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RESOURCE LIST

This resource list contains select online and print materials created by the autistic community.

101 Resources

Autism Acceptance Month
  1. ​​​​​​http://www.autismacceptancemonth.com/ 
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What is neurodiversity?
  • https://autloveaccept.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/finalneurodiversity.pdf

Ask an Autistic Series
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WexCWZPJE6A&list=PLAoYMFsyj_k1ApNj_QUkNgKC1R5F9bVHs

Myths and Facts
  • https://autisticfamilies.org/myths-and-facts-about-autism/

​Identity-First Autistic
  • https://www.identityfirstautistic.org/

Books

Loud Hands: Autistic People Speaking, edited by Julia Bascom
  • http://autisticadvocacy.org/book/loud-hands-autistic-people-speaking/

What Every Autistic Girl Wishes Her Parents Knew, edited by Emily Paige Ballou, Kristina Thomas and Sharon daVanport
  • https://autisticgirls.com/

All the Weight of Our Dreams: On Living Racialized Autism, edited by Lydia X. Z. Brown, E. Ashkenazy, Morénike Giwa Onawiu
  • https://autismandrace.com/​

​Typed Words, Loud Voices: A Collection, edited by Amy Sequenzia and Elizabeth J. Grace
  • https://autonomous-press.myshopify.com/products/typed-words-loud-voices

The Real Experts: Readings for Parents of Autistics Kids, edited by Michelle Sutton
  • https://autonomous-press.myshopify.com/products/the-real-experts-readings-for-parents-of-autistic-children-edited-by-michelle-sutton

Knowing Why: Adult-Diagnosed Autistic People on Life and Autism
  • ​https://autisticadvocacy.org/book/knowing-why/

Spectrums: Autistic Transgender People in Their Own Words
  • https://intl.jkp.com/can/spectrums-1.html

Trans and Autistic: Stories from Life at the Intersection
  • https://intl.jkp.com/can/trans-and-autistic-2.html

For Autistic People

Welcome to the Autistic Community!
  • http://autisticadvocacy.org/2014/02/welcome-to-the-autistic-community/
  • This booklet is available in two versions for two different age groups: Adolescent and Adult.
  • Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnuGPJ7UdpU​​

Pacific Alliance on Disability Self-Advocacy Webinars and Guides
  • https://pacific-alliance.org/resources/

Real Social Skills
  • https://www.realsocialskills.org/

For Families

Autistic Families International
  • https://autisticfamilies.org/

​​Learn From Autistics resources for parents
  • https://learnfromautistics.com/resources-for-parents/

Accessible Event Planning

Holding Inclusive Eve​nts: A Guide to Accessible Event Planning
  • https://pacific-alliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Accessible-Event-Planning.pdf
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Accessible Event & Conference Planning
  • http://www.accessiblecampus.ca/reference-library/accessible-event-conference-planning/
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How to Plan Events That Prioritize Accessibility
  • http://thinkingautismguide.com/2019/10/how-to-plan-accessible-events.html

Auto-Captioning Guide
  • PDF version
  • Word version

Other Resource Lists

Autistic Self-Advocacy Network resource library
  • http://autisticadvocacy.org/resources/

Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism resource list
  • http://www.thinkingautismguide.com/p/resources.html

Lydia Brown’s resources
  • https://autistichoya.net/resources/​

    Kit Mead’s resource list
  • https://kpagination.wordpress.com/autism-resources/

​Amythest Scaber’s masterpost
  • http://neurowonderful.tumblr.com/autismmasterpost

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