I created autistic_devs community to provide a safe(er) space to discuss our unique issues within the field. - eviltoast
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A community for devs on the Autistic spectrum. This is primarily a “safe space” from other communities on programming.dev that would rather tell us to “man up”, than provide any reasonable social advice. Posts that belong in this community include: - Venting - Seeking Advice - Personal Experiences / Stories We are open to allistic/NT folx providing feedback! However, it MUST be done with the knowledge and understanding that we are autistic and require a lot more assistance in the domain of social understanding. Posts/Comments that AREN’T allowed: - Posts that spread toxic masculinity - “man up”, “be a man”, etc. - Posts that attack allistic folx or those with different neurodivegence. - Posts that don’t relate to an Autistic person’s experience in software development, I.T., Infrastructure, or other tech focused roles. If you are penning a response that includes a technical solution STOP! Double check that the post asked for a technical solution - it likely doesn’t. We recommend that technical questions go to their respective communities.

After not getting what I needed out of a “managing up” post, I decided to create this community. Essentially the problem is that often we need to solve a social problem that others might deem “trivial”. And when folks deem it trivial, they fail to provide anything except encouraging words.

This community will try to bridge that gap.

NTs / Allistics are very welcome, BUT they must understand that we need details, we need patience, and we need kindness around matters of business politics and office socializing.