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Monthly Online Conversation Group

Different threads woven together can make a whole, strong cloth. A Monthly online conversation group for ASD adults, 18+ years old. Many autistic people have spent much of their lives feeling “different”. This group is an evening to share our past experiences & present realities – similar or different, and to celebrate our uniqueness together as we build strength & resilience for our futures. Hosted by Julia Mitchell, ASD adult, empathetic listener & curious about autism & autistic people. Bring…

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Motivation: Fueling the Invisible Fire

Shane Lynch, PhD, Special Education & Registered Psychologist is the Director of Innovation and Evaluation at the Sinneave Family Foundation in Calgary, Alberta This meeting will be a deep dive into Motivation: What is it? How does “having it” (or not!) impact our ability to determine or achieve our goals? Is it enhanced or inhibited by factors within ourselves (sleep, diet, or exercise), or by factors in our environments (season, weather, time of day, distractions around us)? We will look…

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Movie Night Spring 2022!

Punch-Drunk Love (2002) Watch in advance, but download ad-blocker to view it ad-free: https://www.ctv.ca/movies/punch-drunk-love Barry Egan (Adam Sandler) is having a tough time – starting his novelty toilet-plunger business! But his weird sister keeps trying to match him up with a whimsical, British woman (Emily Watson), and a group of phone scammers (led by Philip Seymour Hoffman) who try to extort him. How does a frequent-flyer miles loophole, a metric ton of pudding, and demolishing a bathroom with your bare…

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Life as an Independent Adult

A Collaborative Zoom Meeting on Preparing for Life as an Independent Adult Krystal Hussey, Support Link Program Coordinator, Aunt Leah’s Place, will share their programs & experience preparing youth as they “age out” from MCFD foster care: “For 30 years, Aunt Leah’s Place has been helping kids in foster care and young mothers by providing guidance, supported housing, job training and coaching on essential life skills…Support at this critical time can help these young people realize their potential while becoming…

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Monthly Online Conversation Group

Different threads woven together can make a whole, strong cloth. A Monthly online conversation group for ASD adults, 18+ years old. Many autistic people have spent much of their lives feeling “different”. This group is an evening to share our past experiences & present realities – similar or different, and to celebrate our uniqueness together as we build strength & resilience for our futures. Sara Leschasin, will be hosting for Julia, who is away this month. Sara is an ASD…

Free

 

Movie Chat Night

The last one before summer break!  This month’s movie is: Unbreakable (2002)  Watch in advance – this movie is available for free on Disney Plus. Dan Dunn (Bruce Willis), has it tough. He and his wife (Robin Wright) are on a break. Dan was the sole survivor of a train crash that claimed the lives of a couple of hundred people. Now, an eccentric art curator (Samuel L. Jackson) is trying to convince Dan that he has superpowers and should…

Free

 

Monthly Online Conversation Group

Different threads woven together can make a whole, strong cloth. A Monthly online conversation group for ASD adults, 18+ years old. Many autistic people have spent much of their lives feeling “different”. This group is an evening to share our past experiences & present realities – similar or different, and to celebrate our uniqueness together as we build strength & resilience for our futures. Hosted by Julia Mitchell, ASD adult, empathetic listener & curious about autism & autistic people. Julia…

Free

 

Movie Chat Night

The first one this fall!  This month’s movie is: Johnny Mnemonic  Watch in advance – this movie is available Netflix & YouTube Johnny Mnemonic is a 1995 cyperpunk film directed by Robert Long in his directorial debut. Based on the 1981 story of the same name by Willian Gibson, it stars Keanu Reeves & Dolph Lungren. Reeves plays a man with an overloaded, cybernetic brain implant, in a dystopian, prophetic view of 2021, with the world wracked by a tech-induced plague.…

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Link! Safety, Relationships and Sexuality

Social connection is an important aspect of our overall well-being and many people choose to connect with others through dating. Dating can be a fun and exciting chapter in one’s life, yet it can be scary and difficult at times. Link! SRS in partnership with Square Peg Society, are proud to launch a new dating curriculum for adults that focuses on getting to know yourself and developing your dating skills. Start Date: October 6, 2022 End Date: November 24, 2022…

 

Movie Chat Night

We’re trying something different! This month’s movie is: I Lost My Body (English title)  We are going to watch this movie together, in real time… “I Lost My Body” is available on Netflix, dubbed and sub-titled, in both English & French. (Which version you would like to watch?) “I Lost My Body” In a Parisian laboratory, a severed hand escapes its unhappy fate and sets out to reconnect with its body. During a hair-raising escapade across the city, the extremity fends…

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Relevant Resources

A resource is only useful if you can find what you are looking for! In response to COVID so many of our activities have gone online. The silver lining to offset the loss of one-to-one real-life contact, is the quality and accessibility of workshops, seminars & videos from knowledgeable, credible sources that are now available. This meeting will direct us toward some resources that are pertinent to us - autistic adults & their families! We are pleased to have Michelle…

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An online social conversation group for ASD women (18+)

This group is for ASD women to share our past experiences & present realities – similar or different, and to celebrate our uniqueness together as we build strength & resilience for our futures. After an unusually long, dry summer, we are now truly experiencing fall – the weather is colder & wetter, and most of us are spending more time indoors. Bring to the meeting a few thoughts about the fall/winter activities and hobbies that you enjoy.  

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Movie Chat Night

This month’s movie is:  The Pianist  Watch in advance – this movie is available on Netflix & YouTube  The Pianist is a 2002 film directed by Roman Polanski. Based on the memoirs of Wladyslaw Spielmann, it stars Adrien Brody as Spielmann, a Polish Jew living in Warsaw at the outbreak of World War II. As the Spielmann family sees their freedoms eroded by the Nazi invasion, Wladyslaw looks to escape the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw. Will he survive the war?…

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Let’s talk!

A Monthly online conversation group for ASD adults, 18+ years old   Many autistic people have spent much of their lives feeling “different”. This group is an evening to share our past experiences & present realities – similar or different, and to celebrate our uniqueness together as we build strength & resilience for our futures. Our host, Sara Leschasin, is a community support worker, a K-12 educator, and an autistic adult. She is inspired by the accomplishments of her fellow…

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Online Social Conversation Group for ASD Women

An online social conversation group for ASD women, 18+ years old This group is for ASD women to share our past experiences & present realities – similar or different, and to celebrate our uniqueness together as we build strength & resilience for our futures. What do you like about winter? Bring to the meeting a few thoughts to share about what you are looking forward to (or not) over the winter break.   Free event but registration is required. 

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