Greetings. The never-ending pandemic makes it hard to envision a summer of in-person events, but I’m starting to make plans with hopes that it will be safe and allowed (and cancel later if we have to). One thing we’ve never done but I’d like to do in 2022 is an autistic retreat like autreat or autscape, with a structure is around presentations by and for autistic people and with lots of time for meeting people, games, hiking and so on. In the past we’ve been focused on physical work retreats – also fun but different. So if you’re reading this and potentially interested, let me know. Especially let me know if you have physical access needs so that we have time to prepare for that as needed.
If you’d like to come outside of an official retreat time, you can arrange with me too. As with last year, volunteers can stay for free.
We recently got two grants for side projects that are both cross-disability focused. One is a podcast series and the other is a youth art/drama group to take place in Las Vegas (the city nearest Ocate Cliffs). These are just getting started and I hope that they will help us with publicity and networking.
In service,
Star Ford, Program Manager