An (Urban) AS Community?

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I don't think we're going to get an offline location until we have enough people who want one close enough to each other. Or unless someone who is successful from something else builds one. Alas, Gareth and Amy never did make that semi-permanent retreat. I still think it would have a shot though.

I don't think we can, or should, wait for some neurotypicals to help out Autists, though, because that just sends the message that Autists are incapable of achieving anything to help themselves.

I'm not so sure the first (or second) limiting factor is individuals living near each other, I really think it comes down to having a geographically-independent income stream, or individuals who can secure employment in the surrounding area. If enough there are enough interested individuals, the numbers start to work out, and from there it's a matter of expanding income streams.

I happen to believe the required number of individuals is lower than most previous proposals believed, which would make for an interesting discussion in it's own right.

As for the retreat proposal, I think that had more to do with red tape and the limits of the local real estate market than anything else. If I was in the UK, I surely would have been interested.

I think something along the lines of AspieBURG is quite key to the Neurodiversity concept, since it (among a great many other things) demolishes a great many myths.