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    <title>Autism Valued Inc upcoming events</title>
    <link>https://aspergersvic.org.au/groups-calendar</link>
    <description>Autism Valued Inc upcoming events</description>
    <dc:creator>Autism Valued Inc</dc:creator>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:20:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Adults Group: April - In-Person Meeting (16 Apr 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(146, 39, 143); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Pictures/Adults%20in%2030s%20social%20groups%20page.JPG" alt="" title="" border="0" width="341" height="199"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;Adults Group: April&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;- In-Person Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;About the Adults Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Our Adults Group is for older members of the Aspergers autistic community and those with other similar neurodivergent profiles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;It is more suitable for those who are aged 35 years and over, although younger adults are welcome to join in. (Young adults may prefer to attend our&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18095" target="_blank"&gt;Young Adults group&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;meetings as well as or instead of this group.)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This month we will be discussing: &lt;strong&gt;What are our biggest Challenges?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
The Adults Group is a parent/carer free zone - we ask that parents / carers of attendees join our separate &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/parents-and-carers-group"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;(Autistic adults who are also parents or carers are most welcome to attend independently of the person they care for.)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#802081"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteers needed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;We’re looking for a volunteer Group Assistant to support our Group Leader and help to run the group. If you’re interested, please&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://bttr.im/gmwsd"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;complete our online volunteer application&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;or&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;contact AV admin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;for more information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group Leaders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders share the lived experience of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#92278F"&gt;Cost&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$10&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;for&lt;/font&gt; AV members, &lt;strong&gt;$15&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for non-member&lt;span&gt;s, &lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt; for holders of a &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158" target="_blank"&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and for first-time attendees&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/page-18158" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;Become an AV member&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;to access discounted tickets for groups and events, members-only programs, and to support the work our volunteers and staff team do for our community.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;If cost is a barrier, &lt;a href="mailto:admin@autismvalued.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;contact AV Admin&lt;/a&gt; or fill out our &lt;a href="https://forms.gle/MKoowiG9GaVZLrBu9" target="_blank"&gt;Hardship Fund&lt;/a&gt; application.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Venue information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 24px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House - 54 Power Avenue, Ashwood, 3145&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.powernh.org.au/"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House website&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://goo.gl/maps/nVSUj3Sm9G13ZGRX9"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House on Google Maps&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Public transport:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Holmesglen Station (700m). 624 bus (stops outside). On-street parking.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Accessibility: Ramp access at front and rear, accessible bathroom.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wanting to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;For in-person events, this allows us to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;ensure that we have enough volunteers attending on the night to support the group, and to ensure that the venue can safely accommodate all attendees.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;In the event that the activity is cancelled or transferred to an online meeting, we will only be able to let you know if you have registered.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;NB:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Unregistered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10. Please note that first-time attendee tickets must be requested before the meeting and are not available at the door.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;Community Guide: How to register for an AV activity, view details of an existing registration, or cancel a registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AbM3wVCxR517blD-4DsD0xIeKzhGfbfkpI0hs8Ck-vE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Community&lt;/font&gt; Guide&lt;font&gt;: How to pay for an AV activity registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;(includes details for PayPal, credit card, and bank transfer options)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Peer_Support_Groups_FAQs/" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;Peer Support Groups - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;includes answers to the most common questions about AV peer support groups).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For assistance or more information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;If you have further questions about the event, about AV, or need assistance with registering, please contact our AV admin team.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Call &lt;strong&gt;0480 385 710&lt;/strong&gt; or&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285" style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;email us&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Teens Group: April - In-Person Meeting (17 Apr 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 1em !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;img src="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Pictures/Teens_Blackburn_2.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="400" height="242"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Teens Group: April&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 24px; color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;- In-Person Meeting&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Our Teens group is for teens with Autistic teens, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;those with a similar neurodivergent profile to meet and hang out to play games or chat while their parents / carers meet in another room at the same venue to chat, provide support and share ideas and advice.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      &lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;In another room at the same venue, parents will be met by our Parents Contact to chat and exchange experiences.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Teens Team:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#802081"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteers needed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;We’re looking for volunteers aged 18 and older to help out as Teens Mentors so we can continue to run in-person activities. If you’re interested, please&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://bttr.im/gmwsd"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;complete our online volunteer application&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;or&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact AV admin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;for more information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders share the lived experience of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV volunteers have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Each teen&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font&gt;must&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;be accompanied by &lt;u&gt;one&lt;/u&gt; parent or carer.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;A parent or carer &lt;strong&gt;must&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;attend with their teen and &lt;strong&gt;must&lt;/strong&gt; remain on site for the duration of the activity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;We understand that another parent or family member may wish to join the activity, however we can only accommodate &lt;strong&gt;one adult per registered teen&lt;/strong&gt;, and we are unable to accommodate additional adults on the night.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for members,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$15&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for non-members,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for +Groups membership holders and first-time attendees.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/page-18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Become an AV member today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;to access discounted tickets, members-only programs and interest groups, and to support the work our AV team does for our community.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;If cost is a barrier, please&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;or fill out our &lt;a href="https://forms.gle/MKoowiG9GaVZLrBu9" target="_blank"&gt;Hardship Fund&lt;/a&gt; application form.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Venue Information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#212529" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House - 54 Power Avenue, Ashwood, 3145&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.powernh.org.au/"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House website&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="https://goo.gl/maps/nVSUj3Sm9G13ZGRX9"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House on Google Maps&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;Public transport:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Holmesglen Station (700m). 624 bus (stops outside). On-street parking.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Accessibility: Ramp access at front and rear, accessible bathroom.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#662D91" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wishing to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;For in-person events, this allows us to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;ensure that we have enough volunteers attending on the night to support the group, and to ensure that the venue can safely accommodate all attendees.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;In the event that the activity is cancelled or transferred to an online meeting, we will only be able to let you know if you have registered.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;First-time attendee tickets must be requested at least 24 hours before the meeting.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;NB:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Unregistered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to register&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;- In the first section, enter the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;details of the teen attending&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"&gt;- In the second section, enter the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;details of the parent / carer / support worker who will be attending with the teen.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to register for an AV activity, view registration details, or cancel a registration&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AbM3wVCxR517blD-4DsD0xIeKzhGfbfkpI0hs8Ck-vE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to pay for an AV activity registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes details for PayPal, credit card, and bank transfer options)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Peer_Support_Groups_FAQs/"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Peer Support Groups - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes answers to the most common questions about AV peer support groups).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;ul style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
