Join the Free #AutisticOutLoud Webinar on Black Autistic Experiences Join the #AutisticOutLoud Webinar Series — A Conversation on Black Autistic Experiences & Advocacy! Inspired by the upcoming #AutisticOutLoud documentary, this series of FREE webinars shines a light on the untold stories, current realities, and resilience of Black people on the spectrum in America. The documentary features personal narratives and firsthand accounts highlighting the ongoing fight for equity, belonging, and community.

Join the #AutisticOutLoud Webinar Series — A Conversation on Black Autistic Experiences & Advocacy!  

Wednesday, July 2 — Building Community and #AutisticBlackJoy

6 pm - 7 pm EST

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An Open Letter to Multiracial Autistic Teens Lauren Melissa Ellzey is multiracial and autistic. She always felt that the world divided her into what was Black or white, autistic or not. She encourages mixed race autistic teens to see and embr…

Dear multiracial autistic teens,

Have you ever felt like you don’t belong? Is belonging something you’ve tasted but never drank ....
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Identity: Being denied access to my diagnosis has taken its toll Genesiz was diagnosed as autistic at age 3, before she was adopted, but that was hidden from her. Those years of disconnection were an erasure of her identity.

Being denied access to my diagnosis has taken its toll

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Disney’s Encanto: They Don’t talk about Bruno, but We Autistics DO Wolfheart Sanchez explores the character Bruno from Disney’s Encanto as being relatable to autistic people for many reasons.

Disney's Encanto & Autism

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On the Impossibility of Getting Medical and Mental Health Care as an Autistic, Deaf, Black Woman with Chronic Illness Genesiz has been diagnosed and reevaluated for autism several times since age three— every time she comes across a provider who doesn’t believe her.

Disbelief.
What does that look like?

Well, to be frank, it looks like me. I am a Disabled, Autistic, ....
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Dear Caribbean Autistic Teen, “Our desire to stim? We use Soca, Bachata, Dancehall, and Salsa as a cover, allowing the rhythm to put out the fire we have in our brains. And thanks to our Caribbean cousins and siblings, we learn…

If you grew up anything like me, you grew up in a household with family members constantly making fun of you for the smallest things. Whether it wa...
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Dear Fellow Black Autistic, Your Autistic Experience Looks Different, “From picking your afro because the motion is soothing, to twerking and playing with your braids, to repeating that one itch-scratching line in the rap song you love over and over again… It’s the w…

Being Black and Autistic means being on display. It means being bared to the world like a frog on the dissection table.

It means white people and ...
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Note to your younger self: Invisible magic “Little Black Autistic Girl, what will the world do with you? Will they forget you? Will you go down in history as an overlooked and unsung hero that deserved more recognition while they were aroun…

By: Aishah-Nyeta Brown

Note to younger self that serves a purpose to all the younger selves like me.

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LONG-READ – Autistic While Black in the UK: Masking, Codeswitching, and Other (Non)fictions Academic journalist Tré Ventour chronicles the experience of masking and code switching through the framework of intersectionality. This must-read perspective needs to become a living staple of col…

Black Autistic Longread 

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“Subnormal”: How a British Postwar Education Scandal Gives a Human Context for ‘Neurodivergence while Black’ In this article, public historian and artist-academic Tré Ventour considers a 1970s UK school scandal as an entry point into a nuanced conversation on neurodivergence while Black. Part-history, par…

Neurodivergent is any brain which functions atypically to the majority (neurotypical), for any reason: genetics, development, experience.....
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📚 Black History Month Spotlight: Morénike Giwa Onaiwu 📚

A powerful advocate for intersectional justice, neurodiversity, & human rights, Morénike has shaped the community through activism, writing, & policy work. Learn more through their impactful books! 💙

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