Young people with HF Autism to participate in an awareness film clip

Hi Longman,

We have not obtained moderator permission to invite families to take part in our filming day.

When we read the community rules we didn't consider ourselves as wanting to promote "research studies, surveys or media work", so we disregarded that section.

However, after your feedback I looked at it again and realised that if you click on the 'reserach and participation' link in that section, it takes you to another page with more in-depth infomation mentioning 'Authors, journalists and film makers'.

Whilst we are not film makers, (*Edit* we are the co-founders of a social enterprise) we are certainly hoping to make a film- (*Edit* with the help of a professional film maker) so until we can get NAS moderator approval, I have removed our original invitation and information.

Whilst we are disappointed, I'm glad you raised this, as we don't want to break any rules or upset anyone. Also the points you have raised are perfectly valid.

However, it is not true that we purposefully posted this on a friday evening in order to avoid moderation. I had no idea this is when posts are moderated. That comment hurt my feelings and I am concerned that we have come across as devious and unconvincing. 

We posted on a Friday evening because we've been at work all day (we are developing this social enterprise in our free time.) We are young, enthusiastic, well-intentioned and doing the best we can with limited resources.

If you have any, it would be nice to hear some positive questions about our Autism Awarness workshops or some acknowledgement of the positive steps we are trying to take, to balance out the negativie assumptions. 

We hope this provides some reassurance.

Hope you have a nice weekend

Abi and Catherine

Hi Longman,

We have not obtained moderator permission to invite families to take part in our filming day.

When we read the community rules we didn't consider ourselves as wanting to promote "research studies, surveys or media work", so we disregarded that section.

However, after your feedback I looked at it again and realised that if you click on the 'reserach and participation' link in that section, it takes you to another page with more in-depth infomation mentioning 'Authors, journalists and film makers'.

Whilst we are not film makers, (*Edit* we are the co-founders of a social enterprise) we are certainly hoping to make a film- (*Edit* with the help of a professional film maker) so until we can get NAS moderator approval, I have removed our original invitation and information.

Whilst we are disappointed, I'm glad you raised this, as we don't want to break any rules or upset anyone. Also the points you have raised are perfectly valid.

However, it is not true that we purposefully posted this on a friday evening in order to avoid moderation. I had no idea this is when posts are moderated. That comment hurt my feelings and I am concerned that we have come across as devious and unconvincing. 

We posted on a Friday evening because we've been at work all day (we are developing this social enterprise in our free time.) We are young, enthusiastic, well-intentioned and doing the best we can with limited resources.

If you have any, it would be nice to hear some positive questions about our Autism Awarness workshops or some acknowledgement of the positive steps we are trying to take, to balance out the negativie assumptions. 

We hope this provides some reassurance.

Hope you have a nice weekend

Abi and Catherine