Are you going to Autscape 2012?

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Not going, because

a) I don't want to spend the substantial amount of money, time and energy/effort ( including renewing my passport ) required to get there from the south of France so long as:

b) It continues to seem like such a "between two/three stools sort of thing", neither wild festival with hundreds/thousands of participants, and lots of music and stalls selling crafty stuff and cool food nor a serious conference about a subject which deeply interests me and with other participants equally as interested in that subject, ( unless it is that of autism, which is no longer one of my special interests ), nor an effective way of meeting people whom I might then meet up with on a regular basis, seeing as it's in the UK and I'm here.

It continues to feel like a fundamentally inessential thing to me, and as such only worth it if it were close by and I could get there in an hour and for virtually nothing, even if I then still paid for full accommodation and the event etc. In other words might go if it were less than 100km away.

I'm glad I went once, ( 2009 ), to see what it was like. Pleasant, but rather pointless as far as I'm concerned.
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No, I don't live in Europe.

Wrong side of the world. Too bad we can't actually get one of these organised in this hemisphere, especially good if in the U.S. Yes, I saw the thread about a conference here, but got tired of reading all the back patting, with no progress showing.

Did I miss it? If so, correct me here. Please.

Autreat 2012 has started today:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/autreatinfo/

Autreat 2012's final evening has just begun.
Scheduled for this evening are Autreat's Amazing Annual Adulthood Acclamation, and the Autreat dance.
You can still attend it virtually, if you so wish.

I wish I could've gone, but I have only read this topic right now...what are my chances of getting in on it now at this late stage?

How do I attend this "virtually" right now without details?

I've never heard about it until now (so I voted accordingly in the poll), but having read the website it sounds great! The funny thing is, I read half of the website before getting to the actual programme (which is typically what you'd want to see first for a conference, right?) and it still sounded really interesting. I guess it was the whole thing about being in a place where autistics are the normal people. Hell, I'm not even all that autistic, but it's something I'd really like to experience at least once. Unfortunately I live far, far away.

I'm hoping to win lots of money so I can this year.

Maybe I can make it next year.