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IN-PERSON dinner meeting on Sunday, November 19!

:  The Queens discussion group and other groups led or facilitated by members of the Autistic Peer Leadership Group plan to have an in-person dinner at the Atlantic Diner on . Please see details and RSVP here on Meetup.com. Please note that RSVP's are especially desired for in-person meetings, so we can know how big a table to reserve.

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Online chat meetings (text-based) during November 2023

:  During November 2023, the below-listed online text-based chat meetings will be led by members of the Autistic Peer Leadership Group. To view the meeting details (including a link to our chatroom), you must first join our Meetup.com group (and be logged in to Meetup.com) if you have not done so already.

Online chat meetings (text-based) during October 2023

:  During October 2023, the below-listed online text-based chat meetings will be led by members of the Autistic Peer Leadership Group. To view the meeting details (including a link to our chatroom), you must first join our Meetup.com group (and be logged in to Meetup.com) if you have not done so already.

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IN-PERSON dinner meeting on Saturday, September 30!

:  The Queens discussion group and other groups led or facilitated by members of the Autistic Peer Leadership Group plan to have an in-person dinner at the Atlantic Diner on . Please see details and RSVP here on Meetup.com. Please note that RSVP's are especially desired for in-person meetings, so we can know how big a table to reserve.

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Topic for chat meeting Tuesday, September 12, at 7:00 PM

:  The Queens discussion group's cnat meeting on , will be on the topic of navigating socila media. (See meeting details, find chatroom link, and RSVP here.) Some relevant online articles are listed here.

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Online chat meetings (text-based) during September 2023

:  During September 2023, the below-listed online text-based chat meetings will be led by members of the Autistic Peer Leadership Group. To view the meeting details (including a link to our chatroom), you must first join our Meetup.com group (and be logged in to Meetup.com) if you have not done so already.

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New communication skills links lists added

:  A new section on Setting boundaries has been added to the page of links to tutorials on Assertiveness.

Also, a new page on Miscellaneous communication topics and techniques has been added to the section on Autistic-friendly social skills vs. blending in with NT's, beginning with a collection of links to info about the "Interpersonal effectiveness" techniques taught in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). More sections will be added to that page later.

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Online chat meetings (text-based) during August 2023

:  During August 2023, the below-listed online text-based chat meetings will be led by members of the Autistic Peer Leadership Group. To view the meeting details (including a link to our chatroom), you must first join our Meetup.com group (and be logged in to Meetup.com) if you have not done so already.

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Online chat meetings (text-based) during July 2023

:  During July 2023, the below-listed online text-based chat meetings will be led by members of the Autistic Peer Leadership Group. To view the meeting details (including a link to our chatroom), you must first join our Meetup.com group (and be logged in to Meetup.com) if you have not done so already.

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New page: Autism history

:  I've added a new page to the Online resources section: History of the "autism community," the autistic community, and the idea of autism.

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In-person events

:  Some of us may be attending the Autistic Pride Day celebration on Sunday, June 18 (organized not by us but by Autistic Adults NYC).

Our next in-person meeting will be in September. We hold im-person meetings in September, October, November, January, February, March, April, and May, skipping June, July, August, and December..

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Online chat meetings (text-based) during June 2023

:  During June 2023, the below-listed online text-based chat meetings will be led by members of the Autistic Peer Leadership Group. To view the meeting details (including a link to our chatroom), you must first join our Meetup.com group (and be logged in to Meetup.com) if you have not done so already.

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Online chat meetings (text-based) during May 2023

:  During May 2023, the below-listed online text-based chat meetings will be led by members of the Autistic Peer Leadership Group. To view the meeting details (including a link to our chatroom), you must first join our Meetup.com group (and be logged in to Meetup.com) if you have not done so already.

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IN-PERSON dinner meeting on Saturday, April 15!

:  The Queens discussion group and other groups led or facilitated by members of the Autistic Peer Leadership Group plan to have an in-person dinner at the Atlantic Diner on Saturday, April 15, at 3:00 PM. Please see details and RSVP here on Meetup.com. Please note that RSVP's are especially desired for in-person meetings, so we can know how big a table to reserve.

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Online chat meetings (text-based) during April 2023

:  During April 2023, the below-listed online text-based chat meetings will be led by members of the Autistic Peer Leadership Group. To view the meeting details (including a link to our chatroom), you must first join our Meetup.com group (and be logged in to Meetup.com) if you have not done so already.

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Online chat meetings (text-based) during March 2023

:  During March 2023, the below-listed online text-based chat meetings will be led by members of the Autistic Peer Leadership Group. To view the meeting details (including a link to our chatroom), you must first join our Meetup.com group (and be logged in to Meetup.com) if you have not done so already.

