Zoom Meetings and Chats

During the Pandemic, AAGW is connecting our community via Zoom video-conferencing.

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

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

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

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

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.

We have the following AAGW Zoom events coming up:

  • Thursday evening, June 8, 2023, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
    80th AAGW Biweekly Zoom Chat
  • Sunday afternoon, June 18, 2023, 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
    3rd Monthly Meeting of the Women with Autism Group
    Discussion Topic: “How does having a pet as a companion or ‘service’ work for women with autism?”
  • Thursday evening, June 22, 2023, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
    81st AAGW Biweekly Zoom Chat
  • Saturday evening, June 24, 2023, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
    40th AAGW Monthly Support Zoom Meeting and 220th Monthly Support Meeting
    Discussion Topic: “Public Persona”

Upcoming Monthly Support Zoom Meeting Dates and Discussion Topics:

  • Saturday evening, June 24, 2023, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
    Discussion Topic: “Public Persona”
  • Saturday evening, July 22, 2023, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
    Discussion Topic: “Cooking and Meal Preparation”
  • Saturday evening, August 26, 2023, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
    Discussion Topic: “Autistic Burnout”
  • Saturday evening, September 23, 2023, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
    Discussion Topic: “Dealing with Authority”
  • Saturday evening, October 28, 2023, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
    Discussion Topic: “How to cope with family members and friends who may not understand autism”
  • Saturday evening, November 11, 2023, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
    Discussion Topic: “Overcoming Procrastination”
  • Saturday evening, December 9, 2023, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
    Discussion Topic: “Using technology (including artificial intelligence) to help with everyday life”
  • Saturday evening, January 24, 2024, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
    Discussion Topic: “Staying connected”

We use Zoom, 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 video meeting, we suggest you download Zoom and try it out, to become familiar with it:

You can also participate in our Zoom video support 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.