Yep, we need spaces where we can be ourselves and be accepted. We also need a better-organized autistic rights movement to push for acceptance in the world at large.
Luckily for you, you live in the U.K., where the autistic community is better-organized than anywhere else in the world, as far as I can tell.
Hopefully you can find some good places to go to, once COVID is finally under control.
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- Autistic in NYC - Resources and new ideas for the autistic adult community in the New York City metro area.
- Autistic peer-led groups (via text-based chat, currently) led or facilitated by members of the Autistic Peer Leadership Group.
- My Twitter / "X" (new as of 2021)