Are you going to Autreat/Autscape 2013?

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Autreat is a community gathering of Autistics/Aspies, which takes place every summer in the US -
http://www.autreat.com/

Autscape is a community gathering of Autistics/Aspies, which takes place every summer in the UK -
http://www.autscape.org/

Autreat 2013 will be held Monday-Friday, August 5-9, 2013, in California, Pennsylvania (approximately 35 miles south of Pittsburgh):
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt226585.html

This year's theme is Living Life the Autly Way

Autscape 2013 will be held Tuesday-Friday, August 6-9, 2013, in Ackworth, West Yorkshire (near Leeds):
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt223095.html

This year's theme is Finding a Voice

Bother Autreat and Autscape are run by and for Autistics/Aspies.

Are you going to either Autreat or Autscape this year?

If so -
What are you expecting Autreat/Autscape 2013 to be like?

If not -
What needs to be changed about Autreat/Autscape in order for you to go there?

I wish I could go to Autreat, but I probably can’t afford it this year.
If anything changes, I’ll be there.
I only attended once, a few years ago, and it was the most incredible thing ever.

I first heard of Autscape through Wrong Planet in 1999 when I enquired here about any autistic meetups which may happenin or near London during my holiday there in the summer. Someone said that Autscape was on then. I have been to Autscape every year since then and have actually been arranging my holidays around Autscape. When we were at Ammerdown near Bath, I had a holiday in Bristol and Exeter. When we were in Belsey Bridge in Norfolk, I had a holiday partly in Norwich. When we were in Ackworth, I spent the next few days exploring Leeds, Bradford, Sheffield and Doncaster. I'm looking forward to another Yorkshire holiday this year, to include my second visit to Ackworth with Autscape.

We already had a thread on this:
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt219608.html

This one has a poll. This forum often has duplicate threads (with and without polls) for various reasons.

I'd like to go to Autreat at some point, but this year it's not going to happen.

Autreat sounds interesting, but expensive.

Hmmmmm, I may visit this year.

I have to admit, I think one of things reducing the WP interest in the Autreat/Autscape events is that comparably little is known about them. For privacy reasons, that policy probably should'nt change, but one would hope that more information would be exchanged on WP.

August will be here soon enough (4 months), and I was wondering if other WPers might be in attendence.

I'd love to go, but I blew all my funds last year at a Trek convention so I can't afford to fly all the way out to Pittsburgh, one of these days I'd like to try it though.

f** ANI and f*** it's a****** king

Apple_in_my_Eye,

While the above message was apparently redacted, I am trying to understand your (presumably) negative views towards another Neuro-diversity movement.

I want to go, but I don't have anyone to go with

Could WPers who are going please PM me? I have a few questions I'd appreciate the chance to ask.

What is this, like Sturgis for ASD?

Nope, it's way too expensive.