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Disability Day of Mourning Vigil: Wednesday, March 1, 5:30 PM

:  Tomorrow night, Wednesday, March 1, at 5:30 PM, in City Hall Park, Autistic Adults NYC (not affiliated with this website) will be holding a vigil for the Autistic Self Advocacy Network's (ASAN) annual Day of Mourning for disabled people who have been murdered by parents or other caregivers.

See more info and RSVP here. See also Accessibility and Transportation Guide, including info about nearby bathrooms.

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Online chat meetings (text-based) during February 2023

:  During February 2023, the below-listed online text-based chat meetings will be led by members of the Autistic Peer Leadership Group. To view the meeting details (including a link to our chatroom), you must first join our Meetup.com group (and be logged in to Meetup.com) if you have not done so already.

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IN-PERSON dinner meeting on Sunday, January 29!

:  The Queens discussion group and other groups led or facilitated by members of the Autistic Peer Leadership Group plan to have an in-person dinner at the Atlantic Diner on Sunday, January 29, at 3:00 PM. Please see details and RSVP here. Please note that RSVP's are especially desired for in-person meetings, so we can know how big a table to reserve.

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Can we, as a community, fix some of the problems with mainsteam dating/courtship?

:  As part of the Longterm visions section of this website, I've added a new sub-section Love and romance: Are there ways we can make this easier for autistic people? including these two pages: (1) the already-existing article Possible ways to help many autistic people find love? and (2) a new article The problems with mainstream dating/courtship -- and can we fix them?

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Online chat meetings (text-based) during January 2023

:  During January 2023, the below-listed online text-based chat meetings will be led by members of the Autistic Peer Leadership Group. To view the meeting details (including a link to our chatroom), you must first join our Meetup.com group (and be logged in to Meetup.com) if you have not done so already.

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Update re: chat meeting on Tuesday, December 13

:  The Queens discussion group's text-based chat meeting on , will be on the topic of our executive functioning difficulties. (See meeting details, find chatroom link, and RSVP here.)

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Online chat meetings (text-based) during December 2022

:  During December 2022, the below-listed online text-based chat meetings will be led by members of the Autistic Peer Leadership Group. To view the meeting details (including a link to our chatroom), you must first join our Meetup.com group (and be logged in to Meetup.com) if you have not done so already.

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IN-PERSON dinner meeting on Sunday, November 13!

:  On , the Queens discussion group will have a dinner at the Atlantic Diner.

To view the dinner meeting details, you must first join the Autistic in NYC / Queens Meetup.com group (and be logged in to Meetup.com) if you have not done so already. Then See dinner meeting details and RSVP here.

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Online chat meetings (text-based) during November 2022

:  During November 2022, the below-listed online text-based chat meetings will be led by members of the Autistic Peer Leadership Group. To view the meeting details (including a link to our chatroom), you must first join our Meetup.com group (and be logged in to Meetup.com) if you have not done so already.

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IN-PERSON dinner meeting on Saturday, October 15!

:  On , the Queens discussion group will have a dinner at the Atlantic Diner.

It is strongly recommended, though not required, that people attending the dinner also attend our online text-based chat support group meeting on Tuesday, October 11, with the topic of "Our difficulties at (in-person) social gatherings." This will help us better accommodate each other at the in-person gathering.

To view the dinner meeting details, you must first join our Meetup.com group (and be logged in to Meetup.com) if you have not done so already. Then See dinner meeting details and RSVP here.

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Online chat meetings (text-based) during October 2022

:  During October 2022, the below-listed online text-based chat meetings will be led by members of the Autistic Peer Leadership Group. To view the meeting details (including a link to our chatroom), you must first join our Meetup.com group (and be logged in to Meetup.com) if you have not done so already.

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Disability Pride Parade

:  If you want to march with us in the Disability Pride Parade (in Manhattan) on the morning of Sunday, October 2, you must RSVP by no later than Wednesday, September 28. (See details and RSVP here.)

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Online chat meetings (text-based) during the remainder of September 2022

:  These past couple of months I've been remiss about posting meeting announcements here on the front page of this website. (Chat meetings were held, as per the usual schedule, during August and September. Also, we held an in-person dinner meeting -- our best attended, ever -- on Saturday, September 17.)

During the remainder of September 2022, the below-listed online text-based chat meetings will be led by members of the Autistic Peer Leadership Group. To view the meeting details (including a link to our chatroom), you must first join our Meetup.com group (and be logged in to Meetup.com) if you have not done so already.

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Queens discussion group section updates

:  I've made some updates to this website's section about the Queens discussion group. The following pages have been updated:

And a new page, history of the Queens discussion group has been added.

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