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A community for respectful discussion and memes related to autism acceptance. All neurotypes are welcome.

We have created our own instance! Visit Autism Place the following community for more info.

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Introducing a community for Aphantasia — c/[email protected] <mailto:c/[email protected]> (lemmy.world)
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As there is some overlap with autism, I figured some of you might be interested in joining this community!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/107397

CROSS-INSTANCE LINK (may not work): c/[email protected]

Link for beehaw here (may not work)

Otherwise search for: [[email protected]](/c/[email protected])

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/107214

Aphantasia is the inability to create mental imagery.

For discussion, research or memes.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I have both and didn't realize there was a known overlap. Thanks!