Toad, 20-year-old Danish woman living in Copenhagen, has been lonely her whole life. She is autistic, and as a child, did not have any friends. When she moved from the country to the city, not much changed. `They says it´s a phase, but a phase becomes a life,` she says, surrounded by six other young adults in a cozy apartment in Copenhagen-all of whom are working on becoming less lonely. Toad is among the attendees of Ventilen, or `friend to one` in Danish, a 20-year-old organization set up to bring 15-to-25-year-olds together twice a week with two or three volunteers. Together, the people in the group play games, make meals, go to the cinema, and build the human connections that many feel...
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