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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.

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

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  3. Your posts must include a text body. It doesn't have to be long, it just needs to be descriptive.
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  5. Be respectful in discussions.
  6. Do not post misinformation.
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  8. Do not promote Autism Speaks.
  9. General Lemmy World rules.

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  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.
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  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
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im gonna kinda blabber here.

you ever just want to do something for your interest just to change the next day also what is that called? i have autism, dyslexia, depression and im constantly bored for some reason. i find that im hard to entertain or to find something to do plus i struggle with learning. i really want to create something that i can share with others, maybe a short story? honestly im not sure. i feel like i need a creative hobby and things like sewing or anything to do with fabric dont interest me because i believe i may be a nerd. ive been wanting to do something from a my pc possibly but at this point im not sure anymore. i like dnd but i dont have friends to play with and i dont trust online activities.

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[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

We've talked about creating a wiki for our community, but no one has really jumped on it. If you feel like working on that, that would be cool. You'd have the experience of creating a wiki, learning a ton about autism, and have all the advocacy and education you shared to show for it. Keep in mind that the community is based on an autism acceptance perspective, not really a medical model.

I'd be happy to chat and collaborate with you on it if you're interested. However, that's only if you feel like it. Please don't feel the need to do it unless you absolutely feel driven to do so.