Information about autism for families & newly-diagnosed people
For newly diagnosed: Welcome to the Autistic Community, by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network
For autistic youth: Welcome to the Autistic Community (youth version)
For families of newly-diagnosed: Start Here by the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network
For families, children & everyone: Neurodivergent Narwhals – Ed Wiley Autism Acceptance Lending Library (neurodiversitylibrary.org
For families: Uniquely Human, by Dr. Barry Prizant
For families: Sincerely, Your Autistic Child: What People on the Autism Spectrum Wish Their Parents Knew, ed. by the Autistic Women and Non-Binary Network
The Neurodiversity Library Reading List
Autism Information: AutisticUK
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AAC advocacy organizations & resources
About AAC (Therapist Neurodiversity Collective)
Communication Disabilities Access Canada
CoughDrop Open Access AAC info
AssistiveWare, AAC products, info & support
CommunicationFIRST’s LISTEN (documentary)
Self-advocacy and the neurodiversity movement
The Autistic People of Color Fund & Organization
Autism Acceptance, by ASAN
The Autistic Self-Advocacy Movement, by ASAN
Don’t Mourn for Us, by Jim Sinclair
The Double Empathy Problem, explained (Damian Milton, et al.)
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman
Loud Hands: Autistic People Speaking by Julia Bascom, ed.
Typed Words, Loud Voices by Amy Sequenzia, Elizabeth J. Grace, eds.
Funny, You Don’t Look Autistic: A Comedian’s Guide to Life on the Spectrum by Michael McCreary
History of the autism diagnosis: TED Talk by Steve Silberman
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LGBT+ Resources
Autistic and Queer: Coming Out on the Spectrum
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e-books/books for autistics & our families
The Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism
Navigating College: A Handbook on Self Advocacy Written for Autistic Students from Autistic Adults edited by E Ashkenazy & M Latimer
The Autism-Friendly Guide to Periods by Robyn Steward
Autistic and Queer: Coming Out on the Spectrum
Relationships and Sexuality: A handbook by and for Autistic People
Empowering Leadership: A Systems Change Guide for Autistic College Students and Those With Other Disabilities
What Every Autistic Girl Wishes Her Parents Knew by Autistic Women’s Network
The Neurodiversity Reader: Exploring Concepts, Lived Experience and Implications for Practice by Damian Milton et. al
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Podcasts
A typing-only podcast party (host Adam Wolfond)
Noncompliant, a neurodiversity podcast (host Anne Borden King)
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Support groups and discussion for allies
Autistic Allies, on Facebook
Autism Inclusivity, on Facebook
A4A Parent Group, on Facebook
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Documentaries
Best and Most Beautiful Things
People Like Me by Marrok Sedgwick
In My Language, Mel Baggs
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Stopping autism pseudoscience
The Danger of Snake Oil Treatments for Autism, by Alsa Opar for the Atlantic
On Twitter, for UK news and actions: @AIMautistic
On Twitter, for US news and actions: @fierceautie
On Twitter, for Canadian news and action: @againstcures
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ABA & Alternatives
The Foundations for Divergent Minds program
SCERTS: Inclusion program for schools
The Therapist Neurodiversity Collective: OTs, SLPs, PTs
First-Hand Perspectives on Behavioral Interventions for Autistic People and People with other Developmental Disabilities” ed. by the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network
Thomas’s Story, a memoir of growing up autistic in the 1970s and 80s
Autism & Behaviorism by Alfie Kohn
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Parenting-specific blogs
http://wearelikeyourchild.blogspot.ca/
https://respectfullyconnected.com