Autism.Place

It is with great sadness that i write this. however The Admin team has parted ways. I have closed registrations, and disabled the option to create new communities. The server will be ran until the payments dry up (about ~1-2 months). We have tried to build a community for autistic people online. It ended up not working for which we apologize. Please do not go after the other team members. Some disappeared, some went their ways, but whatever the reason i wish them the best. If you have any questions, leave them here and i will try to answer them.

I finish my last class for my associates degree in December. I'm trying to move out of my mom's house in South Carolina and to Puerto Rico next year, so I will have to get full time work. Right now I'm working at a chain restaurant part time in dish/kitchen.

This is about a test I took as a child, about 20 years ago (not sure if it was IQ, but it was this kind of test). I'd like to find what it was but I (obvioulsy) dont remember everything about it. However some specific details are still pretty vivid so perhaps one of you had a similar test and could have a reference.

So, I am (finally) having the first appointment for my diagnosis. I would be lying if I said I wasn't stressed at all... Any tips?

After a few day long hiatus we have once again unlocked the ability to make posts in this community.

Hello I have temporary suspended this community due to off topic discussions. This community is only for discussion relating to this instance. The general autism discussions are reserved for the autism community. I will unlock the ability to post here in a few days. Thank you for your attention.

As you may know we have launched our own community space dedicated to providing a safe and welcoming environment for autistic individuals. After a long journey of searching for a place to truly belong, I believe we have the opportunity to create something special together. Let's work towards building a community that is as inclusive and horizontally organized as possible, but we can't do it without your support.

Tomorrow morning is part 2 (of 2) of my diagnosis. I am 42 now. I am pretty sure myself that I am autistic, I have not found a better explanation for my life being the "shape" that it is.

I know it would sound stupid for most people, but not here (I hope?)

I'm currently working on a PhD, and I had a meeting that felt like an intervention with my advisor where she encouraged me to take a few months away from the program to take care of myself. For context, I used to work for the airforce, and apparently I picked up some pretty severe mental health problems that have lead to not sleeping and panic attacks when I read papers about military hardware (not ideal when my current interest is hardware side cybersecurity).

Hello, new instance! I am Fern (she/her) and I was recently diagnosed as autistic after suffering from a ~4 year burnout (and lots of 1-6 month burnouts before that 😮‍💨) and a bipolar misdiagnosis. Found a good therapist and am getting professional help finally!

The intent of autism.place is to create a multi-service online community for autistic people and allies with the principle of autism acceptance. As such, autism.place is designed based on autistic culture so that autistic users can feel at home and flourish. Our first service is a lemmy site, with hopes of establishing other Fediverse services as we grow.

How do you listen to your music? Speakers, headphones, do you like streaming services, do you have a collection of your own? Vinyl? Personally I like vinyl if I'm listening on speakers, and my phone

Hello, I'm epl692. I live in Michigan USA. Hi Lemmy!

It makes sense to first start with the Fediverse. The Fediverse is a collection of instances (i.e. servers) that host Fediverse services and communicate with other instances to disseminate information. One of those services is Lemmy.

Thanks for creating and/or moderating a community on lemmy.austism.place! As previous moderators, we know that it is a difficult job that is often thankless, so we want to make sure your work is appreciated. To help you with moderating communities on our server, we have provided the guidelines posted below. As a reminder, the purpose of lemmy.autism.place is to provide an lemmy instance that is tailored for autistic culture. Please keep that in mind with all moderation practices.

The intent of autism.place is to create a multi-service online community for autistic people and allies with the principle of autism acceptance. As such, autism.place is designed based on autistic culture so that autistic users can feel at home and flourish. In order to meet this goal, we have established the following Terms of Use (ToU). Anyone using or accessing any autism.place website or service is agreeing to these Terms of Use.