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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.
Strengths-based, neurodiversity-affirming conversations featuring autistic voices, families, and experts; new episodes continue into 2026.
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 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.
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.
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.