Making it Better: The future of WP

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Let me ask you all this. How has Wrongplanet helped to improve our lives and make us better people? Has any of our activism and Neurodiversity gotten employers and society as a whole to budge on anything? How has both WP and ND made us employable or able to run a business, made us dateable, made others want to be friends with us and made us better overall human beings while being ourselves?

Since we're putting WP on the table then let's bring in ND as well. How has any of the things WP has done and ND has done made things better for spectrumites as a whole? Are more people who are on the spectrum employed and what is the ratio of those employed now vs 1 year ago? 5 years ago? 10 years ago? Or 20 years ago?

What has Alex Plank and Wrongplanet done for us? And, why is he absent for the most part? Why hasn't he taken a more active role in all of this? What has Ari Ne'eman and ASAN done for us? What has Neurodiversity done for us?

If WP is to be better and to serve our interests then a. What are our interests exactly as a community? and b. How has all of these Autism orgs served our interests? Either make them fit our interests or cut em loose.

And, what has been done IRL exactly outside of online forums and blogs?

Think through all of this and we're on our way to fixing WP which I think is declining.

I don't see WP as a site to "serve our interests" other than putting us in the way of others who understand and support us.
I don't expect Alex to do anything for me.
If I want to advocate or help people with autism I'll do it on a local level (and I do).
Thank you.

I agree with Raleigh. It's mostly here so we can communicate ideas, chat with online friends, and share experiences good, bad or neutral.

Everyone has different expectations and experiences here. There are even instances of folk who met their "other half" on here. Not everyone can expect such dramatic things, but it is a place where where people should feel at home and comfortable with, regardless of their functionality level , interests or posting style.

Good-o

^ heya, Ooif, how's things?

All good , how are you ?

Not bad, can't complain. Nice avatar there.

Good to hear dude , it's not a patch on your avatar

I would say WP is sort of a “social club.” That’s a good way to put it.

I certainly don’t expect Alex or anybody to help me.

Reliance on other people often leads me to feel very empty.

I like to help people in my own way—but no matter what ambitions and desires I have, they will never be fulfilled through my efforts on WP. Whether because of inability on my part, or because of a lack of real desire for change on the part of others.

I do hope I have helped someone, though.