We Are The Autastic.com Community
Peer workshops and events connecting late-identified autistic people of colour & our allies.
PLEASE BE AWARE:
New membership requests are placed on a waitlist.
This keeps us a small, connected community.
Looking for community now? Consider yourself an ally?
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FOUND OUT YOU'RE AUTISTIC?
WELCOME TO THE CLUB
Welcome to a private community of peer circles, expert-lead workshops, and events created by late-identified BIPOC autistic adults for late-identified BIPOC autistic adults!
#ForUsByUs and built with love to educate, empower, and shift the narrative so we can build better lives.
We are unique within the larger autistic community
If you're like us, you made it well beyond childhood, adolescence, and even well into mid- or senior life before learning you've been autistic the whole time. Many of us earned multiple degrees, held a stack of jobs, built careers, started our own families, maybe even had grandchildren and retired. Many of us did none of those things. Our lives don't look one way or follow any singular path.
What do we have in common?
Most of us had zero idea that autism applied to us.
We were hiding in plain sight, even from ourselves.
Living through those years of not knowing shaped our self-view, set the expectations we hold for the world around us, informed our sense of belonging, and so much more.
That was then.
This is now.
You've found a small community of peers who share so much of what you might have thought was you alone. Join us and change your path. Come be part of a global, inter-generational, multi-ethnicity, multicultural community that spans every and all parts of society and life.
WE ARE AUTASTIC!
Questioning, self-identified, or formally validated? You're welcome here.
Known for a while or just realized today?
You belong.
Craving a more personal, connected, and inclusive social experience? This is the spot.
#AutisticWhileBlack? #AutisticAndIndigenous? #AutisticAAPI?
#AutisticMENA? #AutisticLatinX? #AutisticAndMixed? Come on in!
The Autastic Community accepts and welcomes all genders, sexual orientations, abilities, faiths, nationalities, and more. We are a community designed for late-identified autistic adults. Membership is not available for children, teens, or non-autistic people.
THE AUTASTIC.COM COMMUNITY
OFFERS YOU
Real people. Real faces. Real connection.
A small-group atmosphere
Live virtual get-togethers
Guidance from respected advocates you know and follow
Wellness resources
Growth tools
Original content
Affinity groups
Together we'll learn to see ourselves and each other in a new light, practice acceptance and self-compassion, and share tips and strategies that work for our daily lives.
And it's all created specifically for late-identified autistic adults. We're here to make all our lives better, one day at a time. And the best part?
MEMBERSHIP IS FREE!
What makes us different? The Autastic Community is focused on creating connection. To do that, we each agree to show up authentically -- with real bios and real profile photos -- all while maintaining privacy. Not for you? Try one of our other spaces instead. There's something for pretty much everyone.
AS A MEMBER YOU GET:
- A personal profile to customize as you like. Showcase your personality and interests and make it even easier to connect with new friends.
- Guidance from trusted autistic advocates you may already know and love! Enroll in roundtables for one-on-one connection and to gain from their expertise earned out there working on our behalf. (Roundtables are premium courses that fund free access to our community.)
- Reserved spaces for #AutisticPOC, trans members, senior members, and other historically marginalized members of our community to engage and build relationships around the issues that affect us most.
- Just enough members to actually get to know and recognize friends without feeling lost in a crowd.
- And, of course, you get access to the growing community of people who, just like you, learned who they are loooooong after childhood and who are looking for community... with you!
YOUR GUIDES
Morénike Giwa-Onaiwu
Author, Educator, Advocate
Morénike is an educator, writer, public speaker, parent, and global advocate. Morénike joined our community to share a lifetime of learning about working for change for our autistic community.
Morénike's Roundtable: Getting Started in Advocacy
Danielle Sullivan
Creator, The Neurodiverging Podcast
Danielle is a certified life coach, a podcaster at Neurodiverging, and the parent of two neurodivergent children. Her mission is to help the neurodivergent community find the resources we need to live better lives and to further disability awareness and social justice.
Danielle's Roundtable: Autistic Emotions Explained
Carole Jean Whittington
Founder, Mind Your Autistic Brain
Carole Jean, a.k.a. The Social Autie, is the host of Mind Your Autistic Brain, a talk show for late-identified autistic adults. She combines science with easy to implement steps to offer new approaches to creating the lives we want.
Carole Jean's Roundtable: Rest Is More Than Sleep
Diane J. Wright
Founder, Autastic.com
Diane's Roundtables:
#AutisticLife 101
Onboarding To #AutisticLife
Unmasking: First Steps
Diane J. Wright is founder of Autastic.com and The Autastic.com Community. Before dedicating her life to autistic advocacy and community-building, she flailed though the persistent identification and support gap that exists for late-identified autistic adults. Having emerged from that disheartening place, she decided to change our most defining experience for the better.
WHAT AUTASTIC COMMUNITY
MEMBERS ARE SAYING
WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN US
To be part of conversations, events, and growth experiences you won't find anywhere else.
To connect with autistic adults like you who are at a similar point in their journey of self-discovery.
To feel seen. We're a small community with authenticity at our core. You matter here.
To share stories and ideas with people who want to hear what you have to offer (info-dumping encouraged!)
To dive into your interests with like-minded members from around the globe who share your culture and heritage.
To get inspired and explore possibilities for creating the life you want.
To relax, find your people, and be your (real and actual) self.
A BIG THANK YOU!
It took a lot of time, effort, imagination, and persistence to create this for our community. Even with all that, The Autastic.com Community is nothing without you. YOU make it real. YOU make it matter.
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The Autastic.com Community is made possible entirely through course and event fees, gifts, patronage, and a team of generous volunteers. There are no corporate sponsorships, government grants, nor celebrity-backed fundraisers. Just us supporting each other. A percentage of every dollar Autastic takes in goes directly to support autistic people of colour through our annual give-back initiative.
