Please note: each category starts with web content. Book references are at the end of each section.
Basic information about autism
For newly diagnosed: Welcome to the Autistic Community, by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network
For autistic youth: Welcome to the Autistic Community (youth version)
Info about autism, for families: Autistic Families International
AFI’s Family Advocacy Guide
All the Weight of Our Dreams: On Living Racialized Autism, by Lydia X.Z. Brown
History of the autism diagnosis: TED Talk by Steve Silberman
Thomas’s Story, a memoir of growing up autistic in the 1970s and 80s)
Autism Information: AutisticUK
Neurodivergence, self-advocacy and the neurodiversity movement
Autism Acceptance, by ASAN
The Autistic Self-Advocacy Movement, by ASAN
The Neurodiversity Movement, by Neurocosmopolitan
Whose Expertise Is It: Evidence for Autistic Adults as Critical Autism Experts, by Kristin Gillespie Lynch, et . al Frontiers in Psychology 28 March 2017
Identity first language (autistic) versus person-first language (“person with autism”), from The Autistinquisitor blog
On functioning labels as inherently oppressive, by Lysikan
On how we frame autism and how it impacts children. Is my Baby or Toddler Autistic? by Laren Smith Donohoe
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.
Navigating College: A Handbook on Self Advocacy Written for Autistic Students from Autistic Adults edited by E Ashkenazy & M Latimer
Neurodiversity: Discovering the Extraordinary Gifts of Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Brain Differences by Thomas Armstrong
The Real Experts, edited by Michelle Sutton
No You Don’t Essays from an Unstrange Mind, Sparrow Rose Jones
Living Independently on the Autism Spectrum, by Lynne Soraya
Forest for the Trees – Jane Meyerdino
Resource lists, guides, apps, campaigns and organizations for autistics
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
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
Toronto Disability Pride March
Boycott Autism Speaks campaign
Autism Network International (Autreat Conference)
Autistic Self Advocacy Network
LGBT Resources
Autistic and Queer: Coming Out on the Spectrum
Support groups and discussion for allies
Autistic Allies, on Facebook
Parenting Autistic Children with Love and Acceptance
Counteracting “cure” culture
The Danger of Snake Oil Treatments for Autism, by Alsa Opar for the Atlantic
Hidden in Plain Sight: Orthorexia in the Autism Parenting Community, by Hannah King
ABA, Behaviourism and Better Alternatives
Autism ABA Resources by Amethyst Schaber
ABA Controversy’s Resource List
Better Ways Than ABA Facebook group
The Misbehaviour of Behaviourists, by Michelle Dawson
I Abused Children for a Living, written by a former OT
Social Skills for Autonomous People, by Real Social Skills
No Contest, by Alfie Kohn
Punished By Rewards, by Alfie Kohn
War on Autism: On the Cultural Logic of Normative Violence, by Anne McGuire
Blogs and youtube channels by autistics
Neurowonderful: Amethyst Schaber
http://talesfromanautismfamily.blogspot.ca/
http://theinvisiblestrings.com/
https://unstrangemind.wordpress.com/
http://nonspeakingautisticspeaking.blogspot.ca
https://kpagination.wordpress.com/autism-resources/
https://asdculture.wikispaces.com/
https://juststimming.wordpress.com/
http://www.wretchesandjabberers.org/
http://musingsofanaspie.com/about/
http://paulacdurbinwestbyautisticblog.blogspot.ca/
http://timetolisten.blogspot.ca/
https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/
Parenting-specific blogs
http://wearelikeyourchild.blogspot.ca/
http://mystinkybackpack.blogspot.ca
https://respectfullyconnected.com
http://autistictimestwo.blogspot.ca/?m=1
https://adiaryofamom.com
