Aspie festival
I only attended one sci-fi convention in my life, and I was too young to appreciate it.
I'm not sure what food arrangements I'd recommend. Even if there was a convention under the stars of Arizona, there's still McDonalds. If it's at some sort of banquet hall or stage, I'd expect the food to be a la carte, if it was at a hotel, presumably it would be one collective set of food for the event.
Either way, we are most surely having ice cream. I can't imagine an Aspie festival without food that melts....:cough cough:
One major issue is that you pay a high premium for putting your event close to the major transportion corridors. If it could be moved back a little bit, say to a city still on a major road and/or rail line, it would be much cheaper, but I think attendance would start dropping off.
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Most of the time, though, it's just an excuse to meet people and party.
Thank you for eggsplaining.
I have a suggestion for speakers and presenters. I would like to see presentations on practical things that can help autistic people instead of talks about individual autistic people's lives or froo-froo issues like inclusion, functioning labels, autism acceptance, and those other things that autism self-advocacy organizations focus on right now.
I have a suggestion for speakers and presenters. I would like to see presentations on practical things that can help autistic people instead of talks about individual autistic people's lives or froo-froo issues like inclusion, functioning labels, autism acceptance, and those other things that autism self-advocacy organizations focus on right now.
You have a good point there, I'm just wondering who out there does lectures about practical assistance methods. Maybe as an adjunct to discussing their own lives? Speakers love to talk about themselves after all .
Yeah, I'm not sure if lectures on inclusion and acceptance are on point for what should really be a more upbeat festival. I mean, if aspies are already there, we have our own acceptance and inclusion, right?
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Our first challenge is to create an entire economic infrastructure, from top to bottom, out of whole cloth.
-CEO Nwabudike Morgan, "The Centauri Monopoly"
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (Firaxis Games)
I was reading discussions of Autreat, and it has been pointed out that Autreat probably is not priced in the desired price range for many active posters. I think that pricing is an issue that would have to be looked at for an Aspie Festival, in fact, it might be the second biggest issue.
I think the question should be "what level of services would we expect in an event of this nature?". A hotel conference center can be rented out for 3 figures, but hotel rooms are expensive compared to if people could drop in by mass transit.
Perhaps some of our membership with experence in these matters can be of assistance.
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Our first challenge is to create an entire economic infrastructure, from top to bottom, out of whole cloth.
-CEO Nwabudike Morgan, "The Centauri Monopoly"
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (Firaxis Games)
Based on the course this thread took, I would have to retract my vote and say that a local Aspie Festival, outside of Alex's event and Autreat, is unlikely in the United States by 2014.
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Our first challenge is to create an entire economic infrastructure, from top to bottom, out of whole cloth.
-CEO Nwabudike Morgan, "The Centauri Monopoly"
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (Firaxis Games)
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