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Separate forum/community for autistic adults ?

Bob C

Hi

Recently the suggestion has been made that a separate forum of community is needed for Autistic Adults. 

I would welcome thoughts, comments and ideas on this subject.

Starter questions:

Q: Is there a need for "another" community when others exist online?

Q: Is the NAS the best organisation to fascilitate this?

Q: Could it be self-managed but just technically supported by the NAS?

Q: Should it be "part" of this community or completely separate?

Regards

Bob Chase: Digital Services Manager

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  • I think that the NAS is many people's first port of call following a diagnosis, and so it is important that folks using the forum can find relevant information, and folks in a similar situation, as easily as possible.

    For many of my generation, and those born earlier, there was no chance of diagnosis in our childhoods - so we may have specific issues thanks to having lived much of our lives without any explanation for the difficulties we may have faced.  I don't mean to say that we have it any better or worse - but certainly different.

    So yes, I think some way to 'filter' those posts pertinent to people in a late-diagnosis situation, or issues faced only when we are older (e.g. retirement, dementia etc...) would be beneficial, and perfectly compatible with the aims of the NAS.

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  • I think that the NAS is many people's first port of call following a diagnosis, and so it is important that folks using the forum can find relevant information, and folks in a similar situation, as easily as possible.

    For many of my generation, and those born earlier, there was no chance of diagnosis in our childhoods - so we may have specific issues thanks to having lived much of our lives without any explanation for the difficulties we may have faced.  I don't mean to say that we have it any better or worse - but certainly different.

    So yes, I think some way to 'filter' those posts pertinent to people in a late-diagnosis situation, or issues faced only when we are older (e.g. retirement, dementia etc...) would be beneficial, and perfectly compatible with the aims of the NAS.

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