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      &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Call 0480 385 710 or&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;email our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The AV phone is switched on from 9am to 5pm, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Adults Group: April - Online Meeting (21 Apr 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Adults Group: April&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font&gt;- Online Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;About the Adults Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Our Adults Group is for older members of the Aspergers autistic community and those with other similar neurodivergent profiles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;It is more suitable for those who are aged 35 years and over, although younger adults are welcome to join in. (Young adults may prefer to attend our&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18095" target="_blank"&gt;Young Adults group&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;meetings as well as or instead of this group.)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This month we will be talking about: &lt;strong&gt;What are our biggest Challenges?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Adults Group is a parent/carer free zone - parents/carers of attendees are invited to join our separate&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/parents-and-carers-group" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;instead.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;(Autistic adults who are also parents or carers are most welcome.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This meeting will be online via Zoom.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We have included more information about Zoom and how to access the meeting below.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#802081"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteers needed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;We’re looking for a volunteer Group Assistant to support our Group Leader and help to run the group. If you’re interested, please&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://bttr.im/gmwsd"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;complete our online volunteer application&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;or&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact AV admin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;for more information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#662D91" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group Leaders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders are peers of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Cost:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$5&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for&lt;/font&gt; AV members, &lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for non-member&lt;span&gt;s&lt;span&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt; for holders of a &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158" target="_blank"&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and first-time attendees.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/page-18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Become an AV member today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;to access discounted tickets for activities, members-only programs and interest groups, and to support the work our AV team does for our community.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/12LQFha42-t9SJNH-UTLWWwFLPDJ_eEsWk3hX3MeQ9dE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to access an AV Zoom Activity&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes tips on Zoom etiquette)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Young Adults Group: April - Online Meeting (23 Apr 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- Online Meeting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#00A651"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; font-family: Arial; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#662D91" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; font-family: Arial; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;Our Young Adults group is a great place for autistic and similar neurodi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;vergent &lt;font&gt;profile adults aged 18 years - 35 years (approx.) to meet, chat, and play games with no social pressure.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;As this is a parent/carer-free zone, we invite any parents or carers to attend our separate&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Groups" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;Parents &amp;amp; Carers group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; font-family: Arial; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The session is facilitated by the Young Adult team:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Matthew - &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/55917591" target="_blank"&gt;YA Group Leader&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Cal, Brooklyn, Tim, Todd, Corey - YA Mentors&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders are peers of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV volunteers have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;Cost:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;$5&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for AV members,&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for non-members. &lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt; for holders of a &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/page-18158" target="_blank"&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and first-time attendees.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/join-us" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Become an AV member today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;to access discounted tickets for activities, members-only programs and interest groups, and to support the work our AV team does for our community.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;If cost is a barrier, please&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;or fill out our &lt;a href="https://forms.gle/MKoowiG9GaVZLrBu9" target="_blank"&gt;Hardship Fund&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;application.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wishing to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;For online events, attendees must register to receive a Zoom meeting link.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;First-time attendee tickets must be requested at least 24 hours before the meeting.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;NB:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Unregistered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to register for an AV activity, view registration details, or cancel a registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AbM3wVCxR517blD-4DsD0xIeKzhGfbfkpI0hs8Ck-vE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;How to pay for an AV activity registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;(includes details for PayPal, credit card, and bank transfer options)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/12LQFha42-t9SJNH-UTLWWwFLPDJ_eEsWk3hX3MeQ9dE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;How to access an AV Zoom Activity&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;(includes tips on Zoom etiquette)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Documents/Zoom_Intro%20Aspergers%20Victoria.pdf" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;AV Zoom Guide&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;(includes details of in-Zoom features)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Peer_Support_Groups_FAQs/"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Peer Support Groups - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font&gt;(includes answers to the most common questions about AV peer support groups).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Parents &amp; Carers Group: April - Online Meeting (28 Apr 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(146, 39, 143); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Pictures/Parents%20and%20Carers.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="200" height="200" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Pictures/Zoom%20Meeting.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="297" height="200"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group: April&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- Online Meeting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;About the Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;Are you a parent/carer of someone who is Autistic or similarly Neurodivergent? Do you want to meet people who share similar experiences with you?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;The group meets monthly, acting as an opportunity to chat, share advice, and discuss among people with similar-lived experience.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This is an online peer support meeting &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;open to all parents and carers &lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"&gt;(including Autistic parents/carers)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;of Autistic children, teens and adults to meet, chat, exchange ideas and find support&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Our Peer Support Groups are volunteer led by those with lived experience who are peers of the groups they lead.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group Leaders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Our Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group Leaders are Toni, Sue, Lucy, Adriana and Karen.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders share the lived experience of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for AV members,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for non-members.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for +Groups membership holders and first-time attendees.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/page-18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Become an AV member today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;to access discounted tickets for activities, members-only programs and interest groups, and to support the work our AV team does for our community.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;If cost is a barrier, please&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"&gt;&amp;nbsp;or fill out our &lt;a href="https://forms.gle/MKoowiG9GaVZLrBu9" target="_blank"&gt;Hardship Fund&lt;/a&gt; application form.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wishing to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;For online events, you will need to register to receive the Zoom meeting link.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;First-time attendee tickets must be requested at least 24 hours before the meeting.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Adults Group: April - In-Person Social Night (30 Apr 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(146, 39, 143); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Pictures/Adults%20in%2030s%20social%20groups%20page.JPG" alt="" title="" border="0" width="341" height="199"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;Adults Group: April&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;- In-Person Social Night&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;About the Adults Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"&gt;Our Adults Group is for older members of the Autistic community and those with other similar neurodivergent profiles.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;It is more suitable for those who are aged 35 years and over, although younger adults are welcome to join in. (Young adults may prefer to attend our&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18095"&gt;Young Adults group&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;meetings as well as or instead of this group.)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;As this is a parent/carer-free zone, we invite any parents or carers to join our separate&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/parents-and-carers-group"&gt;Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;In each month where there is a fifth Thursday, the Adults Group has a social night out at a restaurant or pub.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;This month, we are going to &lt;strong&gt;Sofia Restaurant&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;We will meet there for dinner at&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;6:30pm&lt;/strong&gt;. You are welcome to order a meal to enjoy&amp;nbsp;with the group if you would like to.&amp;nbsp;We will have the opportunity for a general chat until approximately&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;9:30pm&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#802081"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteers needed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;We’re looking for a volunteer Group Assistant to support our Group Leader and help to run the group. If you’re interested, please&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://bttr.im/gmwsd"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;complete our online volunteer application&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;or&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;contact AV admin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;for more information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group Leaders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders share the lived experience of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Cost:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$5&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;for&lt;/font&gt; AV members, &lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for non-member&lt;span&gt;s, &lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt; for holders of a &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158" target="_blank"&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and for first-time attendees&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/page-18158" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;Become an AV member today&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;to access discounted tickets for groups and events, members-only programs, and to support the work our volunteers and staff team do for our community.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;If cost is a barrier, please&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;contact Jack&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;or fill out our &lt;a href="https://forms.gle/MKoowiG9GaVZLrBu9" target="_blank"&gt;Hardship Fund application form&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;ul style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Sofia Restaurant Camberwell -&amp;nbsp;857 Burke Rd, Camberwell, VIC 3124&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sofia+Camberwell/@-37.8275,145.0546473,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x6ad64182599903ef:0x6d947ced6e23ce6f!8m2!3d-37.8275!4d145.0572222!16s%252Fg%252F1ts1scbl?entry=ttu&amp;amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDQwNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Sofia Restaurant on Google Maps&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;Transport: Camberwell Train Station (250m), 75 Tram stop: Camberwell Junction/Riverside Road (450m), 612 Bus stop: Camberwell Central/Station Street (280m), 72 Tram stop: Prospect Hill Road/Burke Road (100m)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wanting to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;For in-person events, this allows us to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;ensure that we have enough volunteers attending on the night to support the group, and to ensure that the venue can safely accommodate all attendees.