- Feeling anxious? Click here for calming stimuli, tools, and techniques!
- Feeling sad? Here are some happy things to look at that will make you smile
- Helpful products and apps
- Stim toys of all kinds for adults and children (autistic owned & operated)
ASD Screening Tests
- The Aspie Quiz: 150 questions developed by Rdos, constantly revised and updated. Not an officially recognized test, and tends to be biased towards hypersensitive-type aspies over atypical presentations, but still a fun tool, and my favorite free “diagnostic” resource. Click here for author Cynthia Kim’s analysis.
- The Autism Quotient (AQ): Less a diagnostic tool and more used by professionals to help gauge whether to refer an adult for assessment. Short and simple, more geared towards male aspie types.
- The RAADS-R: Intended to be used in a clinical setting, for adults who typically escape diagnosis. Tends to be male-biased, but that’s a given with the majority of these.
- The AQ-10: A condensed, 10-question version of the AQ.
- Alexithymia Questionnaire: Common in autism, “alexithymia” refers to emotion-blindness and lack of self-awareness.
Social Resources
- Empathy vs. Sympathy (How to comfort someone)
- ~3 min youtube video
- Audio with drawn animation
- Captions available
- Language as a Window into Human Nature (Why indirect language is polite)
- ~11 min youtube video
- Audio with drawn animation
- Captions available.
- Peoplewatching, by Desmond Morris (Body language)
- Book
- The Human Animal: Episode 1 (Body language)
- ~1 hr youtube video
- Audio with live-action video
- Captions available
- The Human Animal: Episode 4 (Romantic relationships, flirting)
- ~50 min youtube video
- Audio with live-action video
- Captions available
- The Journal of Best Practices, by David Finch (General life/work/relationships)
- Book (memoir)
Websites and Pages
- ADDitude Magazine
- Autism Network International
- Autism Parenting Magazine
- Autism Society of America
- Autism Women’s Network
- Autistic Self Advocacy Network
- Basic teacher resources for special education
- Behavior Strategies for Children (*Great for new teachers)
- Department of Labor’s disability resource page
- Estate planning for parents
- HomeCity’s guide for adapting your home for disability
- How I Learned to Cope
- Legal resources for special needs
- Ollibean
- Remodeling/construction safety for special needs
- Resources and planning for special needs seniors
- Self-harm stimming info
- Sesame Street’s autism page
- Sleep issues and autism/ADHD
- Wrong Planet
Books
- A Full Life with Autism: From Learning to Forming Relationships to Achieving Independence, by Chantal Sicile-Kira and Jeremy Sicile-Kira
- Asperger’s on the Job: Must-Have Advice for People with Asperger’s or High Functioning Autism and their Employers, Educators, and Advocates, by Rudy Simone
- Asperger’s Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals, by Tony Attwood
- Asperger’s Syndrome and Sexuality: From Adolescence through Adulthood, by Isabelle Henault
- Aspergirls: Empowering Females with Asperger Syndrome, by Rudy Simone
- I Think I Might Be Autistic: A Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis and Self-Discovery for Adults, by Cynthia Kim
- The Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man’s Quest to Be a Better Husband, by David Finch
- Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s, by John Elder Robison
- Loving Someone with Aspergers: Understanding & Connecting with Your Partner, by Cindy N. Ariel
- Sex, Sexuality and the Autism Spectrum, by Wendy Lawson
- Social Thinking at Work: Why Should I Care?, by Michelle Carcia Winner & Pamela Crooke
- Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism, by Temple Grandin
- An Amazon store featuring books all written by autistic authors
Blogs
- Amazing Adventures Parenting Autistic Children
- Among the Stars: Autism Story
- Angry Autie
- Ask an Aspergirl
- Aspergers On Toast
- Autism Through the Medium of Cats
- Autistic Academic
- Autisticality
- AutisticChick
- Autistic Hoya
- Autistic Speaks
- The Caffeinated Autistic
- Catastraspie
- Emma’s Hope Book
- Faith, Hope, and Love With Autism
- Feminist Aspie
- Illusion of Competence
- Invisible Strings
- Just Stimming
- Letters From Aspergia
- Life With Aspergers
- Love Explosions
- Married, With Aspergers
- Mothering With Autism
- Musings of an Aspie
- Neuroqueer
- Non-Speaking Autistic Speaking
- No Stereotypes Here
- Notes On Crazy
- Raising Rebel Souls
- Real Social Skills
- Reports from a Resident Alien
- Roses are Red for Autism
- Shaping Clay
- Snagglebox
- Stim City
- thAutcast
- The Third Glance
- Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism
- Tiny Grace Notes
- Unstrange Mind
- We Are Like Your Child
- WeirdLaw
- Yes, That Too
The Artism Spectrum 
Thank you for including my blog. BTW Love the soba noodle making video.
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No problem; I love your posts. And I’m glad to hear someone besides me likes that video! Haha
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Kirsten, would you be willing to add the Actually Autistic Blogs List (anautismobserver.wordpress.com) to the “Blogs” section of this page? It is a comprehensive list of blogs by Actually Autistic bloggers. Thank you.
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