[amrb]

You should look up for hackerspace's in you city, it's a space with tools to do projects.

[varispeed]

Years ago I tried, but these places are not friendly to neurodivergent people. Usually bullies take all the space and if they see you do something interesting they hang around to steal whatever you are doing. There is nothing you can do about it if you have no money.

[mst]

It very much depends on which one, I find - the local one is primarily run -by- neurodivergent people so that tends not to be a problem.

[amrb]

Sorry to hear you had this experience, I would say its worth giving another go maybe you can check out the IRC first to check the vibe before committing.