Resources list
Please let us know via discord if you come across any broken or outdated links. We have compiled these resources via our members and hope you find them helpful!
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Jobs
- Disclosing autism / Job accommodations
- Jobs for the neurodivergent
- Inclusive
- Neurodiversity at the workplace
- Jobs in food service
- Worldwide opportunities on organic farms
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Books
- Autism Books by Autistic Authors Project
- List of books on autism
- ND-Friendly Workbook of DBT Skills
- Knowing Why: Adult-Diagnosed Autistic People on Life &Autism
- A Pony in the Bedroom -- Susan Dunne
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Therapy
- 💩 you feel like shit 💩 (a self care game)
- Directory of specialists diagnosing ASD
- For Austin paid live musicians
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Recreation
- USA Access Pass - diagnosed autistics can acquire a pass for admittance to thousands of recreation sites/parks
- MYlink card - TX residents with ID can get a MYlink card to access library e-books, e-audiobooks, magazines, music, etc.
Infographics
- Larissa Minner's neurodivergent infographics / worksheets
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Sensory-friendly businesses
- Reunion Barbershop (North Austin) - has a sensory hours booking form
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Groups
- Running effective groups
- Being a good facilitator
- Venues & Accessibility
- Making decisions online
- Resolving / addressing group conflict
- Diagram of meeting short hand signals
- Collective Process (zine)
- Avoid supporting non-autistic led "charities"
- Group.io of Austin Adult Autistics support groupÂ
- Worldwide List of autism support groups on Meetup
- Worldwide Autism resource forums
- Plano support group
- DFW support group
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Science
- How to spot bad science reporting
- Doing your own research:
- Beware of TikTok self help! Try going to PubMed for science info. You can search keywords and then click "timeline" to filter so you only get results from the past few years. On an article, find the "DOI" number and use it here for free access to the full article: https://sci-hub.se/
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Neurodiversity
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What is Neurodiversity?
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ADHD
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Self Assessment
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Skills
- Body Doubling: part 1, part two
- Emotional dysregulation
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Autism
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ASD Self assessment
Autism Groups
- Raads (65+ points indicates the possibility of ASD, guide at bottom of the page)
- Aspie quiz (compare autistic / neurotypical traits in adults, to give a reliable indication of the possibility of ASD)
- CAT-Q (helps to ID masking, especially if you don't currently meet diagnostic criteria due to masking your autism)
- Empathy Quotient (tests your ability to tune into how someone else is feeling, or what they might be thinking)
- Adult repetitive behaviors questionnaire
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Marginalized identities
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Theories
- Theory of autism: Monotropism
- Tendril Theory (challenge of being interrupted / switching tasks)
- Is it invalidation trauma?
- Is it autism or am I just quirky?
- Executive dysfunction
- Inertia: trouble starting tasks (+ another explanation)
- Having outsized stress from changing routines
- Tunnel Vision
- Clumsiness (proprioception issues)
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Burnout
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Sensory overload
- Meltdowns and shutdowns
- Do sounds make you anxious?
- Hallucinations & Autism
- Hypo/hyper-sensitivity to smell
- Sensory "diet"
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Masking
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Mental health
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Social/spatial disability
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X & Y
- Adhd & Autism Overlap
- Schizophrenia vs Autism
- Adhd & Depression
- Adhd or ODD & racial bias
- Adhd & Tourette Syndrome
- Adhd & OCD
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Fun sites
- Autistic characters in Film/TV - Site made by dmin7b5 in our group
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Gender