I look forward to seeing our friends in r/aspiememes join us.
(And now that I've contributed, back to my usual low-communication lurking o_o)
this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2023
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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
- 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.
- Do not request donations.
- Be respectful in discussions.
- Do not post misinformation.
- 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
- We have a chat room! Want to engage in dialogue? Come join us at the community's Matrix Chat.
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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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yes! aspiememes was one of the few remaining subs I would visit. most of my memes are from there
You should pin this post to the top
Good idea! I'm thinking of writing up a quick little intro on the purpose and goals for the sub, then including in this post. Thanks for the tip 🙂
This is exciting! I've only ever lurked on autism forums before but I really like the friendly vibe here. Looking forward to seeing this place grow. 👍
im excited too! if you have any ideas on how to help this place, feel free to share. it's a place for all of us.
We're in on the ground floor!
It's exciting, right?! I'm really happy to be here for it. Thanks for being here too 😁
Thank you for creating this. I look forward to a safe space for discussions.
you're very welcome!
2 days and 93 subscribers already, good job
thank you! We're doing it collectively. I'm looking forward to our further growth.
r/Aspiememes and r/Autism were both places that I really felt that others understood who I was and how I experienced life. it’s great that people are making their way over here!!
same! we're doing it 😀
Just discovered that my comment gets deleted as I type it if my phone switches screen layout, so let's try this again: This has been my exact experience. I went from my kids jokingly saying "Yeah, I think Dad's just autistic" to me finding the r/autism subreddit and relating way to hard with folks there, to discovering self-assessment RBQ-2, AQ, RAADS-R, SQ, EQ, and CAT-Q tests that all spelled things out plain as day, to my kids being like "Yeah, Dad. We were weren't joking. We meant that you are actually, literally autistic".
I understand myself better because of r/autism, and I've learned to have more patience and understanding for myself. I've found my people.
does add count?
All neurotypes are welcome, so everything counts! While this community might not be specific to ADHD, there is a lot of overlap between autism and ADHD. Enough so that the co-occurence is often written as AuDHD.
There are no rules that say users can't make andy ADHD posts and due to the co-occurrence, other users might find the post relevant, so go for it. If it gets "too much," we can address is in a mutually beneficial fashion once it comes up. For now, have fun.
I made a post just for you: https://lemmy.world/post/31269?scrollToComments=true
First post?
Joining from /r/autism
Same! Mind if I ask what your name was over there? Mine is the same here as there! I hope all of our Reddit friends can make it over here. Reddit is rapidly turning into an unsafe place.
yes
I'm so relieved to find this! I'm going to miss r/autism, but I really look forward to making new friends here! Reddit has been something of a coping mechanism and self regulating tool for so long, it's comforting to know that I have a new home here.
I'm happy you found us! Hopefully, we do a good job of creating an autism community on here that feels welcoming. Please feel free to contribute to make this place wonderful.
Thanks for the nice community. I'd like to give a small suggestion: to use the link format !community@server instead of the full https link in the relevant communities section in the sidebar, because it makes it easier for people to click on and subscribe themselves, even if they're from different lemmy instances.
Example: to use [email protected], instead of https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected]. The first format will work for people from any server, but the second one will only work for people from lemmy.world.
Done! Thanks :)
When I view/c/autism I only see posts that are older than 15 days old. I can see newer posts when viewing "all". The same bug occurs whether I am in an app or using a browser. Does anyone know who to contact about this? Or is something wrong with my settings? 
Does it only happen in our community?? I have no idea what that could be. I would post on [email protected] asking for help. Let me know what they say.
I don't know. I haven't been on lemmy for very long. I was viewing a post on another instance and wanted to comment, but needed to switch to my lemmy.world instance. I didn't see the post, so I went to the community page. That's when I noticed the bug. I know that some other communities that I've clicked on haven't had this problem. But some have the same error. I know that I was looking at another community to decide if I wanted to subscribe and all of the most were a month old or older. I just assumed that the community wasn't active anymore or that a mod had deleted posts. I'll check out the support page you linked. Thank you.
That's odd. I hope you get it figured out. You're welcome!