Events

Weird And Wonderful Meetup Group Activities

See upcoming Weird and Wonderful Meetup activities here. Wednesday, June 8, 2022:  Board & Card Games Night @ La Foret Cafe & Bakery Wednesday, June 22, 2022: Bowling For The Unique @ REVS Entertainment Centre Tuesday, July 5, 2022 : Music Bingo Wednesday, July 13, 2022: Board & Card Games Night @ La Foret Cafe & Bakery For more activities see here.

 

Of Interest

Parent Social Group: Talk on Zoom

Are you feeling isolated or burned out? Are you interested in meeting to exchange ideas & experiences? You are not alone! Join us! Topic: All about self-care & relaxation, 35 minutes online Yoga to start...

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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…

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. Sara Leschasin, will be hosting for Julia, who is away this month. Sara is an ASD…

Free

 

Parent Social Group: Walk & Talk

Are you feeling isolated or burned out? Are you interested in meeting to exchange ideas & experiences? Walk & talk on Friday, June 24, 2022 at 2pm. Meet at the Shadbolt parking lot, Deer Lake, Burnaby. Topic: All about self-care & relaxation

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

 

TAKING THE LEAP!

Finding Success in Further Education after High School About the Workshop The Sinneave Family Foundation is part of AIDE CANADA’S Prairie Hub: Connecting Canadians to credible, reliable, evidence-informed autism resources in their region. This is a national initiative led by the Pacific Autism Family Network, funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada. FREE EVENT! CLICK HERE To REGISTER In this presentation, participants will learn the key differences between high school and further education settings to help them succeed after…

 

Of Interest

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

 

Executive Functioning Skills

Executive Functioning Skills: What are they? And how to make them work for us… Nicola Schaan, Occupational Therapist ,  Zach Blumke, Job Developer,, David Settles,  Project Manager from Autism CanTech! (BC & Alberta) Welcome back to our monthly meetings! This month we will be looking at Executive Functioning, and are pleased to have the following speakers join us: Nicola Schaan is an Occupational Therapist at Breaking Trail OT, in Kelowna, BC. She will speak generally about executive functioning - what it…

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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Parent Social Group: Walk & Talk

Parents, are you interested in meeting to exchange ideas & experiences? Does fall feel like the start of a new year for you? What is new for you & your family this season? To Walk & talk: Friday, Sept 30, 2022, 2pm, Sea Wall, meet at Science World;  

Free

 

Parent Social Group: Talk on Zoom

Parents, are you interested in meeting to exchange ideas & experiences? Does fall feel like the start of a new year for you? What is new for you & your family this season? Talk on Zoom: Monday, Oct 3, 2022, 7:15pm

Free

 

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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Event time is in Vancouver BC time.