How many of you know people who are Aspies?

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I was with my physiatrist today and she brought up that the services youth group was re-starting on the 23rd. I'm the only person there who has Aspergers, the rest are NT's and it's divided into a hierarchy with the “popular” kids and the “losers”.

I asked her if there were any groups in my city that are aimed towards people with Aspergers/Autism. She doesn’t know of any but she did say she would look into it, I hope she does find something because I’ve never actually met anyone else who is an Aspie and I really have a desire to meet fellow Aspies.

Is anyone here a member of any groups or are friends with people who are Aspies? If so how? I’m also hoping for a strong input from people of Britain because, I’m English, and if I could fly to America I would but I can’t... for I have no passport.

I have met between 15-20 Aspies.

I have met the following WP members: LiendaBalla, Raylynn, DigitalChicken, Neopsytox, Waxdeejay, StephanieCatherine, Aquales, MadDuck, Darkness2004, Justthatgirl91, AspieGirl87, and Pschristmas.

I don't have any Aspie friends, but I know a couple people who I suspect have AS. My mom is an occupational therapist so as a child I met quite a few children with AS or autism, but I don't know any of them now.

I go to a support group with 12 aspies. The one I went to in NC started out with about 12 but dwindled down to 6. So, I've known about 18 and been good friends with six.

I've met elementary shool age AS kids, one high school girl who is HFA, and one high school age guy that is extremely LFA. I've never met anybody on the spectrum my age.

I know quite a few Aspies and Auties. I volunteer at a local autism education center.

For anyone in the UK, the National Autistic Society is a pretty good place to start:
http://www.nas.org.uk

Their website is extensive, informative, brilliant, useful... and abysmally difficult to find things on. This obscure link may take you straight to the right place, if you're lucky:
http://www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=2176
At the top of the page it says:
Home> NAS services and support> Social groups
Unfortunately, the sidebar doesn't show that. D'oh!
Also, searching for "Social groups" doesn't get there.
I got there by knowing that I was looking for "Social groups", which is listed in their "site map".

Anyway... the NAS are pretty good in both running groups and pointing you at independent groups. Just email someone in the organisation - preferably choosing someone in your general region.

Since finding out about AS, back in 2006, I've been going to the NAS Yeovil group. Meetings vary around ten or so aspies, with a couple of parents or others acting as facilitators and an NAS employee as the organiser.

I've also met rather a lot of aspies, one way or another (e.g. here, work, and recently, Autscape). The more I meet, the more I learn about myself.

My friends, as it were, tend to have autism or autistic traits.

None. N-O-N-E in my life, NONE! I am the only autistic person I know. Makes me very sad...

None, but I would like to meet some aspies IRL someday. I think knowing an aspie will help me socially because I can observe their mistakes and correct my own. Besides I open up to quiet people FAST.

I know of one Aspie, and one who I strongly believe has Aspergers (or something else that impairs his social skills) I was friends with one, but she is a very negative, fickle person, and though I sympathize with her AS, I just can't be close friends with her. The other I don't know too well, though he often annoys one of my closest friends. He's very negative too, it makes me wonder if I'm just unlucky with the Aspies I've met or are a lot of Aspies really negative. I try not to be, it's hard to not be negative but I'm working on it.

I only know dx'ed Aspie adults online but think that a guy I met IRL last year may be undiagnosed based on the reports I've had of his 'unusual' behaviour from other people (I've only met him on two occasions, but some mutual acquaintances have spent lengthy periods in his company).

He's really nice and I'm quite fond of him, but has very little self awareness and often says or does things that even I would consider OTT, such as discussing bowel movements in public or going out in trousers that have a rip in them and showing people that he has no underwear underneath. He's an expert in computers and fixes everyone else's I.T. issues, giving lengthy technical explanations of what went wrong and where. He seems to divide opinion between people - some think he's great and others find him very grating.

I have met over 100 Autistics. I speak at conferences and have met a lot that way. I have also made an effort to meet Autistic internet friends and that has been an incredible experience. I have met very few that I do not like.

I've met maybe a dozen or so.. a few a knew I along time ago in high school and I went to a local group for Aspies once before. Though at my current school I'm probably the only one.

Well, my son is an Aspie. Does that count?! !!

Yes, that would count.