News & Announcements

Hello all!! Corina here, your Vice-President in Canada! It’s getting to be autumn here, and I thought I’d fill you in on what’s happening up here in the Great White North. Well, other than getting…

Hello Everyone! With a new year fast approaching, we’re wrapping up a busy 2012 at the Autism Women’s Network. AWN Board of Directors has spent this past year going through extensive Board Training. We are…

Has it really been two years since it all began? Yes! It seems like only yesterday when autistic self-advocates Kathryn Bjornstad-Kelly, ASANCommunications Assistant, and Corina Becker, Vice-President of Autism Women’s Network first proposed a day for people…

I am a neurotypical doctoral student at the University of Windsor. I am doing my dissertation study on sexuality and its social context in the lives of people on the autism spectrum. I am looking…

Dear Mr. Scarborough and MSNBC: Nearly one week has passed since you, Mr. Scarborough, made the false and unsupportable claim that most people who commit the kind of violence seen in Aurora, Colorado are on…

AWN both recognizes and affirms each individual’s gender identity. We will not tolerate abusive behavior based on perceived or actual gender identity and presentation. We recognize that gender is not a binary, and that one…

Calling Ohio autistic activists and autism advocates: If you support the fact that autistic individuals should have a voice in policies that directly affect us despite exclusionary language, whether you’re part of the community or…

Autistic Research Participants Needed: Fleur Wiorkowski, an autistic PhD dissertation research student is seeking to bring the voices of those on the autism spectrum into the research conversation regarding higher education. If you are: an…

When 11-year-old Christopher Charles designed his super zoo last week, the dinosaurs, dragons and gigantic bugs came to life with computer software that may one day help him find a job. Thanks to free Google…

When Ray and Diane Thomas walked to the tricycle races at Buena High School during Project Graduation, “both eyes lit up and she said, ‘Come on Ray, lets go for a spin,’ ” said Tim…