Zoom Meetings and Chats

AAGW is connecting our community both via Zoom video-conferencing and in-person.

To participate in our meetings, you must belong to our e-mail group.

By participating, you promise to maintain strict confidentiality, to treat other members with kindness and respect, and to avoid commercial self-promotion.

All our events are strictly confidential.  There is to be no recording or transcribing, in part or in whole, of any event.

Our Monthly Support Zoom Meetings last two hours and have an agenda, which is e-mailed to members before each Monthly Support Zoom Meeting.  Each Monthly Support Zoom Meeting features a discussion topic.  You can see our upcoming discussion topics if you scroll further down this Web page.  Our monthly in-person meetings continue these conversations.

Our Biweekly Zoom Chats have no agenda or discussion topics — we informally check in on one another.  Biweekly Chats last one hour and are more intimate, and less formal than our Monthly Support Meetings.

By participating, you promise to maintain strict confidentiality, to treat other members with respect, and to avoid commercial self-promotion.

All our events are strictly confidential.  There is to be no recording or transcribing, in part or in whole, of any event.

Upcoming Zoom and In-Person Gatherings:

    • Sunday, May 18, 2025, 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
      Women with Autism       Zoom Meeting
      Discussion Topic: “Advocacy and Community Involvement”
    • Thursday evening, May 22, 2025, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
      128th Biweekly Zoom Chat

Upcoming Monthly Support Zoom and In-Person Meeting Dates and Discussion Topics:

  • Saturday evening, May 24, 2025, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
    243rd Monthly Support Meeting and 63rd Monthly Support Zoom Meeting
    Discussion Topic: “Budgeting and Finance”
  • Saturday evening, June 7, 2025, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
    5th Monthly In-Person Meeting at Teaism at Penn Quarter since February 2020.
    (These meetings are on the first Saturday of the month with some exceptions per the restaurant’s availability.)Teaism at Penn Quarter (Lower Level)
    400 8th Street, NW
    Washington, DC 20004
    Web site: https://www.teaism.com/restaurants/penn-quarter/
    [Teaism Google Maps location link]
    Continuing the conversation on “Budgeting and Finance” from the Saturday evening, May 24th Monthly Support Zoom Meeting.
  • Saturday evening, June 28, 2025, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
    244th Monthly Support Meeting and 64th Monthly Support Zoom Meeting
    Discussion Topic: “Situational Awareness”
  • Saturday evening, July 12, 2025, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
    6th Monthly In-Person Meeting at Teaism at Penn Quarter since February 2020.
    (These meetings are on the first Saturday of the month with some exceptions per the restaurant’s availability.)
    Teaism at Penn Quarter (Lower Level)
    400 8th Street, NW
    Washington, DC 20004
    Web site: https://www.teaism.com/restaurants/penn-quarter/
    [Teaism Google Maps location link]
    Continuing the conversation on “Situational Awareness” from the Saturday evening, June 28th Monthly Support Zoom Meeting.
  • Saturday evening, July 26, 2025, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
    245th Monthly Support Meeting and 65th Monthly Support Zoom Meeting
    Discussion Topic: “Developing and Maintaining Relationships”
  • Saturday evening, August 2, 2025, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
    7th Monthly In-Person Meeting at Teaism at Penn Quarter since February 2020.
    (These meetings are on the first Saturday of the month with some exceptions per the restaurant’s availability.)
    Teaism at Penn Quarter (Lower Level)
    400 8th Street, NW
    Washington, DC 20004
    Web site: https://www.teaism.com/restaurants/penn-quarter/
    [Teaism Google Maps location link]
    Continuing the conversation on “Developing and Maintaining Relationships” from the Saturday evening, July 26th Monthly Support Zoom Meeting.
  • Saturday evening, August 23, 2025, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
    246th Monthly Support Meeting and 66th Monthly Support Zoom Meeting
    Discussion Topic: “Networking”
  • Saturday evening, September 6, 2025, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
    8th Monthly In-Person Meeting at Teaism at Penn Quarter since February 2020.
    (These meetings are on the first Saturday of the month with some exceptions per the restaurant’s availability.)
    Teaism at Penn Quarter (Lower Level)
    400 8th Street, NW
    Washington, DC 20004
    Web site: https://www.teaism.com/restaurants/penn-quarter/
    [Teaism Google Maps location link]
    Continuing the conversation on “Networking” from the Saturday evening, August 234rd Monthly Support Zoom Meeting.
  • Saturday evening, September 27, 2025, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
    247th Monthly Support Meeting and 67th Monthly Support Zoom Meeting
    Discussion Topic: “Employment”
  • Saturday evening, October 4, 2025, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
    9th Monthly In-Person Meeting at Teaism at Penn Quarter since February 2020.
    (These meetings are on the first Saturday of the month with some exceptions per the restaurant’s availability.)
    Teaism at Penn Quarter (Lower Level)
    400 8th Street, NW
    Washington, DC 20004
    Web site: https://www.teaism.com/restaurants/penn-quarter/
    [Teaism Google Maps location link]
    Continuing the conversation on “Employment” from the Saturday evening, September 27th Monthly Support Zoom Meeting.
  • Saturday evening, October 25, 2025, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
    248th Monthly Support Meeting and 68th Monthly Support Zoom Meeting
    Discussion Topic: “Autism as a Different Way of Thinking”
  • Saturday evening, November 1, 2025, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
    10th Monthly In-Person Meeting at Teaism at Penn Quarter since February 2020.
    (These meetings are on the first Saturday of the month with some exceptions per the restaurant’s availability.)
    Teaism at Penn Quarter (Lower Level)
    400 8th Street, NW
    Washington, DC 20004
    Web site: https://www.teaism.com/restaurants/penn-quarter/
    [Teaism Google Maps location link]
    Continuing the conversation on “Autism as a Different Way of Thinking” from the Saturday evening, October 25th Monthly Support Zoom Meeting.
  • Saturday evening, November 22, 2025, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
    249th Monthly Support Meeting and 69th Monthly Support Zoom Meeting
    Discussion Topic: “Finding and Creating Support Networks”
  • Saturday evening, December 6, 2025, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
    11th Monthly In-Person Meeting at Teaism at Penn Quarter since February 2020.
    (These meetings are on the first Saturday of the month with some exceptions per the restaurant’s availability.)
    Teaism at Penn Quarter (Lower Level)
    400 8th Street, NW
    Washington, DC 20004
    Web site: https://www.teaism.com/restaurants/penn-quarter/
    [Teaism Google Maps location link]
    Continuing the conversation on “Finding and Creating Support Networks” from the Saturday evening, July 26th Monthly Support Zoom Meeting.

Zoom is a user-friendly video-conferencing service that is used for work, education, worship, social work, telehealth, and even virtual parties.

Before participating in your first Zoom Meeting, we suggest you download Zoom and try it out, to become familiar with it:

You can also participate in our Monthly Support Zoom Meetings and informal video chats via old-fashioned telephone.

Zoom offers helpful how-to articles and video tutorials.

In March 2020, CBS broadcast a humorous look at using Zoom at home.