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Would you come to a meet-up in Europe?
Yes! 39%  39%  [ 22 ]
Probably 18%  18%  [ 10 ]
Maybe 25%  25%  [ 14 ]
Nope 12%  12%  [ 7 ]
Yes, but only if --------------------------------------- 7%  7%  [ 4 ]
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07 Feb 2009, 5:06 pm

ouinon, that's an excellent question!! Why don't you post a thread about it?


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07 Feb 2009, 5:07 pm

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I really doubt its the best place for a band of highly functioning people. It's very unfair if a group of 20 or so of us show up who already know each other. It's not really going to be a brilliant place for a load of high functioning people to descend on.

Has anyone here actually been to Autscape and know who else goes, whether or not it is suitable for a load of high functioning people or not, and how many of the others already know each other from previous Autscape events for instance? :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

How about you run a little investigation? - I am sure they welcome any enquiries. Its completely unfair for a clique to show up an dominate proceedings, we may as well invite a big stack of NT's to show up.



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07 Feb 2009, 5:08 pm

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If the meet-up was in Norway, I could attend because I already know some Norwegian. I could tell everyone to go finn en kjep. :)

That was a quite cool and humoristic comment. I bet you would like to visit Norway. I have to be honest, there are many places in Europe that can fit, but nothing could be as spectacular as Geiranger.
And a bit off topic, I have a couple of smiling pics, if you go to the "will everyone start to smile".. or something topic


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07 Feb 2009, 5:16 pm

Beautiful fjord indeed, but too expensive to fly there from Tel Aviv.

Can you post a link to your photos on that thread?


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07 Feb 2009, 5:25 pm

Kangoogle wrote:
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Kangoogle wrote:
I really doubt its the best place for a band of highly functioning people. It's very unfair if a group of 20 or so of us show up who already know each other. It's not really going to be a brilliant place for a load of high functioning people to descend on.
Has anyone here actually BEEN to Autscape and KNOW "who else" goes, whether or not it is "suitable for a load of high functioning people" or not, and how many of the others already know each other, ... from previous Autscape events for instance? :roll:
How about you run a little investigation? - It's completely unfair for a clique to show up and dominate proceedings.

What makes you think we would dominate them?

I have just posted my question, ( and your remarks ), on Ken G's thread about Autscape at:

http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt88958

I think your remarks stink of neurosnobbism myself, but I look forward to hearing whether I am wrong.
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07 Feb 2009, 5:25 pm

Happy?


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07 Feb 2009, 5:27 pm

I only see ads and no link :(


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07 Feb 2009, 5:36 pm

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I only see ads and no link :(

There are no ads. It's me first and a manipulated pic of Moses. A friend made it to me and sendt it to me several months ago. He called me Moses 30 years ago.


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07 Feb 2009, 5:43 pm

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When I get the information from Keele and Nottingham, which won't be before Monday anyway, I suppose that I could try negotiating a price reduction on the basis that many of us are on low or non-existent incomes because of our "disorder/syndrome"!


I stayed at the University of Nottingham last year in the summer. Was with a study group, we were all in the same cluster of buildings, and U of N also provided breakfast most days we were there. They might require food service for groups that stay there.

I had my own room with bath. They also had laundry facilities and a bar. Definitely university living.

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I stayed at the univerity of nottingham last summer too for my OU residential school and it was awful! Please dont go there! I was bitten all over by giant mosquitoes and the food was terrible. It costs loads for the train to get there aswell.

I think we should meet on the continent and I think if we got a house and split the cost it would probably be cheaper than a B&B anyway.


LOL! I was there in July! I didn't want to be too harsh, but, there were shower-cleanliness issues, one woman's room flooded, and every time I flushed the loo in my room the plumbing made a terrible racket and would wake people up. :oops: The food was, well, after a day or so I stuck to a piece of fruit and coffee. There were some overcooked mystery dishes I didn't want to try.

Being from the States, I was, however, impressed by the bar in the commons area. If I drank enough I didn't notice some of the other details!

