Resources
Books
A fantastic resource to parents of autistic children
A Book on what it means to be part of the autistic community
Other Important Resources and Tips
Autism and Safety: From the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)
/https://autisticadvocacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Autism-and-Safety-Pt-2.pdf
All About Autism
- Everyone Communicates – the AAC Resource – http://www.everyonecommunicates.org/
- In My Language – by Mel Baggs – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnylM1hI2jc
- Why We Should Stop Stim Suppression – by Cassandra Crosman – https://intheloopaboutneurodiversity.wordpress.com/2019/09/17/why-we-should-stop-stim-suppression/
Who Can be Autistic?
- Autism Self-Diagnosis is not Special Snowflake Syndrome – by Sara Luterman – http://nosmag.org/autism-self-diagnosis-is-not-special-snowflake-syndrome/
- Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network – https://awnnetwork.org/
- Adult Misdiagnosis – The Default Path to an Autistic Identity – by Autistic Science Lady – https://autisticsciencelady.wordpress.com/2019/06/15/adult-misdiagnosis-the-default-path-to-an-autistic-identity/
- Why It’s So Difficult to Diagnose Autism in Girls – by Somer Bishop https://slate.com/technology/2015/10/autism-in-girls-and-women-is-difficult-to-diagnose.html
- Autism’s Race Problem – by Pacific Standard – https://psmag.com/news/autisms-race-problem
Autism Facts
- Mental Age Theory Hurts People with Disabilities – by Ivanova Smith – http://nosmag.org/mental-age-theory-hurts-people-with-intellectual-disabilities/
- Left Brain Right Brain: Autism News, Science, and Opinion – https://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/
- “Putting on My Best Normal”: Social Camouflaging in Adults with Autism Spectrum Conditions – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5509825/
- Unlocking Potential: Innovative Library Programs Enhancing the Lives of Autistic Individuals – https://librarysciencedegreesonline.org/libraries-and-autism/
Autism and Disability
- 10 Principles of Disability Justice – Sins Invalid – https://www.sinsinvalid.org/blog/10-principles-of-disability-justice
- Social Model Animation – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s3NZaLhcc4
- The Disability Gulag – by Harriet McBryde Johnson – https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/23/magazine/the-disability-gulag
- It’s Our Story – https://www.youtube.com/user/itsourstoryproject
- Medical Model vs Social Model – by Kids as Self Advocates (KASA) – https://www.fvkasa.org/resources/files/history-model.pdf
- Judy Heumann Fights for People with Disabilities – Drunk History – http://www.cc.com/video-clips/2p86bg/drunk-history-judy-heumann-fights-for-people-with-disabilities
- Parallels in Time: A History of Developmental Disabilities – http://mn.gov/mnddc/parallels/
- Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement – by Steven Kapp – https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-13-8437-0
Self-Advocacy and the Self-Advocacy Movement
- Self-Advocacy Online – http://www.selfadvocacyonline.org/
- The Meaning of Self-Advocacy – by Mel Baggs – http://www.thinkingautismguide.com/2019/02/the-meaning-of-self-advocacy.html
- I’m Determined: Empowering Self-Determined Behavior – https://www.imdetermined.org
- From Ableist to Self Advocate- by Amy Sequencia – https://awnnetwork.org/from-ableist-to-self-advocate/
- Self-Determination Tools – http://www.cmhsrp.uic.edu/nrtc/tools.asp
Know Your Rights
- The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 – Car Autism Roadmap – https://www.carautismroadmap.org/the-americans-with-disabilities-act-of-1990-ada/
- Job Accommodation Network – https://askjan.org/
- Inclusive Schools Network – https://inclusiveschools.org/
- Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy – https://www.wrightslaw.com/
- Olmstead Self-Assessment – https://www.olmsteadrights.org/self-helptools/assessment/
- How to Make a Supported Decision-Making Agreement – ACLU – https://www.aclu.org/other/how-make-supported-decision-making-agreement
- National Disability Rights Network – https://www.ndrn.org/about/ndrn-member-agencies/
- Information on the ADA – https://www.ada.gov/
- International Disability Alliance – http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/
- International Disability Rights – Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund – https://dredf.org/legal-advocacy/international-disability-rights/