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After 4+ months in Definition, we have to close this proposal. See Changes to the Area 51 Process v3.0. – Community♦ Jun 4 at 16:08

closed as not a viable proposal by Community♦ Jun 4 at 16:08

This proposal will not result in a useful, productive, or viable Q&A site.

49 Example Questions (10 closed)

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added by Ed Grimm Feb 5 at 23:35

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added by Em C Feb 5 at 3:53

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added by Noon, edited by Mithrandir Feb 4 at 17:35

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added by ElizB Feb 4 at 16:10

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added by avazula Feb 4 at 15:59

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added by avazula Feb 4 at 16:03

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added by avazula Feb 4 at 16:09

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added by ElizB Feb 4 at 16:15

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added by Noon, edited by Mithrandir Feb 5 at 8:33

I think you could make this question gender neutral (change "her" to "them" and "she" to "they", etc.) – damryfbfnetsi Mar 22 at 21:39

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added by Mithrandir Feb 4 at 17:10

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added by Tommi Brander Feb 4 at 17:34

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added by Em C Feb 6 at 5:31

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added by James Jenkins Feb 6 at 17:12

Could the downvoters explain their choice? Is it because of the phrasing? – avazula Mar 19 at 14:36

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added by TheTinyMan Feb 7 at 16:30

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added by TheTinyMan Feb 8 at 18:58

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added by y6nH Feb 8 at 23:05

I think this question has the same issues than this one, and the results may broadly differ from one country to another. I'm not sure whether this would be a good fit for this stack. – avazula Feb 11 at 13:50

If the answer would very by country, then defining the country in the question should be sufficient to make it work on this stack. – James Jenkins Feb 11 at 18:43

I agree that this needs to vary by country. I left it out because it's just an example, but would expect to see similar questions for various countries in practice. – y6nH Feb 18 at 12:55

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added by Tinkeringbell Feb 11 at 19:23

I love that one. I'd cast a vote if I had some left. – avazula Mar 19 at 14:37

@avazule Here is a calorie-free upvote. – smileycreations15 May 11 at 14:11

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added by ElizB Feb 13 at 23:47

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added by Rainbacon Feb 27 at 17:37

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added by Rainbacon Mar 27 at 15:04

What does ABA mean? Please include in the question :) – ElizB May 3 at 17:58

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added by TheTinyMan Feb 7 at 16:26

Could the downvoters explain their choice? As the proposer of the stack, I can't see how this wouldn't be on topic ("[...] and for neurodiverse people looking for some advice on how to deal with neurotypical-based situations.") <- this also applies for NT people who want to help ND people, actually. – avazula Feb 11 at 13:43

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added by Newbyte Feb 19 at 17:54

Many of these benefits will vary by country. – Ed Grimm Feb 23 at 7:50

Yes, true, but I thought leaving that out would be the better choice since this is an example question. For a real one, adding that would certainly be vital. – Newbyte Feb 24 at 18:56

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added by Rainbacon Feb 11 at 15:58

This one's nice too. It still could belong to TWP but as usually on those sites you'd likely get ND-oriented answers and it wouldn't be as beneficial as asking on a dedicated site like this one. – avazula Mar 19 at 14:40

I would recommend adding in the word "practically", since otherwise this would invite legal answers. – damryfbfnetsi Apr 28 at 16:00

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added by curiousdannii Feb 10 at 23:31

closed as too localized by Nij, Muhammad Hasham, Aquarius TheGirl, damryfbfnetsi, Andrew T. Apr 24 at 14:54

This question is unlikely to ever help any future visitors; it is only relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally applicable to the worldwide audience of the internet.

This has been seriously proposed by researchers. See for example: jaacap.org/article/S0890-8567(17)31682-9/fulltext Answers to a question like this would ideally link and quote from research reviews articles, rather than giving their own review of the research. – curiousdannii Feb 10 at 23:33

How is this question "too localized"? – Tommi Brander May 3 at 18:29

@TommiBrander It asks the current state, and will mostly not help other visitors. The community expects questions that also help other, not just tue asker. – smileycreations15 May 4 at 17:41

The question is very likely to help future visitors. Any good answer will cite review articles, the conclusions of which will remain fairly valid unless there is a major discovery. Furthermore, future review articles will almost certainly cite previous ones, so a future visitor can simply check what has cited the older reviews and thus find the newer reviews. (I am a research scientist in a different field.) – Tommi Brander May 5 at 7:08

Science does not move so fast that old summaries become immediately obsolete. – Tommi Brander May 5 at 7:10

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added by TheTinyMan Feb 7 at 15:33

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added by João Bravo Jun 1 at 4:10

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added by João Bravo Jun 1 at 4:21

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added by João Bravo Jun 1 at 4:17

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added by Niteesh Shanbog Feb 15 at 16:34

closed as not a real question by curiousdannii, avazula, Blimp of Static Destruction, Nij, double-beep Mar 14 at 17:30

It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form.