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I was in July too! I got through 2 bottles of Gordons Gin coping with it all!

When I got home I had a nightmare that I was still there and the tutor told me that I had to stay for a year!



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07 Feb 2009, 5:49 pm

ouinon wrote:
Kangoogle wrote:
ouinon wrote:
Kangoogle wrote:
I really doubt its the best place for a band of highly functioning people. It's very unfair if a group of 20 or so of us show up who already know each other. It's not really going to be a brilliant place for a load of high functioning people to descend on.
Has anyone here actually BEEN to Autscape and KNOW "who else" goes, whether or not it is "suitable for a load of high functioning people" or not, and how many of the others already know each other, ... from previous Autscape events for instance? :roll:
How about you run a little investigation? - It's completely unfair for a clique to show up and dominate proceedings.

What makes you think we would dominate them?

I have just posted my question, ( and your remarks ), on Ken G's thread about Autscape at:

http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt88958

I think your remarks stink of neurosnobbism myself, but I look forward to hearing whether I am wrong.
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Have you ever been in a room of people which seem to know each other, however you know none of them? Of course KenG is going to be forced to deny the fact, but having a readily assembled clique descend on a place makes the remainder feel uncomfortable, especially if the group makes up a sizeable portion of those there. NT's would feel uncomforable in those circumstances, let alone people who don't feel comfortable socialising.

This is not about neurosnobbery at all (as you term it). More its about leting Autscape run as it was intended - if we have an a meet I certainly would be happy to include everyone who wants to go. But I don't particuarly want to ruin Autscape for those who barely feel confident to leave their own homes much of the time.



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07 Feb 2009, 5:49 pm

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I only see ads and no link :(

There are no ads. It's me first and a manipulated pic of Moses. A friend made it to me and sendt it to me several months ago. He called me Moses 30 years ago.

I see adverts as well, you might want to use a better site for uploading pics in future.



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07 Feb 2009, 5:55 pm

Kangoogle, I'm not worried about that at all. First, because the WP members aren't friends between them and are not a clique (I wish!). Secondly, because only 3 or 4 WP members would attend Autscape at the most, probably.


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07 Feb 2009, 5:57 pm

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Kangoogle, I'm not worried about that at all. First, because the WP members aren't friends between them and are not a clique (I wish!). Secondly, because only 3 or 4 WP members would attend Autscape at the most, probably.

Exactly. Ouinon made the assumption that at least 20 would attend, which would have the effect I suggested.



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07 Feb 2009, 6:27 pm

Kangoogle wrote:
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Greentea wrote:
I only see ads and no link :(

There are no ads. It's me first and a manipulated pic of Moses. A friend made it to me and sendt it to me several months ago. He called me Moses 30 years ago.

I see adverts as well, you might want to use a better site for uploading pics in future.

Well, to hell with it, I just delete the post.


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07 Feb 2009, 6:45 pm

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But Morgana, you live in Germany, don't you?


Yes, I do, but I haven´t literally been sailing down the Rhine. I work here! (And I´ve only lived here about 3 years, so I´m still exploring).


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07 Feb 2009, 7:32 pm

It has just occurred to me that Autscape may be meant for people who can't manage to organise their own ( big ) gatherings. That is to say a lot of us on WP, including me.

It was when I realised, somewhere on page 4 of this thread, that we would need to know not only how many people would travel to which countries for a gathering, but also how much money they would be prepared to pay and for how many nights, and what sort of venue, before we could really organise/confirm anything anywhere, that I remembered Autscape.

I suddenly realised all the things that I/we would have to know and do and be in order to organise a gathering. Not only need to collect a lot of information from people, but also start negotiating with hotel owners/university administrators, etc, etc, and also be confident enough to put down big deposits on properties/bookings, etc, despite not knowing if enough, or any, people would turn up to pay for it all.

Autscape itself is a miracle of high functioning, especially as it is organised by people on the spectrum. I take off hats to them, for their courage, and determination, and am grateful they have created this amazing event for those of us who can't get a big successful gathering off the ground, but want to go to one.

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