Autism

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

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Understanding
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Reciprocity
Mutuality
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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.

Encouraged

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.
Please report questionable posts and let the mods deal with it. Chat Room

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Are you seeking education, support groups, and more? Take a look at our list of helpful resources.

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It's Tuesday 03/25/2025. Hey, What's Going On! (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago by Lexam@lemmy.world to c/autism@lemmy.world

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Last day of on call. I would actually enjoy it if not for the disruption in sleep.

This is a daily post for “casual” conversation. If you want to post or talk about something non autism related this is where to do it. For example if you want to info dump about your special interest but it doesn’t fall into “autism related” then you can post it here in the comments. All other rules are still active, be respectful to each other.

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[–] Kojichan@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

New here ...

Struggling with everything. :(

Stressed on my own vacation because I'm rushed around by older people in my group who don't know how to stop and relax... and my sick husband is freaking out because I'm stressed we're late to meet them.

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[–] Lexam@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Ugh that sounds awful. We hate traveling with other people. But welcome to Lemmy!

[–] S0me0neNew@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Hi! I'm new to lemmy and this community! I've been tryin to separate myself from ideals that aren't my own (i.e. hate and censorship). Because of this I've been cancelling subscriptions and trying to find alternatives to my everyday apps and tools. I think today I'm finally swearing off reddit, so I've spent the morning adding new communities to my homepage. I'd love some recs if anyone has any favorites or hidden gems! (PS. Hope you get some regular Zs soon OP!)

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 days ago

Welcome to lemmy! Here’s a post that lists a bunch of active communities, if you haven’t seen it already.

In addition to the communities listed there, I also like !mealtimevideos@lemmy.world and !beebutts@lemmy.world

Are there any specific interests you’re trying to find communities for?