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AspieCon? - Would you go?

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Jordan

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AspieCon - Worldwide Aspie Meetup - Would you go?

Would you go to a huge meeting where you can meet with other people that have Aspergers too? Wouldn't it be cool to have a massive conference where we get together and talk about anything we want? If you like the idea and would love to go, post your responses below and tell us what you think of the idea! We'd love the admins to arrange this, but what would we arrange if we were to do this??

Where would it be?
UK, USA, Australia, etc

What activities would take place?
Gaming rooms, Tea parties, interests rooms, etc

If you could do anything on the day, what would it be?
E.g Eat food all day

What food do you like?
Pizza, burgers, chips, etc

What other events would you like on the day?
Physical activities, Football, golf, theater performance, interests-show-offs

If you love the idea, then post your thread replies and ideas below!
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I love the idea, but I probably wouldn't be able to go unless it was in TN. If I could, I would wear really dark sunglasses and a comfy hat and have a ball! I don't know about moving to Aspartica, though ;)
 
Clearly the idea is fun to toy around with, but looking at expenses and organisation I doubt it'll happen.

Besides, Aspies in a meet up. It might be a stereotype but even on such a meet up, all the cool kids are clumped together in the corner.

For me personally, I'd probably be slightly tired and worn out after hanging out for a few hours. Making expenses just to go there for a few hours seems a bit pointless to me. Especially if it's a long travel by plane or anything.

Also; members on this forum can meet up themselves without any inclusion of moderators or admins. Some members here met up in real life. But take in consideration the risks of meeting up with strangers you only know online.
 
King_Oni said:
Clearly the idea is fun to toy around with, but looking at expenses and organisation I doubt it'll happen.

Besides, Aspies in a meet up. It might be a stereotype but even on such a meet up, all the cool kids are clumped together in the corner.

For me personally, I'd probably be slightly tired and worn out after hanging out for a few hours. Making expenses just to go there for a few hours seems a bit pointless to me. Especially if it's a long travel by plane or anything.

Also; members on this forum can meet up themselves without any inclusion of moderators or admins. Some members here met up in real life. But take in consideration the risks of meeting up with strangers you only know online.
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Yeah, I was just seeing to see if people like the idea. But yeah, I totally agree with you.
 
I would be interested to attend but I would have to factor in travel expenses ... anything too far away would probably rule me out. Then again a series of events like this in a couple of countries would probably work better than in one country.

Though I would imagine it would be a difficult event for attendance knowing our tendencies to be alone lol.
 
Well, any AspieCon would be interesting. I do really hope it's held in Sydney, Australia, London, or anywhere from Atlanta to Boston in the United States.

Even Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia would be alright in my opinion.

Just not Singapore, please...

I don't want to involve the autism community I had tried to cooperate with - they have their agendas that I may or may not fit in. I know I can't, listen to what my heart has to say, I am sort of a beach bum and will always be.

I am a socially weird guy who is proud to be a Geordie of Asian descent, Brony and Aspie - I am perfectly alright being socially awkward. I tried being socially acceptable for some time, but have you ever have the self-awareness that no matter how socially in sync you feel, you just are somehow having that God-given disorder? Singapore is just a transit point, where I live, if I were to contribute my talents all over the world.

It is good to be like the other Singaporeans and other Singaporean Aspies, it is even good to meet people with roughly similar interests i.e. autism or even similar executive functioning disorders, but once you know where you are going, you got a rule for everything - including knowing what is your true strength even in a competitive world - and your weaknesses, too, definitely.
 
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I'd love to attend Aspie Con. The thing is that so few Aspies have the financial means to travel. If we held it in Australia, local members would spend a few dollars in bus fare or simply drive there but for members in Canada or the US, it would be several thousand dollars. As for what I'd wear...definitely a semi-formal hoodie.
 
