Autism

“Autism is a developmental disability that changes a lot of parts of our lives. It changes how we think, understand the world, move, communicate, and socialize.

Autism makes us different from non-autistic people, and that’s ok!

Autism is a normal part of life, and makes us who we are.”

- Autistic Self Advocacy Network

Continue learning

• “Welcome to the Autistic Community” by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network

• “Start Here: a guide for parents of autistic kids” by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network

• “The Problem with Functioning Labels” by Finn Gardiner

• The Autism Partner Handbook: How to Love an Autistic Person by Joe Biel, Faith G. Harper, Elly Blue

• Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Devon Price

• We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation by Eric Garcia

Organizations

• Autistic Self Advocacy Network - Toolkits, information, and policy advocacy by and for autistic self advocates.

• Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network - non-profit committed to disability justice, gender & racial equity, neurodiversity & trans liberation.