sly279 wrote:
... All the autism support groups cost lot of money: $205 per class. Want to socialize about video games $205. Want go to dating group $205. Even aspie women’s empowerment cost $150. That’s a lot of money for just getting together and talking.
It costs less than $100 for a date (e.g., dinner, movie, et cetera); that is, if you can get a date.
sly279 wrote:
Kids get funding by the state. No one cares about adult aspies.
<* heavy sigh *> You're right ... no one really cares about adult aspies. We get ridiculed, ignored, and even discriminated against. Then our valid complaints are set aside, because we are 'obviously' over-reacting and exaggerating the situation.
This is why self-advocacy, self-improvement, and self-support are necessary for us to even
hope to accomplish anything more significant than the highest score on the latest video game.
Whatever aspies do, we must do twice as well as neurotypicals to be thought of as even
half as good as they think of themselves. Fortunately for us, this is not difficult.
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