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added by SoniEx2 Feb 26 at 12:40

closed as not constructive by ElizB, Muhammad Hasham, Rainbacon, smileycreations15, curiousdannii May 5 at 10:12

This question is not a good fit to our Q&A format. We expect answers to generally involve facts, references, or specific expertise; this question will likely solicit opinion, debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion.

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added by saritonin Mar 18 at 17:06

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added by Noon Feb 4 at 16:26

Although I know you and I understand what you mean here, I think this question may benefit from a bit of rewording so as not to imply that LGBTQIA+ identification is related to/implied by autism. Do you mean that it seems that a non-negligible part of the autistic community also recognize themselves in the LGBTQIA community, and that you're looking for possible explanations as to why is that? – avazula Feb 11 at 13:49

Even if my question was implying that "LGBTQIA+ identification is related to/implied by autism", I believe this would still have its place on this stack. I'm part of both community myself and I don't mean to offend anyone but I also don't see what's the problem with my way of saying things. (note that my answer would have been totally different if I wasn't part of both those community) – Noon Feb 11 at 14:06

I understand, I'm part of both communities too and it seems that there's a non-negligible portion of autistic people who identify within the LGBTQIA+ scope. I think it's just the wording that troubles me, maybe something like "Is there a sociological explanation as to why many autistic people identify as LGBT+?" would be better? What do you think? – avazula Feb 13 at 10:04

@avazula I changed it, thanks for the suggestion :) – Noon Feb 13 at 10:12

<comment removed> @EdGrimm Please do not use comments to answer question or to get into a political commentary argument. Comments are to help improve the question, not to post what you think about the issue or to start engaging in the topic. – Robert Cartaino♦ Feb 16 at 20:27

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added by Niteesh Shanbog Feb 15 at 16:14

closed as not a real question by curiousdannii, damryfbfnetsi, Muhammad Hasham, Rainbacon, smileycreations15 Apr 30 at 14:48

It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form.

While this feels like a very valid question if I discount the connotations of the words, especially 'dictate', I don't think that this question is posed in the best way. "Why would some people with autism not want to be treated?" would probably be better. Even then it feels like it would be offensive to many simply because it inherently suggests that treatment should be considered the default. But I'm not sure how to reword it to be more neutral without offending those who want treatment. – Ed Grimm Feb 23 at 7:56

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added by Super S Feb 25 at 13:14

closed as not a real question by avazula, Blimp of Static Destruction, Em C, Muhammad Hasham, Ash Mar 29 at 18:22

It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form.

I think this one may attract primarily opinion-based answers; there's no general truth about why do some think it's negative or positive. – avazula Mar 19 at 14:38

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added by Ed Grimm Mar 8 at 23:45

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added by Tommi Brander Feb 4 at 17:35

I'm not sure why this one is downvoted so heavily? I read it as being in a similar vein to other diagnosis-related questions that seem much more well-received. Is it because the topic might be Googleable? – TheTinyMan Feb 8 at 15:26

@TheTinyMan that, and it seems like it would already fit on Psychology (maybe even a duplicate of this) – Em C Feb 9 at 0:33

Questions can be on topic on several sites at once, in general. But I am not deeply committed to the question; having it downvoted is fine. – Tommi Brander Feb 9 at 7:28

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added by Tommi Brander Feb 4 at 17:37

This might be a better fit for interpersonal skills, maybe you can focus on a part of small talk or something in that context that people have a hard time with if they are neurodiverse. Additionally, each neurodiverse person probably has a different answer- maybe narrow down to what specific type of neurodiversity? – ElizB Feb 4 at 19:36

While interpersonal SE would handle this question for some people, they are really quick to shut down any discussion that raises any intrapersonal issues. Every on spectrum person I know who has/had problems with small talk has developed intrapersonal issues they need(ed) to work through to get better at small talk, because that frequently happens when one is shut down repeatedly without any option for meaningful discussion. – Ed Grimm Feb 23 at 8:11

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added by Em C Feb 6 at 5:38

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added by Rainbacon Feb 8 at 21:41

	This likely depends a lot on the specific country and on many personal factors. I think that the question when diagnosis is helpful is valid, but this seems too broad at the moment. – Discrete lizard Feb 11 at 10:09
	To respond to @Discretelizard remarque, maybe you could edit your question to ask "Knowing that I'm from country C and that I'm X years-old, are there any benefits to getting a formal autism diagnosis?"? – Noon Feb 11 at 14:26
	I think that the idea of "benefit" might also be a bit too subjective to be helpful. Some people may think of something like SSDI / disability as a benefit while others would see that as a hindrance or as detrimental. – saritonin May 17 at 19:21