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;In the event that the activity is cancelled or transferred to an online meeting, we will only be able to let you know if you have registered.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;NB:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Unregistered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10. Please note that first-time attendee tickets must be requested before the meeting and are not available at the door.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;If you have further questions about the event, about AV, or need assistance with registering, please contact our AV admin team.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/events-tandc" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;AV Event T&amp;amp;Cs&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Women &amp; Non-Binary Folk Group: May - Online Meeting (2 May 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;img src="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Pictures/Parents%20carers%20Online%20Zoom%20meeting.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Women &amp;amp; Non-Binary Folk Group: May&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 24px; color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;- Online Meeting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#662D91" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Our Women &amp;amp; Non-Binary Folk Group is a great place to connect with other&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Autistic women (cis and trans) and&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;non-binary&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;folk to chat about your experiences&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;, share ideas, exchange advice, and support each other. You are also welcome to attend our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18133"&gt;Adults Group&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Rainbow_Spectrum_Group" target="_blank"&gt;Rainbow Spectrum Group&lt;/a&gt;, or our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18132"&gt;Young Adults Group&lt;/a&gt;, or all of them!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; font-family: Arial; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;This session is facilitated by our&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:wnbemail@aspergersvic.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;Women &amp;amp; NB Group Leaders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders are peers of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$5&lt;/strong&gt; for AV members, &lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt; for non-members. &lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt; for holders of a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and for first-time attendees.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/page-18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Become an AV member today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;to access discounted tickets for activities, members-only programs and interest groups, and to support the work our AV team do for our community.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;If cost is a barrier, please&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wishing to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;First-time attendee tickets must be requested at least 24 hours before the meeting.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;Unregistered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to register for an AV activity, view registration details, or cancel a registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AbM3wVCxR517blD-4DsD0xIeKzhGfbfkpI0hs8Ck-vE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to pay for an AV activity registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes details for PayPal, credit card, and bank transfer options)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/12LQFha42-t9SJNH-UTLWWwFLPDJ_eEsWk3hX3MeQ9dE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to access an AV Zoom Activity&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes tips on Zoom etiquette)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Partners Group: May - In-Person Meeting (7 May 2026)</title>
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Partners Gr&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;oup: May&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;- In-Person Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Partners Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Join our Partners Peer Support&amp;nbsp;Group to meet other adults who are in a relationship with someone who is Autistic, or has a similar Neurodivergent profile. Sharing experiences within the safe environment of our peer support meetings can be a lifeline, and sharing with people who have similar lived experience is validating and often educational. Your partner may be self-diagnosed or have a formal diagnosis, and you may share a household or live separately. We are an inclusive group and welcome partners of all genders and relationship types.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for AV members,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for non-members.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Registration is &lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for holders of a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;and for&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;first-time attendees.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Helvetica, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_4;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;How to access a free first-time attendee ticket for regular peer support groups.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica"&gt;How to register for, cancel or view registration details of an AV activity&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Adults Group: May - In-Person Meeting (21 May 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;Adults Group: May&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;- In-Person Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;About the Adults Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Our Adults Group is for older members of the Autistic community and those with other similar neurodivergent profiles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;It is more suitable for those who are aged 35 years and over, although younger adults are welcome to join in. (Young adults may prefer to attend our&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18095" target="_blank"&gt;Young Adults group&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;meetings as well as or instead of this group.)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This month we will be discussing: &lt;strong&gt;Managing Co-diagnoses.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
The Adults Group is a parent/carer free zone - we ask that parents / carers of attendees join our separate &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/parents-and-carers-group"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;(Autistic adults who are also parents or carers are most welcome to attend independently of the person they care for.)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#802081"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteers needed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;We’re looking for a volunteer Group Assistant to support our Group Leader and help to run the group. If you’re interested, please&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://bttr.im/gmwsd"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;complete our online volunteer application&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;or&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;contact AV admin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;for more information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group Leaders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders share the lived experience of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#92278F"&gt;Cost&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$10&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;for&lt;/font&gt; AV members, &lt;strong&gt;$15&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for non-member&lt;span&gt;s, &lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt; for holders of a &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158" target="_blank"&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and for first-time attendees&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/page-18158" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;Become an AV member&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;to access discounted tickets for groups and events, members-only programs, and to support the work our volunteers and staff team do for our community.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;If cost is a barrier, &lt;a href="mailto:admin@autismvalued.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;contact AV Admin&lt;/a&gt; or fill out our &lt;a href="https://forms.gle/MKoowiG9GaVZLrBu9" target="_blank"&gt;Hardship Fund&lt;/a&gt; application.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Venue information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 24px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House - 54 Power Avenue, Ashwood, 3145&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.powernh.org.au/"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House website&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://goo.gl/maps/nVSUj3Sm9G13ZGRX9"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House on Google Maps&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Public transport:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Holmesglen Station (700m). 624 bus (stops outside). On-street parking.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Accessibility: Ramp access at front and rear, accessible bathroom.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wanting to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;For in-person events, this allows us to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;ensure that we have enough volunteers attending on the night to support the group, and to ensure that the venue can safely accommodate all attendees.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;In the event that the activity is cancelled or transferred to an online meeting, we will only be able to let you know if you have registered.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;NB:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Unregistered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10. Please note that first-time attendee tickets must be requested before the meeting and are not available at the door.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;Community Guide: How to register for an AV activity, view details of an existing registration, or cancel a registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AbM3wVCxR517blD-4DsD0xIeKzhGfbfkpI0hs8Ck-vE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Community&lt;/font&gt; Guide&lt;font&gt;: How to pay for an AV activity registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;(includes details for PayPal, credit card, and bank transfer options)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Peer_Support_Groups_FAQs/" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;Peer Support Groups - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;includes answers to the most common questions about AV peer support groups).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;If you have further questions about the event, about AV, or need assistance with registering, please contact our AV admin team.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Adults Group: May - Online Meeting (26 May 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Adults Group: May&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font&gt;- Online Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;About the Adults Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Our Adults Group is for older members of the Autistic community and those with other similar neurodivergent profiles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;It is more suitable for those who are aged 35 years and over, although younger adults are welcome to join in. (Young adults may prefer to attend our&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18095" target="_blank"&gt;Young Adults group&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;meetings as well as or instead of this group.)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This month we will be talking about: &lt;strong&gt;Managing Co-diagnoses&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Adults Group is a parent/carer free zone - parents/carers of attendees are invited to join our separate&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/parents-and-carers-group" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;instead.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;(Autistic adults who are also parents or carers are most welcome.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This meeting will be online via Zoom.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We have included more information about Zoom and how to access the meeting below.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#802081"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteers needed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;We’re looking for a volunteer Group Assistant to support our Group Leader and help to run the group. If you’re interested, please&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://bttr.im/gmwsd"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;complete our online volunteer application&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;or&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact AV admin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;for more information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#662D91" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group Leaders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders are peers of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Cost:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$5&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for&lt;/font&gt; AV members, &lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for non-member&lt;span&gt;s&lt;span&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt; for holders of a &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158" target="_blank"&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and first-time attendees.