Currently in a group (to maintain privacy we'll call it M) that is run by the Disability Office of a university, and it could be considered a social skills group of people on the Autism Spectrum, but is mainly about helping people on the spectrum with college life (academically, socially, bureaucratically). I just brought up this question during one of our regular meetings. Here are some people's thoughts. (Not Verbatim; didn't get one person's permission to use their name, so they shall be called P)
Amy (staff): Try to get people on spectrum to interact with like-minded peers on an intellectual level.
P: It depends on teacher and their approach to it. Social skills should be "spelled out" by peers that get it [the difficulty of understanding social skills and were able to codify them]. It depends on the individual and teacher.
Erin: In our [sub]group [of M], we don't see progress we make, just over time made a group that learned skills together.
Bradley: Hanging around the Disability Office, and joining clubs helped me.
Olivia: Joined school up after cliques were established, got one friend and pretty much only one that is still with me, also on spectrum. Friend needed to have a "filter"; the kids in M all get each other.
Erin: Ya, some of us [the subgroup] go out into the real world together to "practice" social skills.
Amy: A person on the spectrum should get direct feedback from people they trust to develop social skills.
Olivia: Helped to manage my violence by spending four years away from guys to develop academics and to feel normal.
Bradley: Went to all-public school, wasn't most social person; I realized later in junior and senior year the kind of person some people I was friends with were, I was like "how did you get a C in Photography?"
Erin: All the people who wanted to "fit-in" in high-school aren't together anymore, they were a hivemind, no diversity, [so don't worry about "fitting-in," just be yourself].
Slashdot Mirror
Currently in a group (to maintain privacy we'll call it M) that is run by the Disability Office of a university, and it could be considered a social skills group of people on the Autism Spectrum, but is mainly about helping people on the spectrum with college life (academically, socially, bureaucratically). I just brought up this question during one of our regular meetings. Here are some people's thoughts. (Not Verbatim; didn't get one person's permission to use their name, so they shall be called P)
Amy (staff): Try to get people on spectrum to interact with like-minded peers on an intellectual level.
P: It depends on teacher and their approach to it. Social skills should be "spelled out" by peers that get it [the difficulty of understanding social skills and were able to codify them]. It depends on the individual and teacher.
Erin: In our [sub]group [of M], we don't see progress we make, just over time made a group that learned skills together.
Bradley: Hanging around the Disability Office, and joining clubs helped me.
Olivia: Joined school up after cliques were established, got one friend and pretty much only one that is still with me, also on spectrum. Friend needed to have a "filter"; the kids in M all get each other.
Erin: Ya, some of us [the subgroup] go out into the real world together to "practice" social skills.
Amy: A person on the spectrum should get direct feedback from people they trust to develop social skills.
Olivia: Helped to manage my violence by spending four years away from guys to develop academics and to feel normal.
Bradley: Went to all-public school, wasn't most social person; I realized later in junior and senior year the kind of person some people I was friends with were, I was like "how did you get a C in Photography?"
Erin: All the people who wanted to "fit-in" in high-school aren't together anymore, they were a hivemind, no diversity, [so don't worry about "fitting-in," just be yourself].