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Article that explains differences in allistic and autistic cultures.

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[–] Fal@yiffit.net 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Wtf is this website? It disables highlighting and right click.

[–] subignition@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

So it's not just me who couldn't long press any of the links to open them in background tabs

[–] kglitch@kglitch.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] AtmaJnana@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

Or... hear me out... I can just close the page and they can fuck right off for making it harder to read.

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I found that pretty frustrating when I found out because I couldn't copy the article to quote it in the post.

[–] cogitoprinciple@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Signing! I do this so often, I don't know if it get's misinterpreted or not. But it's definitely away for me to regulate emotions

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's an autism YouTuber that starts most of her videos with awkward singing. I just saw it as her cute quirk, but maybe she's using it to regulate her emotions as well.

Video: https://youtu.be/6TwaoB1AQro?si=704CkV3u3c534NdE&t=11

[–] cogitoprinciple@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Wow! That's quite interesting

[–] Luisp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

Great article, saved