Structured Social Skills Groups: Resources for Young Adults with Autism to Make Friends
One of the most frustrating things about autism for many people who are on the spectrum is that they have trouble communicating. To be successful, you need to learn how to get along with other people, express your thoughts and ideas, understand what others are thinking, and look for ways to make friends. It is important to find an online network group that can help you reach your goals, whether you are working or have a disability that makes it hard for you to live on your own. In structured social skills groups, you should look for things like videos, training programs, resources, and chat rooms where you can connect with other people. These days, having social skills and autism don’t need to be mutually exclusive. There are many tools and support choices available today.
What is All Friends Network?
All Friends Network can help you whether you’re ready to go out into the world or you feel safer chatting on your computer or phone at home. Our new AFN Live-LINK app and online tools can help you learn how to deal with social skills and autism problems. Released during the pandemic, when it was hard to make friends, our resources, tools, and opportunities have continued to grow. We are now planning social events every month near our main office in Sarasota, Florida. It will be easier to get group deals and make these events even more cheap for everyone if we can get more people to join our community. Our network of friends with cerebral palsy and autism is working with businesses to help cover the prices of people who can’t afford to go to these important events.
Another important thing for making and keeping friends is to keep learning new things about life. All Friends Network not only helps people make friends, but they are also creating an online library of educational training videos, small seminars, and one-on-one meetings for all of their users. Another idea we have is to work with a hiring service to help all of our members who are looking for work find jobs. We want to go so far as to give training to help people make a good resume and work on interview skills they can use in real life. Sign up on our website to stay up to date on what’s going on in our online networking group.
Join the Online Networking Group
Because of our online tools, networking options, and fun AFN Live-LINK app, we hope that our users will be more likely to go out and meet new people. The only things you need to do are learn the skills, practice them, and gain the courage to do it yourself. All Friends Network’s main goal was to make a friends network for people with cerebral palsy and autism that can help members build lasting relationships and make it easy to talk to members all over the country. Live-LINK is a fun and safe place for everyone to be. Members of our group are the only ones who can use it. No one else can.
If you think someone could be a friend, you should smile, say hello, and be nice. You can praise them, offer to share something, and pay them a compliment. You can also think of new ways to talk about things they might be interested in. Other people like to talk about the things they like, too, so find ways to talk about hobbies, sports, and activities with someone you might want to become friends with. People aren’t always ready to make friends. They are either shy, busy, nervous, or trying to get better at making friends. Learn how to read social cues and end a talk that isn’t going anywhere. This will keep you from getting angry about talking to people and give them time to get ready for making friends in the future.
Meet Other Young Adults with Autism
You can find out more about our structured social skills groups, online network group, and explore tools for learning how to get along with others and overcome autism on our website. You can call us at 941-587-7172 or use our online Contact Form to get in touch with us if you have questions about our program or would like to be informed when we post new ways to make friends and meet up in real life.