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General Autism Resources

What is autism?

About Autism - short definition of autism from the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network
Autism 101 - infographic created by Erin Human
Welcome to the Autistic Community - guide for autistic people and allies by the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network
Is everyone "a little autistic"? - Spoiler: no! Maxfield Sparrow explains why
Ask An Autistic - series of introductory captioned videos to autism by Amythest Schaber

What is neurodiversity?

The Neurodivergent Narwhals ™ Present: Neurodiversity 101 - from the Ed Wiley Autism Acceptance Lending Library
Neurodiversity 101 - infographic by Erin Human
Neurodiverse or neurodivergent? It's more than just grammar - article by Dr. Sue Fletcher-Watson

Social Model of Disability

Disability 101: Medical Model vs. Social Model (transcript here) - infographic by Erin Human
Medical Model of Disability vs. Social Model of Disability - guide by Democracy Disability and Society Group

For Families, Friends, and Allied Community

Sincerely, Your Autistic Child - book by the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network
Information and Resources for Parents and Caregivers of Newly Diagnosed Autistic Girls - guide by the Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network
What Every Autistic Girl Wishes Her Parents Knew - book by the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network
Parenting a Disabled Child: Nurturing Self Worth - auto-captioned Tedx Talk by Shailen Singh
How listening to autistic adults helped me understand and support my son - article by Shannon Des Roches Rosa
Parenting Autistic Children with Love & Acceptance - Facebook page and community
Redefining Autism - Neurodiverse Families in BC - Facebook support group with autistic parent admin

How We Talk about Autism

Identity-First Autistic - campaign to promote identity-first language
The Significance of Semantics: Person-First Language: Why It Matters - article by Lydia X. Z. Brown
Which terms should be used to describe autism? Perspectives from the UK autism community - journal article by Kenny and colleagues
Avoiding Ableist Language: Suggestions for Autism Researchers - journal article by Bottema-Beutel and colleagues
Talking About How We Talk About Autism - pamphlet by Ed Wiley Autism Acceptance Library

Autistic Burnout

What is Autistic Burnout? - guide by Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network
Help! I Seem to be Getting More Autistic! - article by Mel Baggs
What is Autistic Burnout? - captioned video by Amythest Schaber
“Having All of Your Internal Resources Exhausted Beyond Measure and Being Left with No Clean-Up Crew”: Defining Autistic Burnout - journal article by Raymaker and colleagues

Meltdowns and Shutdowns

What Are Autistic Meltdowns? - captioned video by Amythest Schaber
What Are Autistic Shutdowns? - captioned video by Amythest Schaber
5 Ways To Support Someone Through a Meltdown - article by Michelle Swan

Camouflaging and Masking

Camouflaging in Autism - plain language article by Hull and colleagues
Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q) - an online version of the CAT-Q originally developed by Hull and colleagues on the Embrace Autism website

Double Empathy, Social Communication, and Reciprocity

Double Empathy: Why Autistic People Are Often Misunderstood - plain language article by Crompton and colleagues
Real Social Skills - blog by Ruti Regan
What Do New Findings About Social Interaction in Autistic Adults Mean for Neurodevelopmental Research? - journal article by Rachael Davis and Catherine J. Crompton

Safety

Autism and Safety Toolkit - guide by the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network
Dear Parents Who Want to Keep Their Nonspeaking Children Safe as They Go Out Into the World - article by Cal Montgomery

COVID-19

Our Great Big List of COVID-19 Resources -Our resource guide for COVID-19

COVID Vaccine Resource List-Resources related to COVID-19 Vaccine (CN: Needles)
Needle Anxiety Guide (PDF)-A guide on dealing with needle anxiety for Neurodivergent people in PDF format (CN: Needles)
Needle Anxiety Guide (Word)-A guide on dealing with needle anxiety for Neurodivergent people in word format (CN: Needles)

Books

Loud Hands: Autistic People Speaking, edited by Julia Bascom

http://autisticadvocacy.org/book/loud-hands-autistic-people-speaking/

Sincerely, Your Autistic Child - edited by Emily Paige Ballou, Sharon daVanport and Morénike Giwa Onaiwu

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670589/sincerely-your-autistic-child-by-autistic-women-and-nonbinary-network/

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/all-the-weight-of-our-dreams-anthology/

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

Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement: Stories from the Frontline

link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-13-8437-0

Augmentative and Alternative Communication

What is AAC?

What is AAC? - article by AssistiveWare
List of free symbol-based AAC options - compiled by Kit Autie

Groups and Organizations

Ask Me, I'm an AAC User! - Facebook group led by AAC users
Communications Disabilities Access Canada - non-profit organization in Canada
CommunicationFIRST - non-profit organization in the USA
International Association for Spelling as Communication - international organization

Films

LISTEN short film (and resource toolkit) - 5-minute captioned, translated, and audio-described film by non-speaking autistic people with CommunicationFIRST (free to view online)
People Like Me (and study guide) - 20-minute captioned and audio-described film by Marrok Sedgwick (free to view online)
Deej - captioned and audio-described film produced by DJ Savarese
Unspoken - 26-minute captioned film co-directed by Emma Zurcher-Long

Academic Literature