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

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Open acceptance of all autism levels as a respectable neurotype.
Funny memes.
Respectful venting.
Describe posts of pictures/memes using text in the body for our visually impaired users.
Welcoming and accepting attitudes.
Questions regarding autism.
Questions on confusing situations.
Seeking and sharing support.
Engagement in our community's values.
Expressing a difference of opinion without directly insulting another user.
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submitted 1 year ago by warpslide@lemmy.ca to c/autism@lemmy.world

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[–] agentshags@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

uhh, nothin'

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

Word

[–] cyberfae@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I describe it as chaos

[–] VoxAdActa@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is part of why I got into writing.

"Whatcha thinkin' about?"

"Oh, my book! Let me tell you all about it! Or, better, do you want to read it? Here, I'll send it to you!"

I either get a beta reader for my latest project, or they never ask me stupid questions like that again. It's win/win.

[–] Persen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Then they hate you. This happened to me a couple of times.

[–] Seven@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But how do most nts answer this question well? How are you supossed to explain this, exactly?

[–] Seven@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

"what are you thinking about?"
"stuff"
"what stuff?"
"stuff that I can't easily put into words"