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/page-18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Become an AV member today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;to access discounted tickets for activities, members-only programs and interest groups, and to support the work our AV team does for our community.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;If cost is a barrier, please&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;contact our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wishing to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"&gt;For online events, you need to register to receive the Zoom meeting link.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Unregistered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to register for an AV activity, view registration details, or cancel a registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AbM3wVCxR517blD-4DsD0xIeKzhGfbfkpI0hs8Ck-vE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to pay for an AV activity registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes details for PayPal, credit card, and bank transfer options)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/12LQFha42-t9SJNH-UTLWWwFLPDJ_eEsWk3hX3MeQ9dE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to access an AV Zoom Activity&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes tips on Zoom etiquette)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Documents/Zoom_Intro%20Aspergers%20Victoria.pdf"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;AV Zoom Guide&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes details of in-Zoom features)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Peer_Support_Groups_FAQs/"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;Peer Support Groups - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font face="Arial"&gt;(includes answers to the most common questions about AV peer support groups).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For assistance or more information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Call&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;0480 385 710&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;email our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Privacy-Policy" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;AV Privacy Policy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Young Adults Group: May - In-Person Meeting (28 May 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(146, 39, 143); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Pictures/young_adults.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="291" height="174"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;Young Adults Group: May&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font&gt;- In-Person Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;About the Young Adults Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Our Young Adults Group is a great place for Autistic and other similar Neurodivergent profile adults aged 18 years - 35 years (approx.) to meet, chat, and play games with no social pressure. As this is a parent/carer-free zone, we invite any parents or carers to attend our separate&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Groups"&gt;Parents &amp;amp; Carers group&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This activity is likely to be fully booked with a waiting list. We're very much looking forward to seeing everyone, however if something comes up and you can no longer attend, please make sure you cancel your registration so someone else can attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#662D91" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group Leaders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Matthew -&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/55917591"&gt;YA Group Leader&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Cal, Brooklyn, Tim, Todd, Corey - YA Mentors&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders share the lived experience of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#662D91"&gt;Cost:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;$5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;for members,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;for non-members,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;for +Groups membership holders and first-time attendees.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/page-18158"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Become an AV member today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;to access discounted tickets for activities, members-only programs and interest groups, and to support the work our AV team does for our community.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;If cost is a barrier, please&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"&gt;&amp;nbsp;or fill out our &lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfTFovbWRMcRqu8wc2cOO08DRp1_DjwXUENGu_OBe0VTpMZrw/viewform" target="_blank"&gt;Hardship Fund&lt;/a&gt; application form.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;Venue Information&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Amaroo&amp;nbsp;Neighbourhood Centre -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;34 Amaroo Street&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;Chadstone, VIC, 3148&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.amaroonc.org.au/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Amaroo&amp;nbsp;Neighbourhood Centre Website&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/34+Amaroo+St,+Chadstone+VIC+3148/@-37.8796348,145.0875797,14.86z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x6ad66a823b348141:0x2b6f50e08446e237!8m2!3d-37.8791282!4d145.0996973!16s%252Fg%252F11bw41t0l0?entry=ttu&amp;amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Amaroo&amp;nbsp;Neighbourhood Centre on Google Maps&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Public transport:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Holmesglen Station (1.3km). 623 &amp;amp; 767 bus (350m) . There is a parking lot and on-street parking.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Accessibility: Ramp access at front and rear, accessible bathroom.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wishing to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font&gt;For in-person events, this allows us to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;ensure that we have enough volunteers attending on the night to support the group, and to ensure that the venue can safely accommodate all attendees.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;In the event that the activity is cancelled or transferred to an online meeting, we will only be able to let you know if you have registered.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NB:&lt;/strong&gt; Unregistered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica"&gt;How to register for an AV activity&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AbM3wVCxR517blD-4DsD0xIeKzhGfbfkpI0hs8Ck-vE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;How to make a payment for an AV activity registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes details for PayPal, credit card, and bank transfer options)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bJe_0FRrh4jK9EUyS4Re9nUDPfsur76rS_T9WTIO-PI/edit#"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica"&gt;How to view your registration details or cancel a registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Peer_Support_Groups_FAQs/"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Peer Support Groups - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font&gt;(includes answers to the most common questions about AV peer support groups).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For assistance or more information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Call&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;0480 385 710&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;email our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The AV phone is switched on from 9am to 5pm, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Please note that our email inbox is not monitored outside business hours.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Privacy-Policy" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;AV Privacy Policy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/events-tandc" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;AV Event T&amp;amp;Cs&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://aspergersvic.org.au/event-6637037</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Parents &amp; Carers Group: May - Online Meeting (28 May 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(146, 39, 143); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Pictures/Parents%20and%20Carers.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="200" height="200" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Pictures/Zoom%20Meeting.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="297" height="200"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group: May&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- Online Meeting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;About the Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;Are you a parent/carer of someone who is Autistic or similarly Neurodivergent? Do you want to meet people who share similar experiences with you?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;The group meets monthly, acting as an opportunity to chat, share advice, and discuss among people with similar-lived experience.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This is an online peer support meeting &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;open to all parents and carers &lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"&gt;(including Autistic parents/carers)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;of Autistic children, teens and adults to meet, chat, exchange ideas and find support&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Our Peer Support Groups are volunteer led by those with lived experience who are peers of the groups they lead.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group Leaders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Our Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group Leaders are Toni, Sue, Lucy, Adriana and Karen.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders share the lived experience of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for AV members,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for non-members.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for +Groups membership holders and first-time attendees.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/page-18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Become an AV member today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;to access discounted tickets for activities, members-only programs and interest groups, and to support the work our AV team does for our community.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;If cost is a barrier, please&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"&gt;&amp;nbsp;or fill out our &lt;a href="https://forms.gle/MKoowiG9GaVZLrBu9" target="_blank"&gt;Hardship Fund&lt;/a&gt; application form.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wishing to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;For online events, you will need to register to receive the Zoom meeting link.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;First-time attendee tickets must be requested at least 24 hours before the meeting.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Partners Group: June - Online Meeting (4 Jun 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Pictures/Partners%20Image.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="255" height="170"&gt;&lt;img src="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Pictures/Zoom%20Meeting.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="252" height="170"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Partners Gr&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;oup: June&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;- Online Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Partners Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Join our Partners Peer Support&amp;nbsp;Group to meet other adults who are in a relationship with someone who is Autistic or has a similar Neurodivergent profile. Sharing experiences within the safe environment of our peer support meetings can be a lifeline, and sharing with people who have similar lived experience is validating and often educational. Your partner may be self-diagnosed or have a formal diagnosis, and you may share a household or live separately. We are an inclusive group and welcome partners of all genders and relationship types.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;This session is&lt;/span&gt; facilitated by our &lt;a href="mailto:partners@autismvalued.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;Partners Group Leaders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders share the lived experience of their group participants and welcome new attendees.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for AV members,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for non-members.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Registration is &lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for holders of a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;and for&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;first-time attendees.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;How to access a free first-time attendee ticket for regular peer support groups.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/page-18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Become an AV member today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;to access discounted tickets for groups and events, members-only programs and interest groups, and to support the wonderful work our volunteers and staff team do for our community.