A community for respectful discussion and memes related to autism acceptance
[https://neurodivergentinsights.com/blog/autism-awareness-acceptance]. All
neurotypes are welcome. # Our Community Values - Acceptance - Openness -
Understanding - Equality - Reciprocity - Mutuality - Love Rules 1) No abusive,
derogatory, or offensive post/comments 2) No porn, gore, spam, ads or trolling
3) Do not promote Autism Speaks [https://youtu.be/CTABNfQvU1A] 4) Do not request
donations 5) Be respectful in discussions 6) Do not post misinformation 7) Do
not gatekeep 8) Mark NSFW content accordingly 9) Do not link autism to vaccines
[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264410X14006367] 10) No
racism, homophobia, sexism, ableism, ageism, or religious hatred 11) Respectful
venting, including dealing with oppressive neurotypical culture, is okay 12)
General Lemmy World rules [https://mastodon.world/about] Encouraged 1) Open
acceptance of all autism levels as a respectable neurotype 2) Funny memes 3)
Describe posts of pictures/memes using text in the body for our visually
impaired users 4) Welcoming and accepting attitudes 5) Questions regarding
autism 6) Questions on confusing situations 7) Seeking and sharing support 8)
Engagement in our community’s values 9) Expressing a difference of opinion
without directly insulting another user 10) 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
[https://lemmy.world/post/161636]. # Helpful Resources - Are you seeking
education, support groups, and more? Take a look at our list of helpful
resources [https://lemmy.world/post/702381]. # Relevant Communities Autism: -
Arctic Autism [https://lemmy.world/c/arcticautism] - Aspie Memes on kbin.social
[https://kbin.social/m/aspiememes] - AuDHD
[https://lemmy.world/c/autisticandadhd] - Autism on kbin.social
[https://lemmy.world/c/
[email protected]] - Women with Autism
[https://lemmy.world/c/womenwithautism] ADHD: - ADHD
[https://lemmy.world/c/adhd] - ADHD Memes [/c/
[email protected]] - AuDHD
[https://lemmy.world/c/autisticandadhd] Bipolar: - Bipolar Disorder
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[email protected]] Mental Health: - Mental Health
[https://lemmy.world/c/mentalhealth] - Therapy [https://lemmy.world/c/therapy]
Misc: - Aphantasia [/c/
[email protected]] Neurodivergence: - Neurodivergent
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[email protected]] Social: - Social Anxiety
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other ND communities as long as said communities demonstrate that they share our
community’s values. Lemmy World Donations The admins of our instance work hard
to ensure that we have a good place to host our community. They are also helpful
at protecting our community from trolls and other malicious actors. They do this
for free, so if you appreciate our community, please consider donating to them.
The first link is the preferred method, but both work. - Open Collective
[https://opencollective.com/mastodonworld] - Patreon
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