with the intent of satisfying individual needs for romantic and/or sexual relations, imitating a human participant to a degree believable by the average person,

are engaging in regulated therapeutic practices that are accordingly remanded to (insert board) for further administration & monitoring."

"Recognizing the need for social engagement and/or companionship among all individuals alongside society's duty to protect individuals from malign influence and the general exercise of consent among all parties in relationships: Apps or entities simulating believable humanoid companionship or;

As an example of concept: "Apps serving to simulate human companionship or to provide accommodation for social/emotional deficits", sort of straddling the "companion" and "therapy" worlds and tying it to *some* sort of therapeutic, regulated professional supervision.

At least not some rich tech bro

the most efficient regulatory path I can think of is regulating these apps under "therapeutic devices" as provision of therapy services; therapy adjuncts, therapeutic modalities, etc. Regulate through licensed mental health professional boards & it will destroy the marketability on most app stores.

Really happy to see this but also

thank you! I love to entertain! <3

Proud of you friend <3 You can do it!

i am definitely fire nation autism, whatever that is

ya girl gots a temper

Maybe my year-end present to myself this year is acknowledging that I'm more than enough and it's the world that's got the problem.

Maybe my greatest blessing is knowing who I am & the will to refuse to allow the world to define me.

Maybe I am strong. Maybe I am worth hearing.

Maybe.

We'll see.

I think going from a trailer in a place so small it's a census designated place (not a town) born to two crazy people in poverty who abandoned me, abused for most of my childhood for being trans/autistic, barely graduating high school...

to a neuropsychiatry program is pretty mind-blowingly awesome

Waffle House come to Illinois, dammit