Life & Social Skills

SQUARE PEG SOCIETY’S MOVIE OF THE MONTH: MAY 2024

May 18, 2024
Dorian Simunac
Fun, Life & Social Skills

This month’s movie was the Sci-Fi Drama “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” from 2011 starring Andy Serkis as “Caesar”. How would one describe this movie? A cautionary tale of humanity’s hubris and desire to cure every disease known to man. What exactly is the plot of the movie? A substance designed to help the brain repair itself gives advanced intelligence to a chimpanzee who leads an ape uprising. Trailer: Runtime: 105 minutes (1 hour and 45 minutes) Rating:…

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SQUARE PEG SOCIETY’S MOVIE OF THE MONTH: MARCH 2024

March 26, 2024
Dorian Simunac
Fun, Life & Social Skills

This month’s movie was the Biopic on John Nash “A Beautiful Mind” from 2001 starring Russell Crowe as John Nash. How would one describe this movie?  An emotionally driven film showing how dangerous one’s mind can be and how sometimes the person you can’t always trust is yourself. What exactly is the plot of the movie? A mathematical genius, John Nash (Russell Crowe) made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But…

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SQUARE PEG SOCIETY’S MOVIE OF THE MONTH: FEBRUARY 2024

February 28, 2024
Dorian Simunac
Life & Social Skills

This month’s movie was the Historical Biopic on Alan Turing’s race against time to break the infamous Nazi Enigma code “The Imitation Game” from 2014 starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing. How would one describe this movie? A respectful film that will leave you on the edge of your seat in the hopes that Turing can succeed. What exactly is the plot of the movie? During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) tries to crack…

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Square Peg Society’s Movie of the Month: November 2023

November 16, 2023
Dorian Simunac
Fun, Life & Social Skills

This month our SPS Movie Group will watch together all of Season Two of the Sci-Fi Thriller TV series Infinity Train, starring Ashley Johnson as “Mirror Tulip” and Robbie Daymond as “Jessie Cosay”. How would one describe this series? This series is a Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat with every episode bringing something new to the table and leaving you wanting more. What exactly is the plot of the second season? Infinity…

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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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Response to Vancouver Sun article “Autistic people march for and against walk for autism in Richmond” by our director

October 15, 2019
SPS Admin
Life & Social Skills

Below is the response of our executive director in response to the article in the link below: https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/autistic-people-march-for-and-against-walk-for-autism-in-richmond   I will attempt to articulate my views, and the direction of Square Peg Society, while I am at the helm. Change over time is good, and inevitable, and hopefully will be guided by listening to our membership. Our focus, at SPS, is on the adult ASD population. As such, the idea of “a cure” for autism is not where we would…

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