News & Announcements
Our Community Outreach Coordinator, Lei Wiley-Mydske, and our Equity, Justice & Representation Consultant, Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, announced today that they have begun recording a series of webinars for Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network’s ongoing #LiberatingWebinars series: We’re excited to let everyone know that we have been working during the past several weeks to begin a…
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The Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network recognizes that the guilty verdicts in the case of Derek Chauvin’s murder of George Floyd are only the smallest of recognitions of Black people’s lives as having value – and are still not justice. These verdicts will not bring George Floyd back, nor do they end the systemic state…
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The Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN) is keenly aware of the privilege we hold as an organization with a large platform and more resources than individual advocates, especially Autistic Black, Indigenous and People of Color who experience chronic underfunding and lack of institutional and organizational support for their work. Recently autistic community members pointed…
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Today, March 30, 2021, the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network released our new book Sincerely, Your Autistic Child: What People on the Autism Spectrum Wish Their Parents Knew about Growing Up, Acceptance, and Identity. Sincerely Your Autistic Child is an anthology which includes the voices of twenty-eight different autistic people about what they wish their…
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The Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network condemns in no uncertain terms the unabashed display of white supremacist and neo-Nazi violence in yesterday’s insurrectionist riot in Washington DC, and in similar riots in multiple state capitals.
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The Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network is honored to be among Borealis Philanthropy’s first round of Disability Inclusion Fund general grantees, after being selected to receive emergency COVID-19 funding earlier this year.
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November is a month of mourning and remembrance for many of our communities. On November 20, the trans community honors the lives of trans people murdered because of anti-trans oppression and hate. And on the last Thursday of the month, the United American Indians of New England host a gathering, protest, and march to commemorate…
Read More![[photo: screenshot of the cover page for the guide, which says in large text "Before You Go: Know Your Rights & What to Expect at the Doctor and in the Hospital: Tips and Advice for Autistic Trans People About Finding and Going to Doctors." the authors' names Sharon daVanport, Victoria M. Rodríguez-Roldán, Lydia X. Z. Brown, Illustrations by Erin Casey (Human). then the logos for AWN and the Task Force. the colors are subtly blue, purple, and pink.]](https://awnnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/BYG-p1-150x150.webp)
The Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network & The National LGBTQ Task Force are excited to share a brand new guide for trans autistic people called Before You Go: Know Your Rights & What to Expect at the Doctor and in the Hospital. This guide will help our trans and autistic community members know better what…
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The Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and The Autistic Self Advocacy Network unequivocally condemns the racism and ableism evident in Virginia’s unjust prosecution and sentencing of Matthew Rushin. As leading national organizations fighting for the civil rights of autistic and other disabled people, we are deeply troubled by the Virginia Beach Commonwealth Attorney’s prosecution of…
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The Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network is excited to announce that we have been selected to receive funding from Borealis Philanthropy’s Disability Inclusion Fund! Borealis has awarded $210,000 in grants to 15 disability advocacy organizations whose work and communities have been disproportionately affected by the COVID19 pandemic. In a statement from Borealis, the Disability Inclusion…
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