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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.
Conversations with autistic self-advocates, families, and professionals that highlight lived experience, inclusion, and practical supports for navigating life on the spectrum. Episodes are produced by the Global Autism Project and stream on major platforms.
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.
A free on-demand course on rewriting conventional IEP and therapy goals into strengths-based, connection-oriented objectives. Explicitly targets reducing masking and building authentic peer relationships rather than social-skills compliance.
Free webinar recordings, slides, and information sheets on building body-signal awareness in autistic children and young people. A practitioner uses the activity guidance to run short interoception noticing activities and to connect body signals to regulation strategies.
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.
A six-hour live training on building affirming treatment plans centered on Autistic well-being, covering neurodiversity language, the Autistic neurotype, sensory and regulation needs, and strengths-based treatment planning. Explicitly critiques coercive practice and centers authentic Autistic joy over compliance.
Minneapolis, MN
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 free downloadable guide plus linked articles covering AAC setup, starting communication, building language, and the common roadblocks that stall progress. A clinician uses it to set priorities with a family and to choose modeling and vocabulary strategies to run in session with an AAC user.
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.
Free downloadable 36-word Universal Core communication boards, classroom posters, and quick-reference guides for modeling, yes/no, partner-assisted scanning, and 3D symbols. A clinician prints the board and models core vocabulary on it during natural routines with a student who has no reliable communication system.
Practical, play-based sensory activities to support regulation and participation at home and school; revised edition notes guidance for co-existing conditions including Asperger's and autism.
Educator- and family-friendly guide to classroom accommodations for slow processing speed, with concrete strategies for instructions, testing, and organization; Spanish option available. Downloadable lists and related 504/IEP resources support advocacy.
Community-run online co-op offering 6- or 12-week enrichment classes and social groups tailored for gifted and twice-exceptional learners, emphasizing collaboration, flexibility, and belonging.
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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 29-course on-demand library covering PDA, autistic burnout, gestalt language processing and echolalia, the double empathy problem, stimming, restraint and seclusion, and neurodiversity-affirming IEP goals. Includes explicitly anti-compliance titles such as 'Beyond Compliance: Neurodiversity-Affirming Goals'.