Here is a list of resources about autism, with a focus on actually autistic voices, divided by topic. You will find articles, websites, videos, Youtube channels, etc., most of them created by autistic people. If there are resources you would like to contribute to this post, or if you have other suggestions, don’t hesitate to let me know.
What is autism?
Autistic Self Advocacy Network: About Autism
Autisticality: Inclusive autistic traits
Amythest Schaber: Ask an Autistic: What is Autism?
Neurodiversity
Identity-First Autistic: The Neurodiversity Paradigm
Nick Walker: Neurodiversity: some basic terms and definitions
Nick Walker: The Neurodiversity Paradigm and the Path of Self-Liberation
Nick Walker: Throw Away the Master’s Tools: Liberating Ourselves from the Pathology Paradigm
Elisabeth Wiklander: Neurodiversity — the key that unlocked my world
Amythest Schaber: Ask an Autistic: What is Neurodiversity
Identity-first language vs person-first language
Autistic Self Advocacy Network: Identity-First Language
Nathan Selove: Autism ACTUALLY Speaking: Person First Language
Autistic Hoya: The Significance of Semantics: Person-First Language: Why It Matters
Social model of disability vs medical model of disability
Identity-First Autistic: Understanding Disability Models
Autistic Hoya: You are not a burden.
Nathan Selove: Autism ACTUALLY Speaking: Models of Disability Discourse
Nathan Selove: Creating A Social Model of Autism
Amythest Schaber: Ask an Autistic #16: Is Autism a Disability?
Functioning labels
Identity-First Autistic: Identity-First Autistic’s stance on ‘functioning labels’
Amythest Schaber: Ask an Autistic: What about Functioning Labels?
autisticliving: What’s Wrong with Functioning Labels? A Masterpost.
Nathan Selove: Autistic ACTUALLY Speaking: High Functioning versus Low Functioning
AUTISTIC WEREWOLF: WHY LABELS EXPECIALLY HIGH & LOW FUNCTIONING AUTISM IS ARE A LOAD OF CRAP! (cw: use of the R-word)
Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism: The Problems with Functioning Labels
Autistic women
Reese Piper: ‘I Thought I Was Lazy’: The Invisible Day-To-Day Struggle For Autistic Women
Fabienne Cazalis: The women who don’t know they’re autistic
Aspergers from the Inside: Female Diagnosis and Self-Advocacy with Geraldine Robertson
Purple Ella: DIFFERENCES AUTISTIC BOYS AND GIRLS
Seventh Voice: The Gas-lighting of Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum
SuicideAutisticNomad: Speaking to Suicidal Autistics
Science Daily: Coventry University: People with Autism at Greater Risk of Attempting Suicide
Dan Jones: Autism: Diagnosis Saved My Life
Empathy
Nathan Selove: Autism ACTUALLY Speaking: Empathy
Luna Lindsey: Double-Standards: The Irony of Empathy and Autism
Intersectional Neurodiversity: New Research Suggests Social Issues Are Down to Neurotypicals More than Autistics
Self-advocacy
Nathan Selove: Autism ACTUALLY Speaking: Self Advocacy
Amythest Schaber: Autistics Speaking: Self-Advocacy in a Culture of Cure
Autistic Hoya: What is Self-Advocacy?
Executive functionReese Piper: ‘I Thought I Was Lazy’: The Invisible Day-To-Day Struggle For Autistic Women
Amythest Schaber: Ask an Autistic #25: What is Executive Functioning?
Aspergers from the Inside: Executive Function (a response to Ask an Autistic)
Purple Ella: AUTISM AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING
Special interests
Musings of an Aspie: What’s So Special About a Special Interest?
Amythest Schaber: Ask an Autistic #13 – What are Special Interests?
Stimming
Amythest Schaber: Ask an Autistic #1 – What is Stimming?
Amythest Schaber: Ask an Autistic: Living Atypically – Self-Injurious Stims
The Artism Spectrum: Stimming 101, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Stim
The Artism Spectrum: The Dark Side of the Stim: Self-injury and Destructive Habits
Meltdowns
Amythest Schaber: Ask an Autistic #15 – What are Autistic Meltdowns?
Unstrange Minds: The Protective Gift of Meltdowns
Purple Ella: DEALING WITH MELTDOWNS
Shutdowns
Amythest Schaber: Ask an Autistic #20 – What are Autistic Shutdowns?
Unstrange Mind: Autistic Shutdown Alters Brain Function
Passing
AUTISTIC WEREWOLF: ANOTHER WAY AUTISTIC WEREWOLVES HIDE IN THIS NEUROTYPICAL WORLD!
Amythest Schaber: Ask an Autistic #2 – What is Passing?
Autistic burnout
Amythest Schaber: Ask an Autistic #3 – What is Autistic Burnout?
Musings of an Aspie: Autistic Regression and Fluid Adaptation
Autism Information Library: “Help! I seem to be Getting More Autistic!”
Inertia
Divergent Minds: A Look at Autistic Inertia
Alexithymia
Unstrange Mind: Alexithymia: I Don’t Know How I Feel
Amythest Schaber: Ask an Autistic #27: What is Alexithymia?
What not to say to an autistic person
Autistic Hoya: 15 Things You Should Never Say To An Autistic
Radical Neurodivergence Speaking: What to say, and not to say, to an autistic adult
Nathan Selove: Top 5 Well Meaning Things People Should Stop Saying to Autistics
Amythest Schaber: Ask an Autistic #12 – What Shouldn’t I Say to Autistic People?
StimNation: S#!T Ignorant People Say to Autistics
Actually Autistic: 10 Things Not To Say To Autistic People
BBC Three: Things Not To Say To An Autistic Person
Non-speaking autistic voices
Amy Sequenzia: Non-speaking, “low-functioning”
Mel Baggs: Don’t ever assume autism researchers know what they’re doing
Autism $peaks/Light It Up Blue/Puzzle Piece
The Caffeinated Autistic: New Autism Speaks Masterpost (Updated 4/4/17)
The Caffeinated Autistic: Autism Speaks *still* does not speak for me
Autistic Anthro: Enough with the Puzzle Pieces
Autistic Anthro: Autism Awareness Month
Amythest Schaber: Ask an Autistic #6 – What’s Wrong With Autism Speaks
Nathan Selove: Autism ACTUALLY Speaking: Lighting Up Blue
John Elder Robinson: I Resign My Roles at Autism Speaks
Autistic Hoya: Responding to Autism Speaks
When autism parents don’t listen
Jim Sinclair: Don’t Mourn For Us
Autistic Hoya: They keep publishing these violent articles
Autistic Hoya: Why we must #BoycottToSiri / An open letter to Judith Newman
Amythest Schaber: #BoycottToSiri
Susie Rodarme: An Open Letter to HarperCollins about TO SIRI WITH LOVE
Aaron Kappel: When You’re Autistic, Abuse Is Considered Love
Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism: Autism Uncensored: A Dangerous and Spirit-Crushing Book
Service dogs and autism
Nathan Selove: Service Dog Tales
In French
Autistic Voices: A Masterpost
Published
Kirkwall Was Totally Built On a Hellmouth 