Autistic Women's Alliance

10/17/2025

We'd like to announce that our new website on our .org domain is up and running!! Here's the new link: https://www.autisticwomensalliance.org

The redirects aren't working yet, and there's some work that still needs to be done. But we're very happy to finally see this through

Autistic Women's Alliance is an autistic-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to empowering Autistic individuals from historically underrepresented genders. 

07/18/2025

Disability Pride is about visibility, dignity, and collective empowerment — we're proud to be part of that journey.

07/12/2025

We are looking for a volunteer with experience using MailChimp or a comparable marketing email platform. Depending on the data analysis, we want this person to present a recommended approach with some steps on how to clean up the data in MailChimp. This person may also be responsible for executing these steps - it depends on which recommended approaches that the board goes with. The time commitment/Proposed timeline may adjust based on the board's recommended approach, which is why they are considered "flexible."

MailChimp Migration Project Duration: Temporary (Project-based, approx. 6–10 weeks) Location: Remote Time Commitment: Flexible (estimated 5–10 hours/week) Project Summary We are currently using Mailch

06/02/2025

As we start the month of June, we'd like to wish everyone Happy Gay Pride.

(Alt text, page 1: pride flag with text at the bottom "Happy Pride Month" with and our logo next to that, page 2 has text "Autistic Women's Spent Supports and Celebrates Pride Month" against purple background with our name and logo at the bottom)

We are reusing the same banner from last year with one minor difference: updated logo.

04/19/2025

Leading Autism organizations include the Autism Society of America, Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network, The Autistic Self Advocacy Network, and, yes, Autism Speaks. These organizations are responding to recent remarks made by RFK Jr., who is currently the head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

We have been concerned by recent U.S. policy decisions that impact neurodivergent individuals, to the extent that our next Virtual Coffee Chat is devoted to this topic.

Autistic Women's Alliance is an autistic-led 501(c3) organization dedicated to empowering autistic individuals from historically underrepresented genders. We focus on helping our members thrive in their careers through peer mentoring, education, and community outreach. Most importantly, we're a community.

This two-page banner for Autism Acceptance Month says it all:

(Alt text: Page 1: AWA logo with a large purple "W" with green and blue aqua infinity symbol with "Autistic Women's Alliance" in the circle. Below logo banner reads "Our Message for April" "Acceptance is Action" "Underrepresented Genders Supported" page 2: Text against purple background "Proudly Autistic: Together, We Thrive" bottom of page text "Underrepresented Genders Supported" with small AWA logo to the right.)

Not tagging individuals here, but plenty of hashtags:

04/19/2025

It's great to see so many organizations come out with a joint statement against RFK Jr. We shouldn't have to do this. We'd like to see everyone to be united on this! (Thanks for this post) -- Carrie Hall --

April 17, 2025, Washington, D.C. – As national organizations dedicated to advancing the well-being of Autistic individuals, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Autism Society of America, Autism Speaks, The Arc of the United States, Autistic Women and Non-Binary Network, Autistic People of Color F...

04/19/2025

For decades, researchers have thought of autism as a predominantly male condition. The more we studied boys and men, the clearer the picture of autism that e...

04/19/2025

Colin Killick, executive director of the Autism Self Advocacy Network, joins ABC News Live to discuss how HHS Secretary RFK Jr.’s comments about autistic people impact the community.

01/12/2025

As someone who was raised in Southern California (Carrie Hall) and lived in Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley for several years, L.A. Works has a page of different things that people can do to help (mostly volunteer work vs donations), and we'd like to share that page. Big thanks to Steph Tember for giving us that info.

Learn how to become a Disaster Volunteer.

01/12/2025

Sharing this from The Autistic Self Advocacy Network, disabled folks who are affected by the fires in Los Angeles, please get in touch with the Disability and Disaster Hotline (see shared post).

11/26/2024

Giving Tuesday is around the corner... Please donate if you can (other recommended autistic led/run nonprofits in comments)