cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/702381

Below is a list of resources that may be helpful to the autistic community, to include its allies. Feel free to make suggestions and post/comment about them to create engaging discussions! Note: this is adynamic list that will change as we learn of new resources and things are updated.

Autism (General)

About Autism

• A social description of autism.

Asperger Syndrome

• A review of Asperger syndrome, it’s history, and how those that are Aspies experience the world.

How to Talk about Autism

• Tips on how to discuss autism in a respectful and inclusive fashion.

What is Autism?

• A medical approach to describing autism.

Abuse

12 Ways to Recognize Passive Aggression

• A ~17 minute video covering 12 ways to identify passive-aggressive behaviors. This video is helpful if you are confused over an interaction and want help on assessing if the interaction is passive-aggressive or not.

How Abuse Mars the Lives of Autistic People

• A well-sourced compassionate review of the abuse autistic people may often experience

Is It Emotional Abuse?

• A YouTube playlist by a nationally reknown expert on emotional abuse covering tactics that abusers employ and signs that someone is being abused. This is a great playlist for someone that is confused as to whether they are being emotionally abused in a relationship.

Unhealthy Relationships

• A page covering reasons why autistic people are more likely to be abused, signs that they are being abused, and tactics that abusers use to abuse autistic people.

Recently Diagnosed

After Diagnosis Playlist

• A YouTube playlist of 4 (11-17 mins videos) covering expectations and advice for those that have been recently diagnosed with autism.

Bienvenidos a la Comunidad Autista

• Un libro electrónico gratuito escrito para empoderar a personas autistas. Cubre todos los asuntos relacionados con ser autista.

Welcome to the Autistic Community

• A thorough and empowering free ebook written for autistic people. It covers all matters related to being autistic.

Relationships

Aspie's Guide to Flirting

• An ~8 min video guide that breaks down the complexities of flirting for autistic people.

The Five Neurodiverse Love Languages

• An essay covering the 5 major strategies that autistic and ADHD people use to communicate they love you ❤️

Support Groups

Asperger/Autism Network (AANE)

• A list of available online support groups for autistic people.

Self-assessments

Autism Tests

• A thorough list of scientifically based assessments with descriptions and ability to complete and score. Note: A self-assessment is not sufficient enough to properly assess autism. A proper assessment includes at least a thorough interview by a licensed mental health professional that specializes in autism assessment.

Strengths

Autistic people – The cultural immune system of human societies

• A thorough blog essay covering contributions that autistic people make to society as a whole.

Understanding Neurotypicality

A Field Guide to Earthlings: An Autistic/Asperger View of Neurotypical Behavior

• A free ebook written for autistic people that describes the neurtotypical world. It can be funny and quite insightful!

YouTube Channels

Autism from the Inside

• A channel ran by a Paul Micallef who discovered he was autistic at 30 years old. His videos are well-educated, compassionate, cover all sorts of autism-related material, and break-down social matters for autistic people to better navigate their internal and external worlds.

Mom on the Spectrum

• A channel ran by Tay, a mother of 2 that discovered she was autistic at 31 years-old. She “share[s] knowledge, resources, and products that empower other neurodivergent people and their loved ones to live freely and creatively.”

Orion Kelly - That Autistic Guy

• Orion Kelly “an Autistic author, YouTuber, podcaster, actor, keynote speaker and Autistic advocate based in Australia. [He is] all about helping increase your level of understanding, acceptance and appreciation of Autistic people.”

Sydney Zarlengo

• Disabled, Autistic, Lesbian. They are an “an openly queer, disabled, autistic, trans non-binary actor, composer, youtuber, educator, media analyst, and disability advocate. [They try] to use this channel to educate about any and all of the above categories as well [their] original music and a bit of a memory log for [themself]!”

Yo Samdy Sam - ND, Autism, Poor Attempts at Humor

• A recently diagnosed autistic adult, she “explore[s] the autistic experience from every weird corner of [her] brain and help[s] others discover themselves, be proud of themselves and change the world, one silly video at a time.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1560729

I just created awesome-lemmy based on the well-known awesome lists.

There is already a awesome-lemmy-instances which is specialized in Lemmy instances but no general list that's why I created one.

It's forked from awesome-scala which has a very neat python script to easily add new projects so it should be quite easy to contribute, feel free to add tools, apps and websites linked to lemmy!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.fmhy.ml/post/24569

I know people are confused about how fediverse works and how to use it. This is an attempt to compile a list of beginner's guides made by some amazing people on this topic.

• Unsunny's Guide - An easy to read guide aimed at redditors migrating to Lemmy or Kbin
• Lemmy.world Starting Guide - A beginner's guide to Lemmy by the admin of lemmy.world instance.
• db0's New User Guide - A guide for new users on Lemmy made by head mod of r/piracy.
• lemm.ee FAQ - Beginner's Guide by admin of lemm.ee
• Michael Altfield's Guide - A guide on finding Lemmy Communities (Lemmy version of Subreddits)
• Fedi.tips - A comprehensive guide for Fediverse and Mastodon. Useful for Lemmy aswell.
• r/KbinMigration's Guide - Redditor's guide to how Kbin works.
• Join the Fediverse - Fediverse Wiki

I will update this list if any new guide is made so you can save this post for later. Also, if anyone has any good guide to add post it in the comments and I'll add it here.

Saw a post that mentioned Netscape Navigator , blast from the past. I remember it being so cool.

wiki - Netscape Navigator

Edit-autocorrect

I'd like to make this flow a public document, as a visual aid to crowdsource putting pieces together for a community server.

the big pictures is a few projects, public and private and will hopefully allow others to follow and create their own as we go. I'd like to collaborate on what would be a solid system that a single or small group could put together and duplicate. Every aspect should be discussed, debated, and voted on. Best practices adapted and short comings pointed out. I'd like it to be open source and integrate together in some fashion. We can break into fine details over time. This is a long term hobby project, not an all in one weekend project.

I think the first items to discuss are

1. Any Interest?
2. How to host this Flow - currently on Github
3. How to post the progress in segments so not a mega thread
4. Which flow software would work the best and give all people on all devices the ability to view/edit - currently on diagrams.net

Items down the road

• other Fediverse items to incorporate
• Hardware to run it all
• How to manage access so the community can all participate

Posting a link to this in https://lemmy.world/c/selfhosted as its probably in their wheel house as well

Adding content without permission seems the right thing to do here.

Put your community link below. Anything that is a group of people sharing information

Any tips or advice on a guide that walks new people through retro communities? Something along the lines of, what older systems are still in use, which are seeing a resurgence, or have been adapted to modern needs. I’d like to brainstorm a way to help people connect and create the feel of the older systems with the options available from the fediverse.

Where would you like us to go? This is a new community on a relatively new medium and your input/questions are appreciated.

Did you, run a BBS? Were you part of a close nit community? Remember the days of Phrack magazine, war-dialing and blue boxes? What about those awesome ansi art pictures? Tell us all about it! Share your stories and life lessons. This isn’t twitter so write a text wall if you want. But remember you are welcome here!

If I'm going to post a FAQ I have no ownership on I might as well post this one

In the spirit of older small community sharing. If you’re uncertain, nervous, or curious about posting, just drop a reply in here. Doesn’t matter if it’s a hello world, test or an attempt to see formatting of text (maybe even ansi art). Just pop in and try it or leave your mark and go back to lurking. It’s all good stuff!