Black Autistic Voices

Diagnosed or not, you are valid, and we celebrate you today and every day.

Black experiences are perpetually excluded from autism research and left out of the conversation around what inclusive diagnosis, support services, and provision of resources mean for the autistic community. Black autistic people are in significantly more danger than their white autistic counterparts, even while being Black and Autistic in their own homes. Black Autistic Lives must be represented, uplifted, accepted, supported, and protected. If we missed any Black Autistic voices, educators, resources, or creators, please reach out to us so we can include them.

Websites

• Autistic People of Color Fund
• Fidgets and Fries
• The Art of Autism
• Not Your Mama’s Autism
• The Kisha Project
• Autism in Black
• Black Neuroqueer Punk
• The Color of Autism
• Morénike GO
• Black Autistic Lives Matter

Podcasts

• Black and Neurodiverse
• The Morgan Harper Nichols Show
• Autism in Black

Articles / Blogs

• For Neurodivergent Black Adults, What’s in a Diagnosis? Nia’s Story
• I’m Autistic
• ‘Autistic while black’: How autism amplifies stereotypes
• What Does a Black Autistic Man Look Like?
• The Intersectionality of My Erasure: Being AFAB, Black, & Autistic
• Just Being Me… Who Needs ‘Normalcy’ Anyway?
• Autism’s Race Problem
• “They Don’t Know, Don’t Show, or Don’t Care”: Autism’s White Privilege Problem
• Why You Should Care About Black Autistic Lives and CESSA

Social Media

• Autistic People of Color, Indigenous People, and Mixed-Race People (Private Facebook Group)
• Neurodivergent Black Women (Private Facebook Group)
• @dreadfulrebel4x (TikTok)
• @thefriendineverwanted (Instagram)
• @jonteugbeye (TikTok)
• @autisticallykofi (TikTok)
• @theautisticgiraffe (TikTok)
• @ahlaysia (TikTok)
• @zeleu (Instagram)

Books

• How Far You Have Come by Morgan Harper Nichols
• A Day with No Words by Tiffany Hammond
• Shouting at Leaves by Jennifer Msumba
• The Secret Life of a Black Aspie: A Memoir by Anand Prahlad
• All the Weight of Our Dreams: On Living Racialized Autism by Autism Women’s Network
• I Am Strong: The Life and Journey of an Autistic Pastor by Lamar Hardwick
• Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
• An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

**We encourage you to buy local, buy from a Black-owned bookstore, or buy from a queer-owned bookstore.

Our list of resources is constantly expanding. If you would like your content to be featured here, please email info@neurosparkhealth.com.