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, or ads 3) Do not promote Autism Speaks [https://youtu.be/CTABNfQvU1A] 4) Do not request donations 5) Do not post misinformation 6) Do not gatekeep 7) Mark NSFW content accordingly 8) Do not link autism to vaccines [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264410X14006367] 9) No racism, homophobia, sexism, ableism, ageism, or religious hatred 10) Respectful venting, including dealing with oppressive neurotypical culture, is okay 11) General Lemmy World rules [https://mastodon.world/about] Encouraged 1) Open acceptance of all autism levels 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 8) Please report questionable posts and let the mods deal with it Helpful Resources - Are you seeking education, support groups, and more? Take a look at our list of helpful resources [https://lemmy.world/post/702381]. 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]. # Relevant Communities Autism: - Arctic Autism [https://lemmy.world/c/arcticautism] - Aspie Memes on kbin.social [https://kbin.social/m/aspiememes] - Autism on kbin.social [https://lemmy.world/c/Autism@kbin.social] - Women with Autism [https://lemmy.world/c/womenwithautism] ADHD: - ADHD [https://lemmy.world/c/adhd] - ADHD Memes [/c/adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com] Bipolar: - Bipolar Disorder [/c/bipolardisorder@lemmy.world] Mental Health: - Mental Health [https://lemmy.world/c/mentalhealth] - Therapy [https://lemmy.world/c/therapy] Misc: - Aphantasia [/c/aphantasia@lemmy.world] Neurodivergence: - Neurodivergence [/c/neurodivergence@beehaw.org] - Neurodivergent [/c/neurodivergent@sh.itjust.works] lemmy.world/c/autism will happily promote 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 [https://patreon.com/mastodonworld]