Conferance by autistics, for autistics

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Just wandering if there is / has been a conference by autistics, for autistics. Where all speakers are on the spectrum, and the target audience is other's on the spectrum (young) adults and older children, rather than parents/carers/professionals etc?

Yup, there is. Autreat has been going on for a while now.

Also Autscape in the UK which starts today. I'm there now

Ooh, fun! Tell us what it's like when you get time, OK?

Thanks, was sure that I wasn't the only one with that idea, now I know I'm not

Also Autscape in the UK which starts today. I'm there now

Well it's still only the first day but it's great. It makes such a refreshing change to be around people who understand what life is like for people on the spectrum. They have put a lot of things in place to make sure as many people's needs are catered for as possible. I haven't met many other adults and young people on the spectrum and it's interesting to see the similarities and differences between myself and others.

Yeah, Autreat's been going for around two decades.

Yeah, there are even small ones too - I went to a small one day one in Boston soon after my diagnosis, and the fact that it was by autistics, for autistics was really nice.

Autreat sounds interesting