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wishing to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Unregistered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica"&gt;How to register for, cancel or view registration details of an AV activity&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AbM3wVCxR517blD-4DsD0xIeKzhGfbfkpI0hs8Ck-vE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;How to make a payment for an AV activity registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;(includes details for PayPal, credit card, and bank transfer options)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Documents/Zoom_Intro%20Aspergers%20Victoria.pdf" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;AV Zoom Guide&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;(includes details of in-Zoom features)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Women &amp; Non-Binary Folk Group: June - Online Meeting (6 Jun 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#662D91" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Our Women &amp;amp; Non-Binary Folk Group is a great place to connect with other&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Autistic women (cis and trans) and&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;non-binary&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;folk to chat about your experiences&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;, share ideas, exchange advice, and support each other. You are also welcome to attend our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18133"&gt;Adults Group&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Rainbow_Spectrum_Group" target="_blank"&gt;Rainbow Spectrum Group&lt;/a&gt;, or our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18132"&gt;Young Adults Group&lt;/a&gt;, or all of them!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$5&lt;/strong&gt; for AV members, &lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt; for non-members. &lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt; for holders of a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and for first-time attendees.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Our Adults Group is for older members of the Autistic community and those with other similar neurodivergent profiles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;It is more suitable for those who are aged 35 years and over, although younger adults are welcome to join in. (Young adults may prefer to attend our&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18095" target="_blank"&gt;Young Adults group&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;meetings as well as or instead of this group.)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;We’re looking for a volunteer Group Assistant to support our Group Leader and help to run the group. If you’re interested, please&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://bttr.im/gmwsd"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;complete our online volunteer application&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;or&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;contact AV admin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;for more information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group Leaders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders share the lived experience of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#92278F"&gt;Cost&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$10&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;for&lt;/font&gt; AV members, &lt;strong&gt;$15&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for non-member&lt;span&gt;s, &lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt; for holders of a &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158" target="_blank"&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and for first-time attendees&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/page-18158" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;Become an AV member&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;to access discounted tickets for groups and events, members-only programs, and to support the work our volunteers and staff team do for our community.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;If cost is a barrier, &lt;a href="mailto:admin@autismvalued.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;contact AV Admin&lt;/a&gt; or fill out our &lt;a href="https://forms.gle/MKoowiG9GaVZLrBu9" target="_blank"&gt;Hardship Fund&lt;/a&gt; application.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Venue information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 24px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House - 54 Power Avenue, Ashwood, 3145&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.powernh.org.au/"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House website&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://goo.gl/maps/nVSUj3Sm9G13ZGRX9"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House on Google Maps&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Public transport:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Holmesglen Station (700m). 624 bus (stops outside). On-street parking.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Accessibility: Ramp access at front and rear, accessible bathroom.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wanting to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;For in-person events, this allows us to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;ensure that we have enough volunteers attending on the night to support the group, and to ensure that the venue can safely accommodate all attendees.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;In the event that the activity is cancelled or transferred to an online meeting, we will only be able to let you know if you have registered.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;NB:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Unregistered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10. Please note that first-time attendee tickets must be requested before the meeting and are not available at the door.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;Community Guide: How to register for an AV activity, view details of an existing registration, or cancel a registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AbM3wVCxR517blD-4DsD0xIeKzhGfbfkpI0hs8Ck-vE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Community&lt;/font&gt; Guide&lt;font&gt;: How to pay for an AV activity registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;(includes details for PayPal, credit card, and bank transfer options)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Peer_Support_Groups_FAQs/" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;Peer Support Groups - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;includes answers to the most common questions about AV peer support groups).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For assistance or more information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;If you have further questions about the event, about AV, or need assistance with registering, please contact our AV admin team.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Call &lt;strong&gt;0480 385 710&lt;/strong&gt; or&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285" style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;email us&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;Please note that our email inbox is not monitored outside business hours.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Privacy-Policy" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;AV Privacy Policy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Adults Group: June - Online Meeting (23 Jun 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(146, 39, 143); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Pictures/Parents%20carers%20Online%20Zoom%20meeting.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="548" height="147"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Adults Group: June&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font&gt;- Online Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;About the Adults Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Our Adults Group is for older members of the Autistic community and those with other similar neurodivergent profiles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;It is more suitable for those who are aged 35 years and over, although younger adults are welcome to join in. (Young adults may prefer to attend our&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18095" target="_blank"&gt;Young Adults group&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;meetings as well as or instead of this group.)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This month we will be talking about: &lt;strong&gt;NDIS and Other Supports&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Adults Group is a parent/carer free zone - parents/carers of attendees are invited to join our separate&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/parents-and-carers-group" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;instead.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;(Autistic adults who are also parents or carers are most welcome.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This meeting will be online via Zoom.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We have included more information about Zoom and how to access the meeting below.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#802081"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteers needed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;We’re looking for a volunteer Group Assistant to support our Group Leader and help to run the group. If you’re interested, please&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://bttr.im/gmwsd"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;complete our online volunteer application&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;or&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact AV admin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;for more information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#662D91" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group Leaders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders are peers of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Cost:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$5&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for&lt;/font&gt; AV members, &lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for non-member&lt;span&gt;s&lt;span&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt; for holders of a &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158" target="_blank"&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and first-time attendees.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/page-18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Become an AV member today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;to access discounted tickets for activities, members-only programs and interest groups, and to support the work our AV team does for our community.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;If cost is a barrier, please&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;contact our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wishing to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"&gt;For online events, you need to register to receive the Zoom meeting link.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to register for an AV activity, view registration details, or cancel a registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/12LQFha42-t9SJNH-UTLWWwFLPDJ_eEsWk3hX3MeQ9dE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to access an AV Zoom Activity&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes tips on Zoom etiquette)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Documents/Zoom_Intro%20Aspergers%20Victoria.pdf"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;AV Zoom Guide&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes details of in-Zoom features)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Peer_Support_Groups_FAQs/"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;Peer Support Groups - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font face="Arial"&gt;(includes answers to the most common questions about AV peer support groups).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Adults Group: July - In-Person Meeting (16 Jul 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(146, 39, 143); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Pictures/Adults%20in%2030s%20social%20groups%20page.JPG" alt="" title="" border="0" width="341" height="199"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;Adults Group: July&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;- In-Person Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;About the Adults Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Our Adults Group is for older members of the Autistic community and those with other similar neurodivergent profiles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;It is more suitable for those who are aged 35 years and over, although younger adults are welcome to join in. (Young adults may prefer to attend our&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18095" target="_blank"&gt;Young Adults group&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;meetings as well as or instead of this group.)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This month we will be discussing: &lt;strong&gt;Intense Interests and Other Enjoyments&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
