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.
Values
- Acceptance
- Understanding
- Compassion
- Growth
- Equality
- Mutuality
- Love
Autism Acceptance
Autism acceptance is founded in the perspective of neurodiversity, which recognizes a diversity of human cognition as fact and an evolutionary consequence of our environment. As such, autism is not seen as a problem to address or condition to cure. Rather, it is a valid neurological expression with its own strengths and difficulties. From a sociological approach, this perspective implies that many of the difficulties that autistic people experience are not inherent to their neurological type, but a consequence of general human culture. Therefore, autism acceptance involves not only accepting autistic people as they are, but also adjusting human society to be inclusive of them.
We have provided an intro and guide to using lemmy.autism.place that can be accessed here. For list of our current communities, please visit this link.
Make sure to read our Terms of Use to abide by the instance's rules.
Note: This document will be expanded and updated on as we grow.
Thank you very much!