Joette Heuft

Recording Our Events – Our Purpose & Policy

May 6, 2023
Joette Heuft
Life & Social Skills, Mental Health, Stronger Together, Uncategorized

In our February meeting on Neurodiversity & Trauma, some attendees shared personal information, that later, they did not feel comfortable with this being public. Out of concern for their feelings, we will not be posting our recording of that meeting. We feel that our Square Peg Society meetings contain lots of information that is relevant to our autistic adults and their families. We want to share this information as broadly as possible with people who may not be able to…

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April is Autism Inclusion Month

April 20, 2023
Joette Heuft
Employment, Life & Social Skills, Stronger Together

Over the past several years, at Square Peg society, we have hosted the following monthly events: an Autistic Adults Conversation Group, an Autistic Women’s Conversation Group, a Movie Night Discussion Group, and monthly SPS Monthly Meetings which provide a wealth of information relevant to autistic adults and their families. Thank you for making these events possible! For these events we have employed capable & caring autistic adults as facilitators for all of these groups, except for the SPS meetings. We…

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Good Intentions Gone Wrong

March 14, 2023
Joette Heuft
Life & Social Skills

“Autistics are the ultimate square pegs, and the problem with pounding a square peg into a round hole is not that the hammering is hard work. It’s that you are destroying the peg.” — Paul Collins Our Square Peg Society meeting, February 24, 2023 was on the topic of Neuro Diversity & Trauma, with Dr. Heather Brown. The above quote is from that presentation, and serves as a reminder that sometimes even well-meaning, people and actions can do harm. As…

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