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. π
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.
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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.
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)
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 π
Thank you for creating this. I look forward to a safe space for discussions.
you're very welcome!
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 π
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. itβs great that people are making their way over here!!
same! we're doing it π
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.
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 :)
First post?
Joining from /r/autism
This was me with ants for 3 weeks immediately right after finding the AntsCanada channel. Then I forgot about ants forever. Probably for the best, I might have not been their most responsible god.
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I was replying to a different thread, but the page refreshed me and took me to this one π
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.
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 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
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