Autism
A community for respectful discussion and memes related to autism acceptance. All neurotypes are welcome.
Community:
Values
- Acceptance
- Openness
- Understanding
- Equality
- Reciprocity
- Mutuality
- Love
Rules
- No abusive, derogatory, or offensive post/comments e.g: racism, sexism, religious hatred, homophobia, gatekeeping, trolling.
- Posts must be related to autism, off-topic discussions happen in the "Hey What's Going On!" daily post.
- Your posts must include a text body. It doesn't have to be long, it just needs to be descriptive.
- Do not request donations.
- Be respectful in discussions.
- Do not post misinformation.
- Mark NSFW content accordingly.
- Do not promote Autism Speaks.
- General Lemmy World rules.
- No bots. Humans only.
Encouraged
- 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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Helpful Resources
- Are you seeking education, support groups, and more? Take a look at our list of helpful resources.
Good. You're better off without reddit at all.
What was the BS?
letting people share autismspeaks funded articles without repercussion, not only is it against the rules but also damages autistic people, and i couldn't let that slide
In that case: Thank you for speaking up and good riddance. A shame they're not taking their position seriously and do what they're supposed to do: Abide by the rules and making sure all participants do so, too. There's real harm coming from letting autism speaks propaganda stand like that.
What's the issue with Autism Speaks? I know I saw something negative about it a while back, but I never read into it. I haven't been keeping up with much negative shit lately because there's too much negative shit to keep up with.
Eugenicist community that treats autism like a plague that ruins the lives of parents and everyone the autistic person comes into contact with.
Speaks over actual autistic people in favor of a “cure” instead of treating autistic people like, well, people. The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) is a much better foundation.
Just like with any marginalized/disability oriented community: “Nothing about us without us.” Autism Speaks violates that rule aggressively.
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Yeah alright. Their mods are bad people. Never been there myself but that's blatant.
I've dealt with similar upsets watching smaller negative utilitarian related subs get taken over by hate groups, which nobody seems to mind despite the actual philosophies stemming from empathy.
That’s kinda normal for a lot of Reddit mods really. I remember a legal advice mod who banned lawyers because they wouldn’t agree with him and who thought he knew it better (turned out he was utterly wrong). Or that maniac in the guitar sub who straight up bans people for mentioning a certain type of guitar. Or that one time I got banned from BLM because I dared to comment on a funny post in the shitpost sub. Which in itself was kinda funny.
You have to understand that mods aren’t any different from users. Some are ok, some make mistakes and some others are complete fucking idiots not able to understand the damage they cause.
Usually that’s where admins step in, but unlike Lemmy, Reddit admins just sit on their title (almost certainly with a golden chocolate medallion around their neck) and jerk off all day long.
the last part isn't surprising
Lemmy is nice since it is very easy to go elsewhere.
We're the real winners because now you're here with us. Welcome in from the cold. We've got hot cocoa and blankets.
comfy
Typically it is a bad idea to insult the mods...
With that being said, the mods on r/autism suck
Never let internet janitors start to think they are above the users.
That kills communities.