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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.
Speech-language pathology service providing AAC evaluation and treatment for nonspeaking and limited-speech autistic individuals, including speech-generating devices operated by hand, eye gaze, or head movement. The initial evaluation assesses fine motor skills, receptive and expressive language, vision and hearing in order to match the person to appropriate equipment and provide training in its use.
Hershey, PA
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.
Autistic- and neurodivergent-led nonprofit offering facilitated virtual support groups (e.g., general, women and nonbinary, LGBTQIA+, parenting) for autistic adults and caregivers.
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 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
A 127-page workbook plus 105-page toolkit on recognizing autistic burnout, mapping triggers, building a recovery plan, and self-advocacy. The clinician shares it with a client and works through the reflection exercises and recovery plan across sessions.
An on-demand webinar on distinguishing autism from ADHD, giftedness, OCD, social anxiety, ODD, social pragmatic communication disorder, DMDD, trauma, and borderline presentations. Emphasizes recognizing camouflaged and non-stereotypical presentations that standard tools routinely miss.
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.
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