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Ask an Autistic (video series)
Autistic-led YouTube series answering common questions (e.g., stimming, meltdowns, AAC, acceptance) in clear, affirming language-helpful for autistic people, families, and professionals.
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Autistic-led YouTube series answering common questions (e.g., stimming, meltdowns, AAC, acceptance) in clear, affirming language-helpful for autistic people, families, and professionals.
National advocacy and support organization offering a toll-free Helpline and the Autism Source directory to connect autistic people and families with local services, education, and peer support across the U.S.
U.S. nonprofit run by and for autistic people offering policy advocacy, accessible guides, and community resources (e.g., Welcome to the Autistic Community) for autistic individuals and families.
US nonprofit that partners with venues nationwide to provide Sensory Inclusive training, sensory bags (e.g., noise-reducing headphones, fidgets, cue cards), and a free mobile app to locate 3,000+ certified locations-helpful for autistic people with sensory needs and their families.
Step-by-step, teen-friendly worksheets build daily living, executive functioning, social, and vocational skills to support independence for autistic teens and young adults; suitable for use at home, school, or in therapy. Paperback pricing and e-book options are listed by the publisher.
Teen-friendly, practical worksheets to build friendship, communication, and social problem-solving skills; useful for autistic adolescents and their families or school teams.
Strengths-based, neurodiversity-affirming conversations featuring autistic voices, families, and experts; new episodes continue into 2026.
Affirming, strengths-based book that reframes autistic traits as human coping strategies and offers practical, respectful supports for autistic people and their families across the lifespan. The 2022 updated edition adds new material on identity-first language, adulthood, nonspeakers, and diversity issues.
An illustrated picture book designed to be read with a child at the point of an autism diagnosis, using plain language and pictures. Includes a summary checklist to structure the conversation about the child's own strengths and differences.
A free plain-language handbook on self-determination, rights, supports, and supported decision-making, followed by chapters on postsecondary education, employment, housing, and healthcare. A clinician can work through it section by section with a transition-age client, using it as the structure for goal-setting and rights education.
Neurodiversity-affirming planner that supports executive function with visual schedules, focus timers, AI task breakdown, widgets, and cross-device sync; designed for ADHD/autistic users but helpful for anyone needing organization/routines. Free version with Pro features available by subscription.
Evidence-based video modeling curriculum with 200+ short lessons, manuals, and printable workbooks that teach social communication skills (e.g., conversation, joining groups, perspective-taking) for Pre-K through transition-age learners.
A pragmatically organised paper or app-based communication book system spanning first words through adult-level language. The clinician models on the book using aided language stimulation so the user can generate their own messages rather than select from adult-chosen options.
A Pittsburgh practice providing psychological evaluations and short-term post-evaluation support for autism, ADHD, OCD, learning differences and other forms of neurodivergence in clients ages 4 to 55. Evaluations are explicitly neurodiversity-affirming and combine clinical interview, observation and standardized self-report measures.
Pittsburgh, PA
Nonprofit offering one-to-one executive function coaching for students and adults (virtual nationwide), focused on organization, planning, time management, and self-advocacy; coaches hold ICF credentials. Sliding-scale fees; standard pricing includes a one-time intake and weekly coaching with check-ins.
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A deck of 60 illustrated cards describing Autistic and ADHD characteristics in positive, non-deficit language. A clinician spreads the cards with a child or teen after identification and lets them sort which traits fit, turning an abstract diagnosis into something concrete the young person builds themselves.
An illustrated picture book following a mother and son discovering the many ways brains grow, covering neurotypical brains, autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and anxiety. Written as a read-together tool for opening the conversation with a young child without pathologising difference.
A set of guidebooks with worksheets that a clinician or parent works through with a young person to build self-understanding of their autism, ADHD, or sensory profile. Includes lived-experience contributions from neurodivergent professionals rather than clinician-only framing.
Springfield, MO