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Autism

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A community for respectful discussion and memes related to autism acceptance. All neurotypes are welcome.

We have created our own instance! Visit Autism Place the following community for more info.

Community:

Values

  • Acceptance
  • Openness
  • Understanding
  • Equality
  • Reciprocity
  • Mutuality
  • Love

Rules

  1. No abusive, derogatory, or offensive post/comments e.g: racism, sexism, religious hatred, homophobia, gatekeeping, trolling.
  2. Posts must be related to autism, off-topic discussions happen in the matrix chat.
  3. Your posts must include a text body. It doesn't have to be long, it just needs to be descriptive.
  4. Do not request donations.
  5. Be respectful in discussions.
  6. Do not post misinformation.
  7. Mark NSFW content accordingly.
  8. Do not promote Autism Speaks.
  9. General Lemmy World rules.

Encouraged

  1. Open acceptance of all autism levels as a respectable neurotype.
  2. Funny memes.
  3. Respectful venting.
  4. Describe posts of pictures/memes using text in the body for our visually impaired users.
  5. Welcoming and accepting attitudes.
  6. Questions regarding autism.
  7. Questions on confusing situations.
  8. Seeking and sharing support.
  9. Engagement in our community's values.
  10. Expressing a difference of opinion without directly insulting another user.
  11. Please report questionable posts and let the mods deal with it. Chat Room
  • We have a chat room! Want to engage in dialogue? Come join us at the community's Matrix Chat.

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Sorry for the external link, but Lemmy wouldn’t allow me to post the whole text. As mentioned at the start, feel free to contribute or debate as you see fit, I might update this post later on.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Super useful post! Lemmy has issues with long posts at the moment. Let's hope that gets fixed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Very informative, and well thought-out!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
  • I'm feeling close-minded today. Can you argue why autism isn't intrisically negative? -

Somebody's had enough of judgmental hierarchical NT bs 😆

btw, if you build that up to be more comprehensive or terms, I'd love to put it on the sidebar

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I could try. Tell me what could be improved and in which ways and I'll give it some work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think a long comprehensive list of neurodivergence terms would be helpful, like aphantasia, dyslexia, stimming, masking, etc. Aside from that, there are some minor grammatical/formatting errors, but those are not bad at all. Let me know if you want any help with it! You could also seek support from the community by making a post directly asking for help. It's all up to you though. I'm just trying to get our community thriving :)