been thinking about asking them if they'll either do or agree to let someone I know, start a club there one night a week for kids on the spectrum.

Does anyone have any experience of a youth club specifically for ASD?  Or if you are an adult with ADS, do you think its a good or bad idea?  My daughter 'had' a friend on the spectrum but they fell out often.  I'm not sure if this was because of a lack of tolerance in each other or just different personality mix anyway.  But maybe a club wouldn't be such a good idea for this reason?  I've already got a list of volunteers that all work with adults with learning disabilities so I think in terms of 'staffing' we'd be able to do something really good.

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  • Hi,

    It is always worth asking,  but you would need people who know what they are doing in charge.  My son joined a group for children on the spectrum, and it was a disaster because the people running it couldn't work out how to get the children to do things that they assumed they should be doing, i.e. listen to other peoples opinions, and sharing etc.  I ended up taking him to Tae Kwondo which he loved, and it helped him hugely socially.

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  • Hi,

    It is always worth asking,  but you would need people who know what they are doing in charge.  My son joined a group for children on the spectrum, and it was a disaster because the people running it couldn't work out how to get the children to do things that they assumed they should be doing, i.e. listen to other peoples opinions, and sharing etc.  I ended up taking him to Tae Kwondo which he loved, and it helped him hugely socially.

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