The Adults Group is a parent/carer free zone - we ask that parents / carers of attendees join our separate &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/parents-and-carers-group"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;(Autistic adults who are also parents or carers are most welcome to attend independently of the person they care for.)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#802081"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteers needed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;We’re looking for a volunteer Group Assistant to support our Group Leader and help to run the group. If you’re interested, please&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://bttr.im/gmwsd"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;complete our online volunteer application&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;or&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;contact AV admin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;for more information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group Leaders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders share the lived experience of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#92278F"&gt;Cost&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$10&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;for&lt;/font&gt; AV members, &lt;strong&gt;$15&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for non-member&lt;span&gt;s, &lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt; for holders of a &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158" target="_blank"&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and for first-time attendees&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/page-18158" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;Become an AV member&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;to access discounted tickets for groups and events, members-only programs, and to support the work our volunteers and staff team do for our community.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;If cost is a barrier, &lt;a href="mailto:admin@autismvalued.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;contact AV Admin&lt;/a&gt; or fill out our &lt;a href="https://forms.gle/MKoowiG9GaVZLrBu9" target="_blank"&gt;Hardship Fund&lt;/a&gt; application.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Venue information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House - 54 Power Avenue, Ashwood, 3145&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.powernh.org.au/"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House website&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://goo.gl/maps/nVSUj3Sm9G13ZGRX9"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House on Google Maps&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Public transport:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Holmesglen Station (700m). 624 bus (stops outside). On-street parking.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Accessibility: Ramp access at front and rear, accessible bathroom.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;For in-person events, this allows us to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;ensure that we have enough volunteers attending on the night to support the group, and to ensure that the venue can safely accommodate all attendees.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;In the event that the activity is cancelled or transferred to an online meeting, we will only be able to let you know if you have registered.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;Community Guide: How to register for an AV activity, view details of an existing registration, or cancel a registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For assistance or more information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Privacy-Policy" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;AV Privacy Policy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Adults Group: July - Online Meeting (21 Jul 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(146, 39, 143); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Pictures/Parents%20carers%20Online%20Zoom%20meeting.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="548" height="147"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Adults Group: July&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font&gt;- Online Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;About the Adults Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Our Adults Group is for older members of the Autistic community and those with other similar neurodivergent profiles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;It is more suitable for those who are aged 35 years and over, although younger adults are welcome to join in. (Young adults may prefer to attend our&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18095" target="_blank"&gt;Young Adults group&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;meetings as well as or instead of this group.)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This month we will be talking about: &lt;strong&gt;Intense Interests and Other Enjoyments&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Adults Group is a parent/carer free zone - parents/carers of attendees are invited to join our separate&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/parents-and-carers-group" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;instead.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;(Autistic adults who are also parents or carers are most welcome.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This meeting will be online via Zoom.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We have included more information about Zoom and how to access the meeting below.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#802081"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteers needed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;We’re looking for a volunteer Group Assistant to support our Group Leader and help to run the group. If you’re interested, please&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://bttr.im/gmwsd"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;complete our online volunteer application&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;or&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact AV admin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;for more information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#662D91" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group Leaders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders are peers of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Cost:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$5&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for&lt;/font&gt; AV members, &lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for non-member&lt;span&gt;s&lt;span&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt; for holders of a &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158" target="_blank"&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and first-time attendees.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/page-18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Become an AV member today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;to access discounted tickets for activities, members-only programs and interest groups, and to support the work our AV team does for our community.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;If cost is a barrier, please&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;contact our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wishing to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"&gt;For online events, you need to register to receive the Zoom meeting link.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Unregistered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Partners Group: August - Online Meeting (6 Aug 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Pictures/Partners%20Image.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="255" height="170"&gt;&lt;img src="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Pictures/Zoom%20Meeting.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="252" height="170"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Partners Gr&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;oup: August&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;- Online Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Partners Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Join our Partners Peer Support&amp;nbsp;Group to meet other adults who are in a relationship with someone who is Autistic or has a similar Neurodivergent profile. Sharing experiences within the safe environment of our peer support meetings can be a lifeline, and sharing with people who have similar lived experience is validating and often educational. Your partner may be self-diagnosed or have a formal diagnosis, and you may share a household or live separately. We are an inclusive group and welcome partners of all genders and relationship types.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for AV members,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for non-members.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Registration is &lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for holders of a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;and for&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;first-time attendees.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;How to access a free first-time attendee ticket for regular peer support groups.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/page-18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Become an AV member today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;to access discounted tickets for groups and events, members-only programs and interest groups, and to support the wonderful work our volunteers and staff team do for our community.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;If cost is a barrier, please&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;or fill out our &lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfTFovbWRMcRqu8wc2cOO08DRp1_DjwXUENGu_OBe0VTpMZrw/viewform" target="_blank"&gt;Hardship Fund&lt;/a&gt; application form.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wishing to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica"&gt;How to register for, cancel or view registration details of an AV activity&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AbM3wVCxR517blD-4DsD0xIeKzhGfbfkpI0hs8Ck-vE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;How to make a payment for an AV activity registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;(includes details for PayPal, credit card, and bank transfer options)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/12LQFha42-t9SJNH-UTLWWwFLPDJ_eEsWk3hX3MeQ9dE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;How to access an AV Zoom Activity&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;(includes tips on Zoom etiquette)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Adults Group: August - In-Person Meeting (20 Aug 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(146, 39, 143); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Pictures/Adults%20in%2030s%20social%20groups%20page.JPG" alt="" title="" border="0" width="341" height="199"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;Adults Group: August&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;- In-Person Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;About the Adults Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Our Adults Group is for older members of the Autistic community and those with other similar neurodivergent profiles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;It is more suitable for those who are aged 35 years and over, although younger adults are welcome to join in. (Young adults may prefer to attend our&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18095" target="_blank"&gt;Young Adults group&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;meetings as well as or instead of this group.)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This month we will be discussing: &lt;strong&gt;Being your True Self and Keeping Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
The Adults Group is a parent/carer free zone - we ask that parents / carers of attendees join our separate &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/parents-and-carers-group"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;(Autistic adults who are also parents or carers are most welcome to attend independently of the person they care for.)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#802081"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteers needed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;We’re looking for a volunteer Group Assistant to support our Group Leader and help to run the group. If you’re interested, please&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://bttr.im/gmwsd"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;complete our online volunteer application&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;or&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;contact AV admin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;for more information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group Leaders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders share the lived experience of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#92278F"&gt;Cost&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$10&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;for&lt;/font&gt; AV members, &lt;strong&gt;$15&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for non-member&lt;span&gt;s, &lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt; for holders of a &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158" target="_blank"&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and for first-time attendees&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/page-18158" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;Become an AV member&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;to access discounted tickets for groups and events, members-only programs, and to support the work our volunteers and staff team do for our community.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;If cost is a barrier, &lt;a href="mailto:admin@autismvalued.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;contact AV Admin&lt;/a&gt; or fill out our &lt;a href="https://forms.gle/MKoowiG9GaVZLrBu9" target="_blank"&gt;Hardship Fund&lt;/a&gt; application.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Venue information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House - 54 Power Avenue, Ashwood, 3145&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.powernh.org.au/"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House website&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://goo.gl/maps/nVSUj3Sm9G13ZGRX9"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House on Google Maps&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Public transport:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Holmesglen Station (700m). 624 bus (stops outside). On-street parking.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Accessibility: Ramp access at front and rear, accessible bathroom.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wanting to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;For in-person events, this allows us to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;ensure that we have enough volunteers attending on the night to support the group, and to ensure that the venue can safely accommodate all attendees.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;NB:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Unregistered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10. Please note that first-time attendee tickets must be requested before the meeting and are not available at the door.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://aspergersvic.org.au/event-6607901</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Adults Group: August - Online Meeting (25 Aug 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Adults Group: August&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;About the Adults Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Our Adults Group is for older members of the Autistic community and those with other similar neurodivergent profiles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;It is more suitable for those who are aged 35 years and over, although younger adults are welcome to join in. (Young adults may prefer to attend our&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18095" target="_blank"&gt;Young Adults group&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;meetings as well as or instead of this group.)