Autism Resources

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General Information

• Reframing Autism’s Autism Essentials course is a great place to start getting oriented to the Autistic experience

• On social media, search #actuallyautistic

• Blog: “Me and monotropism: A unified theory of Autism”

• Autism infographics and relatable memes: https://www.mattlowrylpp.com/meme-gallery

• Book: Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities by Nick Walker - Bookshop.org

• My presentation: From Crisis to Community: Making Sense of Adult Autism Diagnosis

Autistic Wellness

• Workbook: The Autistic Burnout Workbook by Dr. Megan Anna Neff of Neurodivergent Insights - Bookshop.org

• Book: Unmasking for Life: The Autistic Person’s Guide to Connecting, Loving, and Living Authentically by Devon Price (my top rec for undoing internalized ableism for any neurodivergence) - Bookshop.org

Discovering Your Autistic Traits

• My overview of considerations when thinking about whether to pursue formal assessment and diagnosis

• Website: Embrace Autism’s free self-assessment resources and other information

• Book: Is this Autism? A Guide for Clinicians and Everyone Else by Henderson, Wayland, & White - Bookshop.org

• Book: What I Mean When I Say I’m Autistic: Unpuzzling a Life on the Autism Spectrum by Annie Kotowicz - Bookshop.org

• Book: I Think I Might Be Autistic: A Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis and Self-Discovery for Adults by Cynthia Kim - Bookshop.org

• Book: Unmasking Autism by Devon Price - Bookshop.org

• Blog: “How do I know if I’m autistic” by Dr. Neff of Neurodivergent Insights

• Website: collection of Autistic self-definitions - autcollab.org/projects/a-mosaic-of-autistic-lenses

• Website: community-sourced definition of autism - neuroclastic.com/a-communal-definition-of-autism

• Blog: Autism in relation to PTSD for “Misdiagnosis Monday” by Neurodivergent Insights (also explore the rest of the diagnosis venn diagrams and solid articles on the site)