12341234 wrote:
These are my frank & un-pc observations:
they tend to have the more 'obvious' cases - particularly where it's X Autistic Society/Trust, whereas those that tend to be X Advocacy tend to have the more 'with-it' ones since those aren't revolving around sitting in a circle, a bit like Alcoholics Anonymous (perhaps such groups could be named Aspergers Anonymous!!) and those advocacy ones tend to have more that wish to do something to help the/ir cause.
Autistic Trusts/Societies also have more 'obvious' cases as they started out assisting 'classic' autistic folk, whereas the advocacy ones are *not* aimed at bus pass-round-the-neck-on-a-lanyard types.
I am quite renowned for doing the rounds of these groups in my area and I have noted in one of the counties, the nicer the area, the more-able they are, which is not surprising given the socio-economics of it all, but in nicer areas where they have received less of a leg-up in life, they've *had* to cope with it. I suppose i fit in best with the Tonbridge & Canterbury groups I attend; the further north of the county you get, well, the more care in the community they become.
The people that runs these groups see me as entertaining, if only to break up the monotony of people rattling off bus numbers by rote...
Interesting, sounds like you aren't far away! How useful do you find the groups? I would be interested in meeting people in a similar situation, but I do worry that I wouldn't fit in with those who are more severely affected, my problems are more subtle.
27 Jul 2014, 5:52 pm
