Well, the idea of having a club, especially if it's a focused club to support a safer space and environment for being social to people enough like you, provides much potential opportunity and resources for socialization we might not normally have or have to create.
Clubs specifically for people on the spectrum are hard to find, especially if you don't live near a metropolitan area. So, you have nothing to lose by continually giving yourself the opportunity to meet people and possibly connect with others. What socialization comes to is some luck and slowly connecting with others. Usually, that is done through common interests and being able to converse with each other on that. Even in an autistic club, this is probably still true.
Ultimately and ironically, it is you, yourself, and you who builds that ability to socialize and be okay with lots of rejection for sensical or non-sensical reasons and to be able to move on no matter what the circumstance. We may not connect as easily as others, but it doesn't mean we can't connect. It probably takes us longer and that is okay.
Part of the "secret" to being social I realized is we can stand up for ourselves with confidence and not let others walk all over us, but at the same time we can respect others around us. Balance.
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