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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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Helpful Resources

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What would you like to see more from this community? (self.autism)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by BackOnMyBS to c/autism
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Hi all!

The mods are trying to improve this community to ensure that it is an amazing place for all of us. To do so, we would very much appreciate your recommendations. What would you like to see more from this community?

Additionally, we've noticed that several users have commented showing unawareness of the helpful resources we have provided via the links in the sidebar, so we will be making posts of each individual resource once per day to raise awareness of their existence.

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[โ€“] CapitalismsRefugee 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I appreciate this community and am grateful for the work you do to organize it and support its growth!