Many people really enjoy getting together for a chat, a laugh and sometimes a cry about their family member who has AS, in an understanding and supportive environment. We meet every 2nd monday of each month at 7.30pm at the Richmond RSL Club. They don't know how to wait. They don't know what's expected, what to do with themselves. They have to fill it up with something.
Unstructured time can be tremendously stressful.
Yet we take it for granted that kids will find something to do without any instruction. When you're autistic, it's harder to figure out what's okay, and it's frightening and wounding to make a mistake.