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This month we will be talking about: &lt;strong&gt;Being Your True Self and Keeping Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Adults Group is a parent/carer free zone - parents/carers of attendees are invited to join our separate&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/parents-and-carers-group" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;instead.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;(Autistic adults who are also parents or carers are most welcome.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This meeting will be online via Zoom.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We have included more information about Zoom and how to access the meeting below.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#802081"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteers needed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;We’re looking for a volunteer Group Assistant to support our Group Leader and help to run the group. If you’re interested, please&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://bttr.im/gmwsd"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;complete our online volunteer application&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;or&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact AV admin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;for more information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#662D91" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group Leaders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders are peers of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Cost:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$5&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for&lt;/font&gt; AV members, &lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for non-member&lt;span&gt;s&lt;span&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt; for holders of a &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158" target="_blank"&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and first-time attendees.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/page-18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Become an AV member today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;to access discounted tickets for activities, members-only programs and interest groups, and to support the work our AV team does for our community.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;If cost is a barrier, please&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;contact our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wishing to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"&gt;For online events, you need to register to receive the Zoom meeting link.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Unregistered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to register for an AV activity, view registration details, or cancel a registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AbM3wVCxR517blD-4DsD0xIeKzhGfbfkpI0hs8Ck-vE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to pay for an AV activity registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes details for PayPal, credit card, and bank transfer options)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/12LQFha42-t9SJNH-UTLWWwFLPDJ_eEsWk3hX3MeQ9dE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to access an AV Zoom Activity&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes tips on Zoom etiquette)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Documents/Zoom_Intro%20Aspergers%20Victoria.pdf"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;AV Zoom Guide&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes details of in-Zoom features)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Peer_Support_Groups_FAQs/"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;Peer Support Groups - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font face="Arial"&gt;(includes answers to the most common questions about AV peer support groups).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Call&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;0480 385 710&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;email our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Privacy-Policy" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;AV Privacy Policy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Adults Group: September - In-Person Meeting (17 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(146, 39, 143); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Pictures/Adults%20in%2030s%20social%20groups%20page.JPG" alt="" title="" border="0" width="341" height="199"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;Adults Group: September&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;- In-Person Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;About the Adults Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Our Adults Group is for older members of the Autistic community and those with other similar neurodivergent profiles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;It is more suitable for those who are aged 35 years and over, although younger adults are welcome to join in. (Young adults may prefer to attend our&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18095" target="_blank"&gt;Young Adults group&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;meetings as well as or instead of this group.)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This month we will be discussing: &lt;strong&gt;Exploring Your Understanding of 'Autism'&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
The Adults Group is a parent/carer free zone - we ask that parents / carers of attendees join our separate &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/parents-and-carers-group"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;(Autistic adults who are also parents or carers are most welcome to attend independently of the person they care for.)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#802081"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteers needed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;We’re looking for a volunteer Group Assistant to support our Group Leader and help to run the group. If you’re interested, please&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://bttr.im/gmwsd"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;complete our online volunteer application&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;or&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;contact AV admin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;for more information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group Leaders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders share the lived experience of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#92278F"&gt;Cost&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$10&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;for&lt;/font&gt; AV members, &lt;strong&gt;$15&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for non-member&lt;span&gt;s, &lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt; for holders of a &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158" target="_blank"&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and for first-time attendees&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/page-18158" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;Become an AV member&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;to access discounted tickets for groups and events, members-only programs, and to support the work our volunteers and staff team do for our community.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;If cost is a barrier, &lt;a href="mailto:admin@autismvalued.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;contact AV Admin&lt;/a&gt; or fill out our &lt;a href="https://forms.gle/MKoowiG9GaVZLrBu9" target="_blank"&gt;Hardship Fund&lt;/a&gt; application.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Venue information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 24px;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House - 54 Power Avenue, Ashwood, 3145&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.powernh.org.au/"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House website&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://goo.gl/maps/nVSUj3Sm9G13ZGRX9"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House on Google Maps&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Public transport:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Holmesglen Station (700m). 624 bus (stops outside). On-street parking.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Accessibility: Ramp access at front and rear, accessible bathroom.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wanting to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;For in-person events, this allows us to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;ensure that we have enough volunteers attending on the night to support the group, and to ensure that the venue can safely accommodate all attendees.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;In the event that the activity is cancelled or transferred to an online meeting, we will only be able to let you know if you have registered.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;NB:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Unregistered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10. Please note that first-time attendee tickets must be requested before the meeting and are not available at the door.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;Community Guide: How to register for an AV activity, view details of an existing registration, or cancel a registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AbM3wVCxR517blD-4DsD0xIeKzhGfbfkpI0hs8Ck-vE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Community&lt;/font&gt; Guide&lt;font&gt;: How to pay for an AV activity registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;(includes details for PayPal, credit card, and bank transfer options)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Peer_Support_Groups_FAQs/" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;Peer Support Groups - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;includes answers to the most common questions about AV peer support groups).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For assistance or more information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;If you have further questions about the event, about AV, or need assistance with registering, please contact our AV admin team.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Call &lt;strong&gt;0480 385 710&lt;/strong&gt; or&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285" style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;email us&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;Please note that our email inbox is not monitored outside business hours.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Privacy-Policy" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;AV Privacy Policy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Adults Group: September - Online Meeting (22 Sep 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(146, 39, 143); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Pictures/Parents%20carers%20Online%20Zoom%20meeting.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="548" height="147"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Adults Group: September&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font&gt;- Online Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;About the Adults Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Our Adults Group is for older members of the Autistic community and those with other similar neurodivergent profiles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;It is more suitable for those who are aged 35 years and over, although younger adults are welcome to join in. (Young adults may prefer to attend our&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18095" target="_blank"&gt;Young Adults group&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;meetings as well as or instead of this group.)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This month we will be talking about: &lt;strong&gt;Exploring your Understanding of 'Autism'&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Adults Group is a parent/carer free zone - parents/carers of attendees are invited to join our separate&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/parents-and-carers-group" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;instead.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;(Autistic adults who are also parents or carers are most welcome.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This meeting will be online via Zoom.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We have included more information about Zoom and how to access the meeting below.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#802081"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteers needed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;We’re looking for a volunteer Group Assistant to support our Group Leader and help to run the group. If you’re interested, please&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://bttr.im/gmwsd"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;complete our online volunteer application&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;or&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact AV admin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;for more information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#662D91" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group Leaders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders are peers of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Cost:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$5&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for&lt;/font&gt; AV members, &lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for non-member&lt;span&gt;s&lt;span&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt; for holders of a &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158" target="_blank"&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and first-time attendees.