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Autism

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

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  • Acceptance
  • Openness
  • Understanding
  • Equality
  • Reciprocity
  • Mutuality
  • Love

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  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 "Hey What's Going On!" daily post.
  3. Your posts must include a text body. It doesn't have to be long, it just needs to be descriptive.
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  8. Do not promote Autism Speaks.
  9. General Lemmy World rules.
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  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.

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Introducing /c/autism! (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

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.