Put together by and for autistic folks, and their family or loved ones who need or want to understand us better.

For people who want to better understand and support their autistic loved ones + autistic people ourselves

* Autistic people and unhealthy/abusive relationships

* Helpful autistic flowcharts from an autistic grad student I'm friends with (the rest of their site is good, would recommend a look-through!)

* On “Energy Budgeting” and Acknowledging Internal Autistic Realities

* Autistic masking

* Autistic masking and mental health

* Lauren is an autistic person who posts a lot of resources on Instagram to help autistic people and non-autistic people understand things going on with autistic people, and her posts have helped me a lot if you want to scroll through some less dense stuff where she breaks things down into simpler concepts

* Double empathy and autistic communication

* Autism and disorganized thoughts

* Autism and PTSD / another piece on autism and PTSD

* Ketamine treatment for autism

* Autistic "superpowers" and kryptonite

* Alexithymia

* Autism workbook

Movies and TV Shows

* The Reason I Jump

* People Like Me

* Everything’s Gonna Be Okay

Books

* We’re Not Broken by Eric M. Garcia

* The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy by Naoki Higashida

* All the Weight of Our Dreams, On Living with Racialized Autism by Lydia X.Z. Brown

* Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman

* Authoring Autism: On Rhetoric and Neurological Queerness by M. Remi Yergeau

* But You Don’t Look Autistic At All by Bianca Toeps

Podcasts by autistic folks

* Stim4Stim

* 21andSensory

People on social media to follow (autistic educators + autistic people who talk about our experiences)

* Autienelle

* AutiSciPerson

* Eric Garcia

* Lydia X.Z. Brown

* Kayla Smith

* Dani

* Marleen

* Leah Mcelrath

* Izzy

* Lived Experience Educator

* Neurodivergent_lou

* Autistics Unmasked

Websites

* Neuroclastic

* Autistic Self Advocacy

* Embrace Autism

Articles

* Trans Autistic People Use Our Whole Bodies to Express Joy

* Please Stop Playing "Gotcha" With Autistic Accommodations

* In 'We're Not Broken,' Author Eric Garcia Takes On Myths About Autism

* The Adults Who Discovered They Were Autistic After Their Children Were Diagnosed

* “Baby Pink Is My Home”: How an Autistic Person Creates a Safe Space with Color

* This is What “Wellness” Means to Autistic People