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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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  • Longman, I think what you described as a 'supervised, relatively quiet and dignified social event' is exactly what I was thinking but with interesting activites thrown in to the mix.  The problem with my daughter is that it would have to be quiet with much support from adults but such a thing doesn't exist because the very nature of teens means noise and running around. 

    Crazydarkside, I'd love my daughter to do something like Tae Kwondo but she's not into anything like that.  If she's having a good day, I can get her to swim but there are just a few too many issues with that to get her to go regularly.  She used to love Guides before we moved and I've not been able to get her to join the local group.

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  • Longman, I think what you described as a 'supervised, relatively quiet and dignified social event' is exactly what I was thinking but with interesting activites thrown in to the mix.  The problem with my daughter is that it would have to be quiet with much support from adults but such a thing doesn't exist because the very nature of teens means noise and running around. 

    Crazydarkside, I'd love my daughter to do something like Tae Kwondo but she's not into anything like that.  If she's having a good day, I can get her to swim but there are just a few too many issues with that to get her to go regularly.  She used to love Guides before we moved and I've not been able to get her to join the local group.

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