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Thick with the ‘tism – ASD Social Space

Thick with the ‘tism – ASD Social Space

Howdy forums fam, it’s your pal Jynx here to start up a new social space specific to folks with Autism Spectrum Disorder. ASD is often marked by unique styles of communication, unique life challenges, and unique perspectives on the world, so I figured it would be awesome to have a space for us to come together to share/chat/support each other!

This space is open to all who identify as autistic, including those who suspect they might be autistic but haven’t gotten a diagnosis, or want to explore the experiences and insights from other autistic folk to understand lived experience of ASD a bit better.

Allistic (non-austistic) members are also welcome, but please do remember to centre the voices of our autistic members and respect their lived experience. We’re not here to debate autism, we’re here to connect in a safe space.

To kick off the conversation I’d like to ask about everyone’s special interests! Mine is D&D – feel free to ask me about it and I’ll talk your ear off!

Please tag anyone you feel would be interested in joining this space!

💜😊👾

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I have never been diagnosed but like I have adhd and I keep reading a lot of things about asd that sounds like me but also I don’t know what adhd, autism or just like trauma or something

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@tonys @Jacques, I just wanted to make sure you were both aware of this space/ thread exists in case it's ever one you like to be part of or post in ❤️

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Thankyou @TideisTurning for letting me know. Mate. . . I'm not actually sure how to find a thread without someone tagging me with a post and then I can reply in that thread. Couple of tips would be much appreciated. Their must me a multitude of threads out there that I'm not aware off.

Hope you are well and shining. Take care and thanks for thinking of us. .. tonys

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@tonys You can always use the search bar at top of page to find threads about particular topics. Or on the main page you can scroll down to see the different discussion areas (Social Spaces, Our Stories, etc.), and in each of those the threads with most recent activity will be near the top.

There's some more tips & tricks here, could be useful for you!

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Thankyou so much for that @Jynx I will have a little play around with that in morning. Have a bit of a brain injury going on so learning new skill takes a bit, but with your hot tips I will get there.

Sleep well friend. tonys..

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Hello @Jynx . Hope its ok if I tap you on the shoulder for another tip. So .. I got into the search bar and found a thread about writing which looks good. It took me to the very first page and I tried to work my way up to the most current page but their are 293 pages. Cant work out a shortcut to take me to the last post in that thread without going through them one by one.

Would be most grateful if you could help a simple minded fella with another guiding tip.

Hope you are well tonys

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Hey @tonys,

I'm sorry you have had to go through the tedious process of scrolling page by page. Your feedback is actually really helpful. I'll note it down as part of our forums co-design.

As for going straight to the last page, you go to the end of the post, and you should see the following:

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You can click on the last number to get to the last page.

Hope that helps!

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@tyme Thankyou Tyme. Ok I clicked on the 293 page and it worked for me.. I'm having a chuckle. don't know how I missed it. Guess I have the tism . . . and the THICK !

Best I stay right out of web design, unless you want a right royal mess.

So While I have you, I noticed that the last entry was over a month ago, I think, Does that mean the thread has petered out. It did seem to have a good following.

Just looking around for a happy little home, I can put the odd funny farm story in like I used too.

Your help greatly appreciated if you know some happy spot that might suit me.. tonys

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Hey @tonys ,

If a thread hasn't had a post in over a month, it means it's waiting for people like you to revive a little 🙂

You can tag the last contributors there by typing "@" and then clicking on the names in the list.

That's why we need you @tonys 🙂

I'm so glad I've save you from scrolling through 300 pages 🙂

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Thats a good way of looking at it @tyme . I actually did support a heap of posts on it before realizing It was the start of the thread. Dates, must remember to pay a mind to dates.. Folks will think I've been digging over old graves yards, panning for gold fillings.

I'll do a little back peddle over the last few pages and see if I can get a grasp of the flavour, maybe hatch a few words one quiet day.

Thankyou so much Thyme and @Jynx . Really opened a door for me. To think the last 2 years or so all I've been able to do is reply where I'm tagged.

A very grateful tonys.

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