Disapeering thread and things we can't talk about

Yep, just had an email from the mods telling me why my post had been removed and suggesting I go to other unspecified agencies and that it was removed in case it gave people "ideas".

I think the thing that really gets to people about those in my situation is that they feel helpless, so I have to shut up, they know there's nothing they can say or do to help. Worst of all I said I wish that the assisted dying bill would go further and why is it limited to physical health? Big NO No's there, bad Catwoman.

Should we also not talk about people stealing things or being attacked in case it gives people ideas? Good grief. I thought this was a safe space for discussion.

In some of the ND spaces I've been in before this one people were advised to add trigger warnings about sensitive topics at the top of their post and then be free to discuss what's on their mind. Would this be an option here?

I feel that again as autistics were being infantilised and shepherded away from certain topics because we don't know any better.

I refuse to eat humble pie and nobody can make me and if they do I'll be sick, so there!

Seriously though, I don't know who this iste is being aimed at, allegedly it's for autistic people, but I think autistic children might be a better term? We do get infantalised, we don't seem to be engaged with, except to be told off. Anybody can be offended by anything if they choose to be, it would be good to have some idea of what we are and are not allowed to talk about in what I always assumed to be an adult forum. I know there are some people who's mental age dosen't match their physical one, but shouldn't their parents or carers have some responsibilty for what they can access just as they would if they were their mental age in their physicality?

I do feel infantalised, by not being trusted to be responsible with my posts, that I can't talk to other adults about adult things. Maybe one thing the site could explore is some sort of age verified adult site, where the rules are a bit more relaxed? Personally I'm a fed up with the number of spaces that are having to be family friendly, can't us adults have some adult time, where we can relax and don't have to mind our P's and Q's in quite the same way?

I too wonder who and what I'm being kept safe from? I'd hate for this site to be overrun with the sorts of hostility and trolling found on many other sites, but I don't think limiting the things we can talk about to something as banal as who our favourite Disney princess is is the answer either, although it does feel like the one NAS would be happy with.

I've seen the posts that are written to stir things up and be provocative and some that are just strange. I can feel the need to stir things up on occaision and be a bit provocative, it's often because I'm bored, intellectually speaking and want a "proper" conversation. It's up to others if they wish to indulge me or not, although usually O&U does.

I refuse to eat humble pie and nobody can make me and if they do I'll be sick, so there!

Seriously though, I don't know who this iste is being aimed at, allegedly it's for autistic people, but I think autistic children might be a better term? We do get infantalised, we don't seem to be engaged with, except to be told off. Anybody can be offended by anything if they choose to be, it would be good to have some idea of what we are and are not allowed to talk about in what I always assumed to be an adult forum. I know there are some people who's mental age dosen't match their physical one, but shouldn't their parents or carers have some responsibilty for what they can access just as they would if they were their mental age in their physicality?

I do feel infantalised, by not being trusted to be responsible with my posts, that I can't talk to other adults about adult things. Maybe one thing the site could explore is some sort of age verified adult site, where the rules are a bit more relaxed? Personally I'm a fed up with the number of spaces that are having to be family friendly, can't us adults have some adult time, where we can relax and don't have to mind our P's and Q's in quite the same way?

I too wonder who and what I'm being kept safe from? I'd hate for this site to be overrun with the sorts of hostility and trolling found on many other sites, but I don't think limiting the things we can talk about to something as banal as who our favourite Disney princess is is the answer either, although it does feel like the one NAS would be happy with.

I've seen the posts that are written to stir things up and be provocative and some that are just strange. I can feel the need to stir things up on occaision and be a bit provocative, it's often because I'm bored, intellectually speaking and want a "proper" conversation. It's up to others if they wish to indulge me or not, although usually O&U does.