Any Opportunities for Get-Togethers After the (Hectic) Holidays?

[MROSS]

Discussion continues from previous discusison-thread, 'Any Opportunities for Holiday Get-Togethers with People Aware of the Autism Spectrum?'

 

[Mary Terry]

I'm unclear what you're asking but I spent time with my autistic family members over the holidays. And they attended the candlelight service at church on Christmas Eve.

 

[MROSS]

I'm unclear what you're asking but I spent time with my autistic family members over the holidays. And they attended the candlelight service at church on Christmas Eve.

I'm encouraging people to share positive experiences of get-togethers, or upcoming get-togethers.

Personally, I have such an opportunity - that is an "out of town" relative is coming to visit my family next week.

I'm looking forward to this rare opportunity to get-together with an NT relative who is understanding of adults with High Functioning Autism (HFA). This relative (one of a few trusted relatives, and family friends) who are designated to act as my advisors at a future time.

I'm also encouraging people to share positive informal experiences of get-togethers, or upcoming get-togethers - outside of family friends and relatives.

 

[Outdated]

I'm very much a loner and I have few friends and no family, I like talking to people and socialising but I also like to keep that at arm's length so that there's no one pestering me when I don't need company. I never have visitors at home.

Through chance I got included in a program run by a charity organisation that runs seminars specifically for groups of autistic people to get to know each other better and find out how we can all better understand each other and ourselves. So far we've been doing regular video conferences and that culminates at the end of February when they fly all of us to Brisbane for a 4 day face to face seminar. I've been really enjoying it so far and I'm looking forward to the trip to Brisbane.

https://www.autismforums.com/threads/sylvia-roger-academy.49498/

 

[Aspychata]

My mother this holiday may actually be embracing her ND side, which is quite a great surprise. She actually came two days in a row and hung out with us at hospital.

 

[MROSS]

As many family friends, and relatives live a distance away, I was kept posted on how friends, and relatives were doing this holiday season. I had a couple of chances to get-together with family friends.

 

[MROSS]

Rereading discussion-thread in print - as opposed hearing the "same-old same-old" over and over and over again invite a new means of looking at "old issues" in refreshing new ways.

Can reading about what might have "been taken for granted" for so long in-print may act as a motivation of sorts?

Our visual processing parts of our brains might just prove more beneficial than the auditory processing parts of our brains!

 

[MROSS]

I'm encouraging people to share positive experiences of get-togethers, or upcoming get-togethers.

Personally, I have such an opportunity - that is an "out of town" relative is coming to visit my family next week.

I'm looking forward to this rare opportunity to get-together with an NT relative who is understanding of adults with High Functioning Autism (HFA). This relative (one of a few trusted relatives, and family friends) who are designated to act as my advisors at a future time.

I'm also encouraging people to share positive informal experiences of get-togethers, or upcoming get-togethers - outside of family friends and relatives.

Presently, my relative is in town. I've had a chance to spend a couple of hours with our relative, and I have a chance to spend a couple of more hours with family.

I've long felt that trusted relatives can act as important impartial roles offering much needed refreshing perspectives.

I feel our relative's presence will indeed "break the ice."

P.S. I mentioned I'm hesitant to share my participation here on 'Autism Forums' with family in order to maintain impartiality - as mentioning my participation here on AutismForums might compromise impartiality.

 

[MROSS]

Presently, my relative is in town. I've had a chance to spend a couple of hours with our relative, and I have a chance to spend a couple of more hours with family.

I've long felt that trusted relatives can act as important impartial roles offering much needed refreshing perspectives.

I feel our relative's presence will indeed "break the ice."

P.S. I mentioned I'm hesitant to share my participation here on 'Autism Forums' with family in order to maintain impartiality - as mentioning my participation here on AutismForums might compromise impartiality.

UPDATE: Just got back from taking my relative to the airport. Had a chance to chat one-on-one about my concerns mentioned in this discussion-thread. I felt somewhat "down" after saying goodbye to my relative.

As mentioned, I felt my experience with awesome relatives once again proved to be an "ice breaker."

If there are those awesome, trusted people in our lives who live a distance away, periodically visit, and stay in-touch with them.

Has anybody carefully considered possible future plans to relocate to be closer to those awesome people in our lives?