Attended a social skills group for 18+ today

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So today I decided to try a local 18+ young adult social skills group. So it was rather awkward when I came in because the group facilitator was a substitute plus I was nervous, still feeling these people out. My impression of this women was that she was treating us like we're in elementary school. I was kinda offended. We discussed goals today and she was telling us all this generic stuff about how to approach goals. You know the kind stuff u elementary teachers tell you. I was like wth? I realize she was a substitute and didnt know any of us, probably a bit nervous, but still.....and she was rather youngish, like late 20s. So perhaps she straight outta grad school and new to clinical psychology or what? I mean, what do you guys think? How should a person approach a young adult social skills group of HFA, aspies and ADHD. Because I realize, Im get offended really really easily when someone treats me like a baby. Other people on the spectrum may not.

I think it helps in social interactions if you give people the benefit of the doubt and assume that they are trying to be nice. Even NTs don't always know how to interact with people; they sometimes offend people without meaning to, just like people with autism do.

You're right, the group facilitator was probably super nervous. She probably wanted to be nice and make everyone feel comfortable, but she over-did it.

Im gonna bring this up with my psych who should know. I was just hoping that just because we all had HFA, aspergers or/and ADHD: she didnt see us in a childish manner. Because majority of the social skills groups out their are for kids. Thats the age group, they commonly work with. Autism spectrum disorders and ADHD are commonly thought just to be childhood disorders. So she might still wanted to approach us from a kiddie perspective. But then I realize, theres limited info out there about adults on the spectrum.