Asperger Women Association

[neko_no_baka]

This feels a little weird, since I've just accepted the position of their Forum Moderator, and (I believe) Contributing Writer and Board Member. :D

Comments

[idiotgrrl]

Is that link spelled correctly? It doesn't appear to be so. And thanks! As a woman, I am interested.

[neko_no_baka]

it's spelled correctly.

The note on their rules page:
"NOTE: Yes, we are aware that the url says "Apserger_Women" by the time we realized this typo the forum was complete and we would have to make a completely new forum to change it. We apologize."

[tooimpurenangel]

Oh, that's fabulous! I cannot count how many times I've been told that I can't have Asperger's because I'm a woman
*facepalm*

[neko_no_baka]

Strangely enough, I've never been told that. But it's been dang difficult to find resources and programs for and as an adult, and there hasn't been much information about aspie and autie women.

but yes, welcome all :D

[tooimpurenangel]

Good! The less people that line of thought is directed at, the better!

[mysticsong]

On a similar note, I was told I couldn't be gay because I was too pretty....

[niyabinghi]

Hi, thanks for the link. I don't mean any offense at all, but why all the female stereotypical interests -- fashion, food, dating, marriage, relationships, etc?
Why not for a variety of different special interests by readers?

As an AS woman, my own specialized interests are none of those, in fact, those are more of the things that usually trip me up and frustrate me and fall under more of a category of 'what I have to put up with.'

[neko_no_baka]

That's a good point; not all of us are interested in those things. I suppose they're up because while we're aspies, we also can have our girlie moments?

Also, I think that complaining, discussion on difficulties about those things are also allowed in those boards.

I'm not totally set up as moderator yet, but we can start brainstorming.

What kind of special interests would you like to see?

Also, are there any changes to the forum in general that you would like to see?

[niyabinghi]

Oh, whew, thanks -- I was almost going to come back here and delete my comment thinking it was too blunt.

Of course those areas should be on there, for those who are interested in them.

Perhaps to start you could have generalized areas such as Academia, the Sciences, the Arts, Managing Sensory Issues and Life Skills, Aspergers and Entrepreneurialism, perhaps a more generalized relationships category for Interpersonal Relationships (meaning with anyone in our lives), and most definitely --- Avoiding/Preventing Victimization.

(Note -- these are all things coming from someone at age51, who stumbled thru 40 years before knowing about/understanding AS and ensuing issues.

The 'girlie' things were helpful for me in just basically skating through life (if you're a young pretty girl, back in those days, people didn't look much beyond that if you were odd) back then, but I can't say that was a 'good thing'.

Thanks for asking, and I wish you all the best with this.

[neko_no_baka]

Heh, you're in good company here.

Those are good areas to start. I have a few ideas for the younger ones, like Anime, Music, etc.
But you're always welcome to join in with us. We'll value your experiences and expertise, even if it's just tips on faking "normal".

You're very welcome and thank you very much!

[darthhellokitty]

Interesting! Do you know if there's a chapter in the Seattle area?

[neko_no_baka]

Seattle, Washington, area? We're still working on getting a Director for Washington. However, let me check with the Directors to see whether one of the nearby areas knows anything. We're still a pretty new organization-thing :D