Autism Conference not autism friendly

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Do they have a phone number, or a website?

Do you mean me Kraftie? They have both but the website did not answer the questions and I have problems on the

phone due to not being able to hear tone of voice and people misunderstanding my pauses to think as not paying

attention. I could try emailing but I took the lack of info as a lack of understanding on their part and makes me

question their focus. The website was also quite snazzy and complicated. I will look again this year though in case it

has improved.

Which conference? Autscape?
( http://www.autscape.org/ )
It is inside. There is food of various sorts (regular and vegetarian and gluten free, etc.).
You can leave to get different sorts of food, if you want.
You can take food and drinks into the dining hall, but not into the presentation rooms.
About 200 participants are expected this year.
This year's venue has plenty of space:
https://www.cct.org.uk/high-leigh/high- ... nce-centre

Mansplaining: To calmly explain the facts to a toxic feminist like they are a rational adult unlike the post truther child that they are.

No it's called Cannadda and is held in the city of Lincoln (I think at the university). I can't find out about it this

year yet, the net just thinks I'm misspelling Canada.

Thanks for the Autscape link, that site looks much better. Have you been to any of their conferences, are they

all as posh as high-leigh?

Oh, OK. I found it: http://www.canadda.org.uk/
Their conference is called "Autistics Together Conference":
http://aricentre.co.uk/autistics-togeth ... f-lincoln/
It took place in 2017, but not in 2018. I don't know if they are planning one for 2019.I have been to some of Autscape's conferences. They are not posh at all. Previous venues were much cheaper than high-leigh.
This year, about 200 autistics are expected to attend Autscape 2019. It was difficult to find a suitable venue, so eventually the organisers chose high-leigh. They prefer cheaper venues, but they couldn't find one for 2019.

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Misogyny much?

Same here

Me too. The following events are organized by #ActuallyAutistic people and feature mostly #ActuallyAutistic speakers and performers:

* Aut-Space (Michigan):
http://autisticcommunity.org/
* Autscape (England):
http://www.autscape.org/
* Autism Arts Festival (England):
https://autismartsfestival.org/
* AUsome Conference (Ireland):
http://konfidentkidz.ie/new/seo/autism- ... onference/
* Autminds (Netherlands):
https://www.autminds.nl/
* Autyzm. Światłocienie (Poland):
https://prodeste.pl/iii-miedzynarodowa- ... tlocienie/

I think Fnord got it right. Conferences like these (we have them in Australia too) are an opportunity for academics to clock up frequent flyer points and post activities on their curriculum vitae claiming they are active in disseminating their research. '

They are pitching to a largely academic audience with some parents/educators/therapists and carers in attendance.

I recently attended one here in Melbourne Australia where I attempted to ask a question and was interrupted by the local "academic mafia" before I could finish my question.

toxic feminist does not equal any woman.

Recently saw AANE advertising its gala as "austism-friendly" which they're saying means they're doing this:

Invite guests to wear a "spectrum of attires"
Ask guests to honor a fragrance-free night
Send a detailed schedule of gala program to all registered attendees in the days leading up to the event
Set up a separate, quieter room for more intimate conversations during cocktail hour
Provide activities such as puzzles or adult coloring books during cocktail hour
Serve a buffet dinner so each attendee can customize their meal
Make the reception hall accessible earlier so guests can exit the cocktail hour before it ends
Offer earplugs and stress balls for anyone who might need them

https://www.aane.org/support-us/fundrai ... committee/

I had a similar experience in February. The conference was $100 but they let me in for free. Because they (the organization that sponsored it) encouraged me to go, I thought it would be suitable for me. I never even knew I was autistic until this past fall, and I've actually been to conferences that I minded less than this! It was crowded and confusing. I'm gluten-free, but when i asked in advance about that, I was told that I'd better bring my own food. I'm so bad at that, so I ended up going to a restaurant alone. When I returned, I saw that there were three or four gluten-free sandwiches that were left uneaten. But the worst part was the narrow halls that were filled with people heading into crowded rooms where the seats were really close together. The sessions themselves were geared mostly towards the parents of autistic kids who were becoming adults and would need assistance to live independently. The organization is well respected and I couldn't help but wonder why they encouraged me to go. I got very little out of it, and I was exhausted for at least a day or two afterwards. I would love to have spent that Saturday relaxing!

What was it like to have hope?

Replace "Autistic People" with "Minorities", "Veterans", "Immigrants", "Homeless", "The Unsaved", et cetera, and you will begin to understand just how pervasive Virtue Signalling may be among the self-righteous of both conservative and liberal mind-sets.

They form these huge committees specifically to address the difficulties of other groups (of which they are not a part), yet rarely (if ever) invite members of those other groups to relate their real-world experiences and express their own opinions.

And when they're done with their happy-clappy luncheons, they go on about their lives confident in the false assumption that they've "done something" about the issue, even if they cannot articulate exactly what was done. They seem to believe that by acknowledging a problem and placing the blame for it, they have solved the problem and it no longer exists. Then they turn a blind eye to the problem and blame the victims for perpetuation the problem.

"When all is said and done, more has been said than done." -- Aesop (620 BC - 524 BC), Greek fabulist, storyteller and philosopher