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Thick with the ‘tism – ASD Social Space

JynxModerator13 July 2023, 6:40 pm AEST

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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_PixieSolstice_Senior Contributor25 Oct 2023, 10:40 pm AEDT

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I feel like you people might understand..

my local KFC caught on fire today. (To my fellow Canberrans - you’ve probably seen the pics and more importantly the memes lol)

their nuggets were one of my safe foods and now I’m going to have to travel an extra 15 mins to get them 😂 god damn!

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JynxModerator26 Oct 2023, 5:59 pm AEDT

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Ach, hate that for you @_PixieSolstice_ !! Need those safe foods on hand for when the sensory everything is too much and every food just doesn't appeal!

My go to safe food atm is these biscuit sandwich thingos called Belvita -

And omg it's like, so perfect. I try to pretend it's a healthy snack food option too 😅

Do you have any backups/alternatives if you can't get yourself to the nuggets when needed?

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_PixieSolstice_Senior Contributor26 Oct 2023, 10:14 pm AEDT

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Cook my own nuggets I guess @Jynx 😂

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JynxModerator30 Oct 2023, 3:53 pm AEDT

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@_PixieSolstice_ that works! Oven food is always a safe go-to, and usually much cheaper!

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BipolarPenguinSenior Contributor02 Nov 2023, 6:56 pm AEDT

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Hi @Jynx only just saw this forum thread because of the new activity.

I love D&D too! (re: original post)

I play as a swashbuckler rogue (5th edition) and I love it. I have been playing since around April 2020 and I'm level 10.

I was diagnosed at age 4 and am now 25.

I like most foods (re: most recent posts) and I love spicy, salty and sour foods.

Edit: diagnosed as autistic - whoopsy! what an important bit to leave out 😅

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JynxModerator09 Nov 2023, 5:14 pm AEDT

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@BipolarPenguin welcome!! I love that you also play D&D!! I'm about to start a new campaign, as an air genasi bard - so excited! What's your favourite aspect of D&D? For me it's the discovery of adventures, and getting to meet cool people (both the other players, and the NPCs haha).

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BipolarPenguinSenior Contributor25 Nov 2023, 10:59 am AEDT

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@Jynx I like the randomness aspect of the dice rolling - the fact that you don't know what is going to happen next keeps me on my toes.

I have also met some great people through D&D so I love that for it as well.

There used to be a water genasi player character in my party ages ago. I hope your air genasi goes well!

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deshiftSenior Contributor25 Nov 2023, 11:13 am AEDT

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@BipolarPenguin @Jynx

I have also been diagnosed with D&D!

I play now online once a week, and I DM my own home-brew campaign. We should start a D&D discussion thread!

Also, Hello! I'm deshift and I'm new here!

😂
deshift

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tymeModerator25 Nov 2023, 12:05 pm AEDT

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Hey @deshift ,

Good idea about starting a D&D thread 🙂 You can do this by clicking here.

I can't wait to see it!

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BipolarPenguinSenior Contributor25 Nov 2023, 1:45 pm AEDT

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Hey @deshift once you've made that D&D thread/post please tag me in a post so I can find it.

I'm keen to talk D&D some more 🙂 or read about it if I just lurk.

Thanks in advance (perhaps).

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