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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Values

Acceptance
Openness
Understanding
Equality
Reciprocity
Mutuality
Love

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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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BackOnMyBS

Tell us you were late-diagnosed/discovered as autistic without telling us directly (self.autism)

submitted 1 year ago by BackOnMyBS to c/autism

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Tell us that you discovered you were autistic as an adult without directly telling us that. Imply it by sharing personal experiences.

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[–] Deestan 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't understand why people with autistic kids describe their kids needs as special. These needs are all completely normal. There must be some misunderstanding.

...oh

[–] BackOnMyBS 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lmaoooooo 😂

I've heard so many accounts of parents learning they were autistic because their kids were discovered to be autistic.

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

Yeap that'd be me. We always joked about it growing up, but once I took my son to his first screening I was a bit freaked out.