What could I do to meet non-autistic people ?

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If I don't like going to clubs and places like that ? What other options can be suggested for me to meet and socialise with other people who don't have Aspergers or autism. I don't mind still talking to other people like me but I feel like I want to interact more with non autistic people. I do at work but it's not always a social environment. I have very few friends since school and college so you could say it may seem pointless going to some social environment on your own and not with anybody. It frustrates me as I feel I'm missing out by not going to socialise to meet new people and I'm 28 nearly 29.

Are there groups related to any hobbies you have? Have a look on facebook maybe, or in the local paper, or in your local library. Meet up is also a website to try for such things.

What can you do to meet non-autistic people when you don't want to go where they go and do what they do?

Nothing.

Pick something that you like to do and go to meetup.com to find people who do it.

I personally like to play board games, and I think lots of other Aspies do too...but many NTs enjoy this too. So, in my case, I might go to meetup and find a group that plays board games.

That doesn't, unfortunately, get you friends - it only gets you acquaintances.

Normals don't just go to clubs, they do other stuff too.

Chris1989 I would suggest going to things you would like to go to anyway, and being open to meeting people

when you get there. That way you'll have a shared interest. Do you like or are you interested in any kind of

sport? Badminton is not a teem sport and it has a social side, you rotate partners (and there's matches with tea

and cake), or a darts team, or snooker. Tia Chi, judo? it depends what's available near you, also people make

friends at gyms. Some night school things are sociable but don't do anything like AS as they are far too fast

and intense to make friends in. Book clubs if you like reading, but most of the other members will be female

and older. Creative writing groups are usually looking for new members and are very supportive (you do not

need to be a good writer, believe me). And as tfw7 said hobby groups.

Well I haven't really found any groups that deal with the things I'm interested in and I'm quite specific in what I'm interested in and my interests vary. I did have a look on Meetup at things like book clubs but I didn't much luck finding them either, there none in my local area, and these clubs sometimes would have people socialising there to talk about one particular book or novel. I'm not into sports really, I did use to like it at school or going to a gym and since leaving university in 2012, I haven't gone back to art and design, I don't seem interested in doing that really anymore. I'm now focusing on trying write my own book. So I think there's probably not much that can be suggested. I does frustrate me as I like talking to non-autistic people more than them and it frustrates me especially when I see other people, even other people with aspergers or autism with friends socialising and having a good time and showing it on social media but again I have few friends and some of them are not very social as they autism severe than mines.