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(Formerly Autistic Widower.)
Why I Left the Autism Support Group
It started off fairly well, but I had to leave in the end My ābiscuit emojiā to represent how I felt towards the end. Photo taken by author. Late last year, I started attending a local support group for autistic adults. In a previous blog post , I wrote about my first few weeks there. Back then, I had high hopes ā but things did not go very well in the end. I wanted to share my closing experience, without putting you off trying a group in your local area ā which has every chance of having a better outcome than what I experienced. The Beginning of the End At the start of the year, I had a series of ābad weeksā at the group, which made me decide that it wasnāt for me. I stopped going some time around February, and I now feel ready to describe what happened. Almost Alone In early January, I found myself at a table with someone who did not speak. Everyone else was sitting at other tables, and I felt like it would be rude of me to move. It was an awkward situation, and I felt very alon...
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