Any online comminity for Autistic Teens?

Hi

I'm new here, so my apologies if this has been discussed before. My teenage daughter is autistic and currently very lonely. The people she meets who share her interests already seem to have established friendship groups, and while they are often friendly, she lacks close friendships. It does not help that we live in a rural area, so there are fewer people for her to meet face-to-face anyway. This has led me to wonder whether there were any 'safe' online communities she could join. 

When I joined this group, I did see links to the communities on The Mix. Before I encouraged her to join them and possibly get disappointed, I wondered whether anyone here had opinions of how good they would be for under 16s?    

Many thanks to anyone who can help

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  • Hi PeteSW
     
    Welcome to the community.
     
    I'm sorry your teenage daughter is so lonely. The teens can be such a challenging time of life for many autistic girls but you are doing a good job supporting her. It can't be easy for you either.
     
    I haven't any information about The Mix other than what is stated on this website so I'm bumping up your post so that others may see it.
     
    This isn't what you have asked for but just in case your daughter would be interested, our Know Yourself series is a set of free resources which includes videos and downloadable guides aiming to support young people and helping them to understand what being autistic means.
     
    Good luck and best wishes.
     
    Christine Mod
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  • Hi PeteSW
     
    Welcome to the community.
     
    I'm sorry your teenage daughter is so lonely. The teens can be such a challenging time of life for many autistic girls but you are doing a good job supporting her. It can't be easy for you either.
     
    I haven't any information about The Mix other than what is stated on this website so I'm bumping up your post so that others may see it.
     
    This isn't what you have asked for but just in case your daughter would be interested, our Know Yourself series is a set of free resources which includes videos and downloadable guides aiming to support young people and helping them to understand what being autistic means.
     
    Good luck and best wishes.
     
    Christine Mod
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