social networks for AS people in london ??

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i'm feeling crap at the moment: as soon as i feel i'm catching up on the social skills i was always missing, i feel like my age is catching up on me.

there are so many things i would like to be doing such as visting places in the world or even jus seeing music arounf town. the problem is that 1 it feel i should be "settling" down at the age i am at and 2, i lack the social network with whom to praticipate in these activities.

i am really feeling like the mental energy i am expending is really going to s--- a lot of the time. to turn a negative into a positive, are there any networks of AS-diagnosed ones who meet each other to visit cultural outlets in london?? if anyone knows, i'd like to be informed on this.

i am trying my best, i am renting a studio to meet other artists, and manically sending emails all over the place in search of like-minded artists. i have tried relocating to france for a few months (the place where i used to live and have childhood friends), I have even spent an inordinate amount of money on a BA course jus to meet people. i keep trying, trying and trying and feel so frustrated nothing is paying off. I have also been waiting for proper psyhotherapy but this is not moving forwards either as my local surgery (idiots) have to "agree" that the therapist i chose is "the right one".

any suggestions would be great.

Hi, I think the national autistic society have a list of groups that meet up and socialise. Have you tried calling them?

I am an artist, what kind of work do you create?

Think I'll drop this post into the 'social skills and making friends' section. I think it will get lost in here, and you'll probably get better responses there.

Contact the people who posted in this thread:
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt109104.html
Some of them may help you.
Also, contact the London Autistic Rights Movement:
http://www.london-arm.org.uk/
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/politicsofautism/
They may also help you.

If this does not help, then pm me and I will put you in touch with my apie friends in London. They know most of the aspie social networks in London.

would that be ok? i've tried looking for these groups around town but they seem pretty thin on the ground. how did you get to know people in london

Yes, it would be OK.

Lewisham? I once sent a camera back there to be repaired (I was later told the bloke was a big, black Nigerian). I never saw it, or my money, again.

What's Lewisham like as a place to live though? I know there's a lot of, generally poor, black people live there but little else. Looks a bit of a dump on Google Street View but I've seen worse.

They are pretty thin on the ground, but less thin under the ground. Have you tried contacting the Aspergic Londerground?
They are here: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/as ... derground/
On second thought, the Aspergic Londerground is pretty thin also under the ground. (but other groups are not).

The NAS run contact group on the second wednesday of every month.

The next one will be this wednesday at 7pm at the Metro Bar which is literally right next to the entrace of the Baker Street Underground Station

Theres a strong collective of aspies that meetup around the Northwest part of London (i.e. Harrow, Pinner sort of direction)

I got to know aspies in London by attending Autscape every summer.