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Lets Talk: Monthly Online Conversation Group

A Monthly online conversation group for Autistic adults, 18+ years 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 autistics –…

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Parent Social Group: Talk on Zoom

Parents, are you interested in meeting to exchange ideas & experiences? Topic: Are there changes that you might like to make in routine, parenting style or family life this year? Please register for a Zoom meeting.  

Free

 

Parent Social Group: Walk and Talk

Parents, are you interested in meeting to exchange ideas & experiences? Topic: How do the changes in routine over the holidays impact you & your family? Meet at Science World Station  

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Movie Chat Night

This month’s movie is: Tick, Tick…Boom! Watch in advance on Netflix   Our last movie for 2922 is a musical set in the early 1990’s. Directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda and staring Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick…Boom! chronicles the personal and professional life of aspiring playwright Jonathan Larson. The real-life Larson went on to produce the hit Broadway musical Rent. See trailer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAJXFRshQfw Hosted by: Casey Primus, B.Com, CGA, working for an organization supporting 300 people with diverse abilities & Aaron…

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NOMI Connect

Do you feel that the real you is being missed in the quick swipe through photos on meetup & dating apps? Christie Faye Collins, is a Victoria-based entrepreneur & web developer, and the creator of NOMI Connect, an app for neurodivergent people to connect, meet & date. She feels that mainstream dating apps are superficial, and don’t cater to people with disabilities or neurodivergent people like her. Christie designed NOMI to fill the need for an online space in which…

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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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Parent Social Group: Talk on Zoom

Parents, are you interested in meeting to exchange ideas & experiences? What is new for you & your family this season? Please register for a Zoom meeting.

Free

 

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…

Free

 

Parent Social Group: Walk and Talk

Parents, are you interested in meeting to exchange ideas & experiences? What is new for you & your family this season? To Walk & talk: Monday, Nov 25, 2022, 2pm, meet Patterson Skytrain Station, Burnaby  

Free

 

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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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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Access Programs at Capilano University (September 2023)

Join for a virtual presentation of the two Access programs that are offered at Capilano University in September 2023. Discover Employability is a pre-employment program for students with developmental disabilities who need support to develop more skills for future paid employment. Our courses focus on employability skills, social skills, personal finances, computer skills and safety skills at work. We schedule three separate work experience sessions in different sectors to increase the student's experience and independence at work. Preference for this program…

 

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Parent Social Group: Talk on Zoom

Parents, are you interested in meeting to exchange ideas & experiences? What is new for you & your family this season? Talk on Zoom: Monday, Nov 7, 7:15pm

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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: Monday, Oct 31, 2022, 10 am, meet Patterson Skytrain Station, Burnaby  

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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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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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