Autism

6868 readers

7 users here now

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.

Community:

Values

Acceptance
Openness
Understanding
Equality
Reciprocity
Mutuality
Love

Rules

No abusive, derogatory, or offensive post/comments e.g: racism, sexism, religious hatred, homophobia, gatekeeping, trolling.
Posts must be related to autism, off-topic discussions happen in the matrix chat.
Your posts must include a text body. It doesn't have to be long, it just needs to be descriptive.
Do not request donations.
Be respectful in discussions.
Do not post misinformation.
Mark NSFW content accordingly.
Do not promote Autism Speaks.
General Lemmy World rules.

Encouraged

Open acceptance of all autism levels as a respectable neurotype.
Funny memes.
Respectful venting.
Describe posts of pictures/memes using text in the body for our visually impaired users.
Welcoming and accepting attitudes.
Questions regarding autism.
Questions on confusing situations.
Seeking and sharing support.
Engagement in our community's values.
Expressing a difference of opinion without directly insulting another user.
Please report questionable posts and let the mods deal with it. Chat Room

We have a chat room! Want to engage in dialogue? Come join us at the community's Matrix Chat.

Helpful Resources

Are you seeking education, support groups, and more? Take a look at our list of helpful resources.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world

AI has such a bad rap, but I actually found this tool to be really helpful with some of my challenges (pi.ai)

submitted 9 months ago by shootwhatsmyname@lemm.ee to c/autism@lemmy.world

11 comments fedilink hide all child comments

It’s called Pi and it’s a conversational AI made to be more of a personal assistant. In the bit of time I’ve used it, it’s done far better than I expected at reframing and simplifying my thoughts when I’m overwhelmed.

Obviously, talking to a real person is much better if possible, but the reality is some of us don’t have the finances to pay for therapy or other ways to cope with the anxiety/depression that so often comes with ASD. What are your thoughts on this?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 19 points 9 months ago (9 children)

The idea is great. I‘m not in a position to check it rn but if its not selfhosted, its probably a huge security risk.

[–] shootwhatsmyname@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago (8 children)

That’s a huge concern for me too. They do explicitly state in the Privacy Policy that your data will never be sold or shared with third parties for advertising purposes, but that only means so much. It would be nice to see a full list of exact companies/services they use behind-the-scenes. Regardless, I really look forward to the day I can self-host something this powerful myself

[–] Falcon@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Let’s put it this way, I’d be surprised if they didn’t have a backup of each single one of your messages.

[–] shootwhatsmyname@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Thankfully you don’t need an account to use. It does look like they store anonymized messages to “make the service better” according to their terms. Honestly, I don’t know how you’d improve a service like that without some sense of how your users are actually using it

load more comments (6 replies)