Marcia Wrote:

Given the genetic connection- why don't you start by talking to the parents?  If their children are on the spectrum chances they are too, or other adults in the family are, and they might welcome a group for adults?  Just a thought, but maybe a starting place!

Sadly the reason for why people are interested in starting an organization is because they feel excluded from the dominating autism organization's local groups which seems to favorize parents.

Yip, I can understand that perspective.  What I was thinking though, was that the parents' groups may be able to connect you with other adults who're on the spectrum, whether dxed or self dxed or just wondering.  Maybe the organisations which support the parents' groups could find out if there would be interest in a youth and adults groups from extended family, older siblings, cousins, aunts and uncles perhaps?  If there was interest, then maybe you could ask those organisations if they would help set up/fund/support an adults as opposed to parents' group?  

Not sure if I'm expressing myself very well here.  I'm very tired!  Yawn, need to go to bed!