Resources

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 First

Communication Disabilities Access Canada

CoughDrop Open Access AAC info

AssistiveWare, AAC products, info & support

CommunicationFIRST’s LISTEN (documentary)

Deej (documentary)

Unspoken (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

AutistiQueers (Toronto)

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)

CripChat UK

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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

Deej

Unspoken

Best and Most Beautiful Things

Wretches and Jabberers

People Like Me by Marrok Sedgwick

Project Re-Vision

CommunicationFIRST’s LISTEN

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

https://notanautismmom.com/

http://wearelikeyourchild.blogspot.ca/

https://respectfullyconnected.com