Neuro Spectroom

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I've noticed that I have 994 followers. I just want to thank you all for following. I'm not the most chatty of people, im not here to make friends, be popular and post iconic memes (although i do enjoy the lovely people and those that do).I'm a little oversubscribed to be honest. Being multiply neurodivergent with CFS, a parent carer, a Psychology student, an employee, and a lunatic that thinks they can change the world can be a little much. I just hope that little Lincoln will look and listen and it will make a difference for future generations 🙏 so thank you xx

Tips on managing sensory overload ⭐

Alt text: cream background with squigly lines. Header that reads: "Managing sensory overload". Two rows of pictures and text.
On the top row:
- picture of a man with closed eyes sitting on a bean bag and smiling. text underneath reads: " Find a quiet space for relaxation and regrouping."
- picture of a lady hugging herself and smiling. text underneath reads: "Practice deep breathing exercises to calm the nervous system."
- picture of two men in jackets speaking. text underneath reads: Communicate your needs for sensory breaks or adjustments.
- picture of a woman with headphones on and listening to music. text reads: "Use noise-canceling headphones or earplugs in loud environments."

On the bottom row:
- picture of grassy hills with the sun shining above. text reads: "Take breaks in nature to enjoy calming sights and sounds."
- picture of black sunglasses. with underneath reads: "Use sunglasses or a hat to reduce bright light sensitivity."
- Picture of a blue calander. text underneath reads: " Establish a consistent routine to create a sense of predictability."
- Picture of a red, yellow, and green spring toy. text underneath reads: "Carry sensory-friendly items like fidget toys or stress balls."

Alt text: background with pink, blue, and orange pastel splashes of paint. text on top that reads "It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see" a quote by Henry David Thoreau

Alt Text: "Cream background with text that reads: 'Daniel Tammet is an accomplished writer, speaker, and educator known for his extraordinary abilities in mathematics and languages. He is also autistic, and his experiences with autism have shaped his unique perspective on the world. Tammet's work delves into the beauty of numbers, explores the capabilities of the human brain, and challenges societal perceptions of intelligence.'"

Alt text: cream background with text that reads: "Embrace your differences and the qualities about you that you think are weird. Eventually, they're going to be the only things that seperate you from everyone else" - Daniel Tammet

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When we first started we were called .spectroom on instagram, now we are called on insta 💙

Hello everyone! Thanks for your patience during our lengthy maintenance period (but I promise it was totally worth the wait 😉)

What's new:
1. Our gamificaton system: have fun by earning points, achieving ranks and badges, just by interacting with the platform and fellow members. We hope to bring you prizes and exclusive opportunities at each rank through donations and partnerships in the future. Begin your questing through following the steps of the welcome quest badge which can be found on your profile page. these steps helps you to get familiar with some of the key pages on the website while rewarding you for your effort.

2. Our help centre: We built our help centre as one stop area to recieve all the support and guidance you need to navigate our new platform and enjoy your time here. You can find contact information, guidelines, user safety tips, a user guide, and more in the help centre. We hope to answer all of your questions and provide as much support as possible.

3. Our business toolbox: We support the autistic community in all areas of life, including entrepreneurship. Dive into the business toolbox to find all the information and links you would need to enhance your entrepreneurship journey such as links for listing on the marketplace, hosting events, blogging, advertising your job positions, creating your own listings for the resource directories, and reading business and networking tips tailored to the neurodivergent community. All publishings are reviewed before being made public and like the rest our platform, all business tools are completely free to use.

Other features that are available to you:
- create and customise your profile to your taste and personality, we have also included relevant autistic profile fields such as fields to mention your special interest or communication preferences
- add other users as friends or follow them, also enjoy 1 to 1 direct messaging
- share stories or ask and asnwer questions on the forums
- Interact in our specialised online live chatrooms, these chatrooms include: general social room for all users to interact and make new friends, general support room for all users to recieve emotional support from each other, autistic social room for autistic individuals, autistic support room, parent social room for parents, and parent support room
- create or join online groups of your choice
- attend and host local or online autism events such as social events, support groups, workshops and seminars
- find resources such as browsing through our articles, autistic owned businesses directory, charities directory, or directory featuring autism friendly businesses (such as supermarkets that have sensory shopping hours and when these occur, as well as businesses that sell sensory friendly products)
- find autism friendly jobs on our jobs board featuring businesses that actively look for neurodivergent talent
- and more

Why our website is completely free:
We are a team of autistic volunteers who created the platform with the mission to support the community, provide resources, and combat the unemployment rate in the community.

Neuro Spectroom is an extension of the social enterprise Spectroom, we rely on the kindness of donations to keep our platform running and free, and to provide more or improved resources. We also actively recruit new volunteers of all backgrounds who would like to join the team and offer their own personal talents and passions to help make a difference in other people's lives at their own flexible hours. Thank you

Exciting changes are on the horizon!

You may have noticed we have temporarily taken our website offline for maintnenace. This is because we are working on some exciting upgrades to the entire platform! Stay tuned as we will be back very soon

neurospectroom.com

Very quick turnaround but we're back online! Thanks for waiting :)

Hello everyone! We wanted to let you know that our website is currently undergoing some maintenance and is temporarily down. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. We are working hard to get everything up and running as soon as possible, and we'll post an update as soon as the website is back online. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

Hello everyone! thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for following this page.

Apologies for the site downtime last week, it won't happen again. I had to take some time away from the website but I've fixed it and it's back online and running!

Neuro Spectroom is a completely free and inclusive platform where members of the autistic community can connnect and make friends in the chatrooms, online groups, forums, or 1 on 1 by adding each other's profiles. Users can also share and read resources on autism. We have also *newly* included an events page where users can join or create online or in person autistic related events. We also now have an *autistic marketplace* where autistic entrepreneurs or supporters of the autistic community can share their products, services, or businsses. The website will always be free to use as the purpose is to tackle the shortage of accessible and inclusive resources for the autistic community, especially for autistic adults.

If you have any feedback, I'm always open to hearing it. I want the hub to be fun, accessible, and useful for the community.

Looking forward to meeting you at neurospectroom.com

Join our free online social platform for all members of the autistic community at neurospectroom.com

Join our free online social platform for all members of the autistic community at neurospectroom.com