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* [[Accidentally open secrets regarding Autism]]
* [[Accidentally open secrets regarding Autism]]


== How humans work ==
== Autistic survival guide ==


=== Sociology ===
=== Sociology ===
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* [[Social power]]
* [[Social power]]
* [[Social status]]
* [[Social status]]
==== Culture-specific differences ====
* [[Ask and guess cultures]]
* [[High and low context cultures]]
* [[Peach and coconut cultures]]


=== Psychology ===
=== Psychology ===
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* [[Overlapping neurotypes]]
* [[Overlapping neurotypes]]


== Allistic communication & miscommunication ==
=== Communication & miscommunication ===


* [[Body language]]
* [[Body language]]
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* [[Tone of voice]]
* [[Tone of voice]]


== Dating and relationships ==
=== Office & work dynamics ===
 
* [[Corporate buzzwords]]
* [[HR interviews]]
* [[Job interviews]]
* [[Meetings]]
* [[Networking]]
* [[Team building / work socials]]
* [[Water cooler]]
 
=== Dating and relationships ===


* [[Autistic love languages]]
* [[Autistic love languages]]
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* [[Neurodivergent sexuality]]
* [[Neurodivergent sexuality]]


== Accommodations and support ==
=== Accommodations and support ===


* [[Augmentative and alternative communication|AAC]]
* [[Augmentative and alternative communication|AAC]]
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* [[Support networks and organisations]]
* [[Support networks and organisations]]


== Culture-specific differences ==
=== Diagnostic journey ===
 
* [[Ask and guess cultures]]
* [[High and low context cultures]]
* [[Peach and coconut cultures]]
 
== Diagnostic journey ==


* [[Formal diagnosis]]
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* [[Self-diagnosis]]
* [[Self-diagnosis]]


== Problems with autism research ==
=== Mental health ===
 
* [[Difficulties with mental health services]]
* [[Depression]]
 
== Problems with autism "research" and "therapy" ==


* [[Autism Speaks]]
* [[Autism Speaks]]
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* [[History of autism]]
* [[History of autism]]
* [[Stigma]]
* [[Stigma]]
* [[Applied_Behavior_Analysis|Applied behavior analysis]]


== Mental health ==
== Information and sensory processing ==
 
* [[Applied_Behavior_Analysis|Applied behavior analysis]]
* [[Depression]]
* [[Difficulties with mental health services]]


== Information processing differences ==
=== Information processing differences ===


* [[Aphasia]]
* [[Aphasia]]
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* [[Synesthesia]]
* [[Synesthesia]]


== Office & work dynamics ==
=== Senses ===
 
* [[Corporate buzzwords]]
* [[HR interviews]]
* [[Job interviews]]
* [[Meetings]]
* [[Networking]]
* [[Team building / work socials]]
* [[Water cooler]]
 
== Senses ==


Many autistics have differences in their senses, such as maybe hypersensitive to sound but hyposensitive to smell. These articles should try to document examples of both types as well as potential ways to compensate.
Many autistics have differences in their senses, such as maybe hypersensitive to sound but hyposensitive to smell. These articles should try to document examples of both types as well as potential ways to compensate.

Revision as of 20:58, 26 August 2022

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Terminology

General

Autism specific

Other

Outmoded terminology

While many autists have moved away from these terms, some continue to use them to describe their experience. Please remember that people may have complex reasons for the words they choose, and that differences in vocabulary are okay. In short, while it's important to understand how these outdated terms play to most autists, it's also not helpful to police other people's word choices.

List of Autistic traits (incomplete)

I propose to de-clutter this section. For example, make a page for the Core Autistic Traits, and migrating the links in that section to that page. But doing the same for each section. --Fire Eider (talk) 14:49, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

I actually like being able to see all these links in one spot. It lets you scan and get a sense of things. But because the list is pretty long, we could potentially move this entire section to an `Autistic traits` page. On the other hand — it might not actually just be bad to have a fairly long "Main" page that serves as an index into content generally --AutExplorer (talk)

I also like this, for the moment. It reduces the barrier to entry because people see all the stuff that's currently available for editing in one central place and can then just click on something immediately when they think "Oh, I want to add my thoughts to that!" --Fochti (talk) 18:25, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

Good points. I retract what I said earlier --Fire Eider (talk) 19:38, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

Not every autistic person necessarily has many of the traits listed below, but these traits do tend to show up more often in autistic people than in non-autistic people.

Core autistic traits

Autistic nonverbal communication

Autistic verbal communication

Gender and sexuality

Imperatives and neurological

Familial

Memory

Pychological

Physical

Senses

Traumagenic Autistic traits

(Contradiction...?) --Fochti (talk) 18:56, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

No, they are locial fears that are irrational out of context of ND.

I think the page could be titled differently then, it sounds very ambiguous/unclear to me? --Fochti (talk) 18:56, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Additional Autistic traits

Comorbidities

Resources

Autistic social media accounts

Autistic culture

Articles and threads

Autistic survival guide

Sociology

Culture-specific differences

Psychology

Neurology

Communication & miscommunication

Office & work dynamics

Dating and relationships

Accommodations and support

Diagnostic journey

Mental health

Problems with autism "research" and "therapy"

Information and sensory processing

Information processing differences

Senses

Many autistics have differences in their senses, such as maybe hypersensitive to sound but hyposensitive to smell. These articles should try to document examples of both types as well as potential ways to compensate.

Yet-to-be-sorted categories

You can put stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else (yet) here.

Misc

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