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/page-18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Become an AV member today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;to access discounted tickets for activities, members-only programs and interest groups, and to support the work our AV team does for our community.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;If cost is a barrier, please&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;contact our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wishing to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"&gt;For online events, you need to register to receive the Zoom meeting link.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to register for an AV activity, view registration details, or cancel a registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/12LQFha42-t9SJNH-UTLWWwFLPDJ_eEsWk3hX3MeQ9dE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to access an AV Zoom Activity&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes tips on Zoom etiquette)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Documents/Zoom_Intro%20Aspergers%20Victoria.pdf"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;AV Zoom Guide&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes details of in-Zoom features)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Peer_Support_Groups_FAQs/"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;Peer Support Groups - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font face="Arial"&gt;(includes answers to the most common questions about AV peer support groups).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Partners Group: October - Online Meeting (1 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Pictures/Partners%20Image.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="255" height="170"&gt;&lt;img src="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Pictures/Zoom%20Meeting.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="252" height="170"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Partners Gr&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;oup: October&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;- Online Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Partners Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Join our Partners Peer Support&amp;nbsp;Group to meet other adults who are in a relationship with someone who is Autistic or has a similar Neurodivergent profile. Sharing experiences within the safe environment of our peer support meetings can be a lifeline, and sharing with people who have similar lived experience is validating and often educational. Your partner may be self-diagnosed or have a formal diagnosis, and you may share a household or live separately. We are an inclusive group and welcome partners of all genders and relationship types.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;This session is&lt;/span&gt; facilitated by our &lt;a href="mailto:partners@autismvalued.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;Partners Group Leaders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders share the lived experience of their group participants and welcome new attendees.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for AV members,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for non-members.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Registration is &lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for holders of a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;and for&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;first-time attendees.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;How to access a free first-time attendee ticket for regular peer support groups.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/page-18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Become an AV member today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;to access discounted tickets for groups and events, members-only programs and interest groups, and to support the wonderful work our volunteers and staff team do for our community.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;If cost is a barrier, please&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;or fill out our &lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfTFovbWRMcRqu8wc2cOO08DRp1_DjwXUENGu_OBe0VTpMZrw/viewform" target="_blank"&gt;Hardship Fund&lt;/a&gt; application form.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wishing to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;For online events, you will need to register to receive the Zoom meeting link.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Unregistered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica"&gt;How to register for, cancel or view registration details of an AV activity&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AbM3wVCxR517blD-4DsD0xIeKzhGfbfkpI0hs8Ck-vE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;How to make a payment for an AV activity registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;(includes details for PayPal, credit card, and bank transfer options)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/12LQFha42-t9SJNH-UTLWWwFLPDJ_eEsWk3hX3MeQ9dE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;How to access an AV Zoom Activity&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;(includes tips on Zoom etiquette)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Documents/Zoom_Intro%20Aspergers%20Victoria.pdf" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;AV Zoom Guide&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;(includes details of in-Zoom features)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Peer_Support_Groups_FAQs/" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Peer Support Groups - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;(includes answers to the most common questions about AV peer support groups).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;The AV phone is switched on from 9am to 5pm, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Please note that our email inbox is not monitored outside business hours.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Adults Group: October - In-Person Meeting (15 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(146, 39, 143); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Pictures/Adults%20in%2030s%20social%20groups%20page.JPG" alt="" title="" border="0" width="341" height="199"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;Adults Group: October&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;- In-Person Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;About the Adults Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Our Adults Group is for older members of the Autistic community and those with other similar neurodivergent profiles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;It is more suitable for those who are aged 35 years and over, although younger adults are welcome to join in. (Young adults may prefer to attend our&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18095" target="_blank"&gt;Young Adults group&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;meetings as well as or instead of this group.)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This month we will be discussing: &lt;strong&gt;Energy/Capacity for the Task of Daily Life&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
The Adults Group is a parent/carer free zone - we ask that parents / carers of attendees join our separate &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/parents-and-carers-group"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;(Autistic adults who are also parents or carers are most welcome to attend independently of the person they care for.)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#802081"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteers needed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;We’re looking for a volunteer Group Assistant to support our Group Leader and help to run the group. If you’re interested, please&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://bttr.im/gmwsd"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;complete our online volunteer application&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;or&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;contact AV admin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;for more information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group Leaders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders share the lived experience of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#92278F"&gt;Cost&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$10&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;for&lt;/font&gt; AV members, &lt;strong&gt;$15&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for non-member&lt;span&gt;s, &lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt; for holders of a &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158" target="_blank"&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and for first-time attendees&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/page-18158" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;Become an AV member&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;to access discounted tickets for groups and events, members-only programs, and to support the work our volunteers and staff team do for our community.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;If cost is a barrier, &lt;a href="mailto:admin@autismvalued.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;contact AV Admin&lt;/a&gt; or fill out our &lt;a href="https://forms.gle/MKoowiG9GaVZLrBu9" target="_blank"&gt;Hardship Fund&lt;/a&gt; application.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Venue information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House - 54 Power Avenue, Ashwood, 3145&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.powernh.org.au/"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House website&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://goo.gl/maps/nVSUj3Sm9G13ZGRX9"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House on Google Maps&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Public transport:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Holmesglen Station (700m). 624 bus (stops outside). On-street parking.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Accessibility: Ramp access at front and rear, accessible bathroom.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wanting to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;For in-person events, this allows us to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;ensure that we have enough volunteers attending on the night to support the group, and to ensure that the venue can safely accommodate all attendees.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;In the event that the activity is cancelled or transferred to an online meeting, we will only be able to let you know if you have registered.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;NB:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Unregistered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10. Please note that first-time attendee tickets must be requested before the meeting and are not available at the door.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;Community Guide: How to register for an AV activity, view details of an existing registration, or cancel a registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Adults Group: October - Online Meeting (20 Oct 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Adults Group: October&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font&gt;- Online Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;About the Adults Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Our Adults Group is for older members of the Autistic community and those with other similar neurodivergent profiles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;It is more suitable for those who are aged 35 years and over, although younger adults are welcome to join in. (Young adults may prefer to attend our&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18095" target="_blank"&gt;Young Adults group&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;meetings as well as or instead of this group.)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This month we will be talking about: &lt;strong&gt;Capacity/Energy for the Daily Tasks of Life&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Adults Group is a parent/carer free zone - parents/carers of attendees are invited to join our separate&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/parents-and-carers-group" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;instead.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;(Autistic adults who are also parents or carers are most welcome.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This meeting will be online via Zoom.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We have included more information about Zoom and how to access the meeting below.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#802081"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteers needed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;We’re looking for a volunteer Group Assistant to support our Group Leader and help to run the group. If you’re interested, please&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://bttr.im/gmwsd"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;complete our online volunteer application&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;or&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact AV admin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;for more information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#662D91" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group Leaders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders are peers of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Cost:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$5&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for&lt;/font&gt; AV members, &lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for non-member&lt;span&gt;s&lt;span&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt; for holders of a &lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158" target="_blank"&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and first-time attendees.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/page-18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Become an AV member today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;to access discounted tickets for activities, members-only programs and interest groups, and to support the work our AV team does for our community.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wishing to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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