Women with Autism Group is open to women — heterosexual, lesbian/gay, trans, and nonbinary — who are autistic or who think they may be autistic.
We assume we will have mostly women living in the D.C.-Maryland-Virginia area, but since it is to be mainly an online group, we welcome women from much further away if they have a working computer and Zoom capabilities.
A formal diagnosis is not required.
The group was formerly known as the D.C. Area Autistic Women’s, Nonbinary, and Marginalized Genders Group.
If you would like to join the Women with Autism Group, please visit this link, where you can subscribe to receive e-mail updates or join the Discord server to chat with the group.
All our Zoom events are strictly confidential. There is to be no recording or transcribing, in part or in whole, of any Zoom event.
The Women with Autism Group will meet via Zoom at the following dates and times. Zoom meeting links will be shared in the AAGW e-mail group.
The Women with Autism Group meets on the 3rd Sunday of each month, from 4 p.m. thru 5:30 p.m.
The discussion topics listed below are subject to change:
- Sunday, October 20, 2024 – 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. — 19th Monthly Zoom Meeting
Discussion Topic: “Dealing with conflict in conversations with other people“- Conflicts or misunderstandings can arise in conversations between neurotypical people and neurodivergent people, and also in conversations between neurodivergent people and other neurodivergent people. The conflict can be intentional (when someone deliberately says something hurtful) or unintentional (when someone accidentally says something hurtful without intending to and possibly without even realizing it).
- Suppose that Person A says something that hurts Person B’s feelings, but Person A did not intend to offend anyone and might not even realize that they said something hurtful. How should Person B respond? What is the most tactful way for Person B to let Person A know that their feelings were hurt? And then how should Person A respond to Person B after learning that Person B’s feelings were hurt?
- Sunday, November 17, 2024 – 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. — 20th Monthly Zoom Meeting
Discussion Topic: “Romantic Relationships”- Boundaries, preferences, different approaches to relationships
- Managing negative emotions, or unwanted behavior from others
- Sunday, December 22, 2024 – 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. — 21st Monthly Zoom Meeting
Discussion Topic: “Holidays”- Coping
- Food
- Pets & Companions