Soup said:
I'd love to attend Aspie Con. The thing is that so few Aspies have the financial means to travel. If we held it in Australia, local members would spend a few dollars in bus fare or simply drive there but for members in Canada or the US, it would be several thousand dollars. As for what I'd wear...definitely a semi-formal hoodie.
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I think you hit the nail on the head there soup :) I think it costs about $1500 to get from australia to the US without factoring in other travel like getting from LAX to what ever city is picked. So for a couple traveling from Australia that's $3000 before any other cost. And I imagine the reverse for an american would be the same. Hence why I suggested a couple of events rather than one. We could even set up some skype or something so that we could share across the world :) Especially if we held them all on the same day then we could just set up a skype system and we can join through the internet.

There are ways around things if we put our heads together :)
 
Dragon's Tooth said:
I think you hit the nail on the head there soup :) I think it costs about $1500 to get from australia to the US without factoring in other travel like getting from LAX to what ever city is picked. So for a couple traveling from Australia that's $3000 before any other cost. And I imagine the reverse for an american would be the same. Hence why I suggested a couple of events rather than one. We could even set up some skype or something so that we could share across the world :) Especially if we held them all on the same day then we could just set up a skype system and we can join through the internet.

There are ways around things if we put our heads together :)
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While I wholefully agree with the expenses, most people spend that amount of money to go on a vacation trip as well and that's not even with serious goals in mind like say... a meet up. I mean, my parents went to Malaysia once and for what... "just to be there once our lives..." it's not like they went all the way to Tibet (granted it's a stretch from Malaysia to there) and meditate with the monks or so. Similarly a aspie friend of mine goes to Spain yearly... has he ever seen actual spanish culture? Nope... what does he do, spend close to 750 bucks just to lay on the beach and get drunk for 2 weeks straight (booze not included on those 750).

I don't have a lot of cash to travel, but if anything I think a meetup is in a lot of cases a way more interesting reason to go places rather than just go on a vacation for the heck of "not being at home".

But why people travel and where they go is personal preference. I'm not judging people for not being all cultural... but to me it just makes no sense at all.
 
By the way... here's an interesting location, which is currently still unavailable, but I'm quite sure is in the future... AND is neutral ground

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It would fit the theme perfectly with us aspies feeling we're somewhat alien
 
My answer is "maybe"; it depends on whether I can access it with Air Miles or Aeroplan or what have you. Most of North America would be fine.

Also, based on my experience on another board, the optimal length of these is about three days. You want it long enough to justify travel, but not so long as to make the guests smell like fish, as it were. It also opens up a greater variety of activities.
 
That looks great. A thing about the food: I think it would need to be spread out, because when I have to be places, there is a bunch of food I'm not willing to eat (sometimes I can't eat ANYTHING there) or even look at. I don't know if other Aspies have this problem, but I think having the food spread out and categorized would be a good idea.

We would need some sort of place for people to cool off if they're about to have a meltdown, and things to help with sensory issues. Maybe free earplugs!
 
Those are both great ideas Buckyboy14, especially the idea of having a room catered for relaxing. I'm kind of a picky eater too, so I understand where you are coming from with the suggestion of spreading out the food. For example, a salad bar for salad lovers, a sweets bar for desserts, etc.
 
Honestly i don't think I could do it. I mean I can barely do the doll meets I attend once very few months. I can often barely handle the great amount of people in the store at my job. I love you all but I don't think I could do it.
 
Count me in, for sure! I definitely think we should have stands for special interests, where those that share it can spend as long as they like having discussions about or practising (if it was something like a sport or a dance style). There might be those who only apply to one person, but they should still be able to have an audience, even if it isn't an obsessively interested one.

I'm not sure how to decide where to have it. I suppose we could choose the place that's most convenient for the majority of Aspies, but it wouldn't be fair to be excluding those who couldn't pay the huge travel expenses. Maybe one in each continent? One for each of the world's most widely spoken languages - pretty dodgy, but it just popped into my head.

In the interests of those with sensory issues and issues with crowds, perhaps a natural location that's quieter and has more places to be alone for a few minutes? There should be probably be a tight organisation of crowds to stop people getting bumped, squished and overwhelmed by the difficulty of moving around anywhere.

As for events, a stage performance would be a great idea. Perhaps some music as well? Or a cinema set up?
 
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