Resources

Blogs & Articles

Blogs

• Parenting Autistic Children with Love & Acceptance

• Non-Speaking Autistic Speaking - Amy Sequenzia

Blog Posts We Love

• Neurodiversity: Some Basic Terms & Definitions - Nick Walker, PhD

• Very Grand Emotions: How Autistics and Neurotypicals Experience Emotions Differently - Terra Vance on Neuroclastic

• Autism’s Race Problem - Pacific Standard

• The Problem with Functioning Labels (“High Functioning Autism” and “Low Functioning Autism”) - Finn Gardiner on Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism

• Why We Should Stop Stim Suppression - Cassandra Crosman on In the Loop About Neurodiversity

Neurodivergent Communication & Social Connection Resources

• Social Skills Training info - Therapist Neurodiversity Collective

• Milton’s Double Empathy Problem: A Summary for Non-Academics - Reframing Autism

• Object-Based vs Social-Based Conversations - Neurodivergent Insights

• Bridging Neurodivergent and Neurotypical Communication - Did You Know? interview with Sara Sanders Gardner

• Autistic Friendships - The Autistic OT (Facebook video)

• Identity-First Language - Autistic Hoya (Lydia X.Z. Brown) / ASAN

Podcasts

• The Neurodivergent Woman Podcast

• Divergent Conversations Podcast

• Life with Lost Keys Podcast (René Brooks of Black Girl, Lost Keys)

Videos

YouTube Channels

• How to ADHD - Jessica McCabe

• Ask an Autistic - Amethyst Schraber

Videos We Love

• Short explanation of the Social Model of Disability

Other Resource Lists

• Neurodiversity Resources from Bellevue College’s Neurodiversity Navigators Program

• Guidelines for Selecting a Neurodiversity-Affirming Mental Healthcare Provider – Reframing Autism

• The Autistic Survival Guide to Therapy – book by Steph Jones

• Neurodivergent Therapists Directory

• Therapist Directory – Therapist Neurodiversity Collective

• Therapy for Black Girls provider search

• Therapist Cost Estimator (check your insurance reimbursement for a specific provider) - Nirvana

• Mental Health Resources - Neurodiversity Hub

• Why Doesn’t Standard Talking Therapy Work for Autistic People? – Dr. Alice Nicholls, Clinical Psychologist

  • Helpful for figuring out what’s gone wrong in the past, and figuring out what to look for in a future provider.

Check out this list of our favorite books on our Goodreads shelf.

School Resources

College

• The #1 college program for autistic and neurodivergent students is right in our backyard! Bellevue College’s Neurodiversity Navigators Program

• High School vs. College Disability Services - adapted from Dept. of Education & Office of Civil Rights (OCR)

• A Handbook on Self Advocacy, Written for Autistic Students from Autistic Adults - ASAN

  o   Free PDF Download

Parents / Families / Support People

• Parenting Autistic Children with Love & Acceptance - Facebook page

• How to Make a Supported Decision Making Agreement - ACLU (for parents & support people)

• Roots2Wings Family Group - Facebook page (website coming soon!)

• Social Skills Training info - Therapist Neurodiversity Collective

Current Research

• The global epidemiology and health burden of the autism spectrum: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 - Santomauro, Damian F et al

  • Data modeling for the incidence of autistic people in the global population showing that an estimated 1 in 127 people are autistic, though many go undiagnosed.