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Please let us know via discord if you come across any broken or outdated links.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!

Jobs

Disclosing autism / Job accommodations
Jobs for the neurodivergent
Inclusive
Neurodiversity at the workplace
Fediverse job post aggregator - Updates every 24hrs, with many jobs tending to be software / hardware focused. (Fediverse is an neurodivgergent leaning, open source, self hosted / community organized social media without a single company behind it.. similar to how email works)
Jobs in food service
Worldwide opportunities on organic farms

Books

Therapy / Health

💩 you feel like shit 💩 (a self care game)
Worldwide suicide hotlines
Trevor Project - LGBTQIA+ suicide hotline
Directory of specialists diagnosing ASD
Vision voucher program
For Austin paid live musicians

Housing / basic needs
- Austin Tenants Council Project - Assists tenants with fair housing issues, including discrimination, or a landlord refusing to give reasonable accommodation / repairs
- Sunrise - get help navigating potential housing insecurity / homelessness
- Manos de Cristo Center - offers free food and clothing, low cost dental help to those in need
Disability assistance
- Arc of TX - Get financial aid while protecting your public disability benefits
- Disability Rights Texas - Provides direct legal assistance, advocacy, information, and referrals for Texans with disabilities
- TX Legal Services Center - Provides legal education, advocacy, advice, and representation for people with disabilities
Legal aid
- TX RioGrande Legal Aid - Provides free legal aid for qualified low-income Texas residents - Phone: 956-996-8752
- Travis County Law Library - Accessible legal resources, events - Phone: 512-854-8677
- UT Law School - various pro-bono legal clinics for the public
- Expunction Project UT Austin - Helps seal criminal records for free - Phone: 512-471-5151
- Volunteer Legal Services of Central TX - apply for free legal help
Recreation
- USA Access Pass - diagnosed autistics can acquire a pass for admittance to thousands of recreation sites/parks
- MYlink card - Any TX residents with ID can get a MYlink card to access library e-books, e-audiobooks, magazines, music, etc. Just choose any branch (doesn't require in-person visit) & log in with ebook Libby app with the pass number (pass also includes ComicsPlus comics/manga)
- Hoopla - Austin library members can rent 4 movies/shows for free a month from the library per person
Infographics

Larissa Minner's neurodivergent infographics / worksheets

Sensory-friendly businesses

Reunion Barbershop (North Austin) - has a sensory hours booking form

Groups

Group communication guide: Don't ask to ask, just ask and don't just say hello
The XY problem (a somewhat common communication breakdown)
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)

Autism Groups

Avoid supporting non-autistic led "charities"
Group.io of Austin Adult Autistics support group
Neurodiversity Night is offered on the 4th Saturday of the month at The Secret Lantern in Cedar Park, TX
Worldwide List of autism support groups on Meetup
Worldwide Autism resource forums
Plano support group
DFW support group

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/

Neurodiversity

What is Neurodiversity?

ADHD

Self Assessment

ADHD Self report scale
Get a diagnosis online

Skills

Body Doubling: part 1, part two
Emotional dysregulation

Autism

ASD Self assessment

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