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autism@lemmy.world

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This is a community for people with Autism to be themselves. All neurotypes are welcome.

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Mutuality
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No abusive, derogatory, or offensive post/comments e.g: racism, sexism, religious hatred, homophobia, gatekeeping, trolling.
Posts do not need be related to autism, off-topic discussions are allowed. This is a safe space where people with autism can feel comfortable discussing whatever they feel like discussing, as long as it does not violate the standing rules.
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Mark NSFW content accordingly.
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General Lemmy World rules.
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Open acceptance of all autism levels as a respectable neurotype.
Funny memes.
Respectful venting.
Describe posts of pictures/memes using text in the body for our visually impaired users.
Welcoming and accepting attitudes.
Questions regarding autism.
Questions on confusing situations.
Seeking and sharing support.
Engagement in our community's values.
Expressing a difference of opinion without directly insulting another user.
Please report questionable posts and let the mods deal with it.

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I think this counts as torture (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by BradleyUffner@lemmy.world to c/autism@lemmy.world

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[–] kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 80 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Companies are made by extroverts, for extroverts, and as extroverts they have no consideration or realization that anyone might have any feelings different from them.

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[–] toofpic@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago (1 child)

As an extravert, I'd tell them to get the fuck out of my private life. If ignored, I would sabotage the event by sharing something like me puking at a party, or playing Stardew Valley on a toilet.

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[–] kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

That's fair; I'm generalizing and certainly not all Extro's will fit into that box. Lots of corpo mgmt folks certainly do though.

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