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A community for respectful discussion and memes related to autism acceptance [https://neurodivergentinsights.com/blog/autism-awareness-acceptance]. All neurotypes are welcome. Values 1) Acceptance 2) Openness 3) Understanding 4) Equality 5) Reciprocity 6) Mutuality 7) Love Rules 1) No abusive, derogatory, or offensive post/comments 2) No porn, gore, spam, or advertisements allowed 3) Do not promote Autism Speaks 4) Do not request for donations 5) Do not gatekeep or diagnose 6) Mark NSFW content accordingly 7) Unless supported directly by a publication in a respected scientific journal, do not link autism to vaccines [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264410X14006367]. 8) No racism, homophobia, sexism, ableism, or ageism 9) Respectful venting, including dealing with oppressive neurotypical culture, is okay Encouraged 1) Open acceptance of autism as a respectable neurotype 2) Funny memes 3) Welcoming and accepting attitudes 4) Questions regarding autism 5) Questions on confusing situations 6) Seeking and sharing support 7) Engagement in our community’s values Relevant Lemmy communities ADHD: - https://lemmy.world/c/adhd [https://lemmy.world/c/adhd] - https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected] [https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected]] Neurodivergence: - https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected] [https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected]] lemmy.world/c/autism will happily promote other ND communities as long as said communities demonstrate that they share our community’s values. Helpful resources Support Groups: - Asperger/Autism Network (AANE) [https://www.aane.org/online-forums/] Self-assessments: - Embrace Autism [https://embrace-autism.com/] How to talk about autism: - National Autistic Society (UK) [https://www.autism.org.uk/what-we-do/help-and-support/how-to-talk-about-autism]

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

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  • @[email protected]English
    4•1 year ago

    Honestly I kinda like /c/neurodivergence for several reasons:

    1. I think that classifications of neurotypes are something not quite finished or maybe even fundamentally flawed. There is so much overlap, I like the label neurodivergence. It will outlast DSM relabeling.

    2. The community is small. One big group is better than many smaller groups.

  • @[email protected]English
    3•1 year ago

    Unfortunately I cannot respond directly to the person minorly criticising it. (Blocking Instances should be reserved for poor moderation causing spam, even if mine is nsfw)

    I like the seperate autism community, because it does not have to be identical to whatever the current DSM criteria is.

    Also the neurodivergence community has posts about ADHD, dyscalculia and dyslexia. That is sufficiently different enough.