Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network

Community support(a) neurodiversity lending libraries:activity: awn provides assistance to disabled and Autistic people to operate their neurodiversity and disability lending libraries.description: provide direct grants, donate books, and support community events to assist disabled and Autistic librarians as they seek to provide education on autism, disability, and neurodiversity. (b) community and solidarity assistance:activity: awn provides support and micro-grants and to bipoc disabled and Autistic people; as well as to Autistic and disabled bipoc lgbtqia+description: this program provides assistance for a variety of needs including meals, groceries, rent, moving expenses, bereavement, medications, and other unexpected life events.

Fiscal sponsorships(a) disability intersectionality summit (dis)activity: a fiscally sponsored biennial national community conference that centers the multiple oppressions that shape the lived experiences of disabled individuals, as told by disabled people, in a setting organized by disabled activists.description: in 2021, dis held its first ever book discussion series. The three-part discussion delved into the life and legacy of fannie lou hamer, a disabled black civil rights leader and was led by a panel of cross-disability and cross-disciplinary black disabled Women. Dis is recognized as a trusted disability community space that moves beyond inclusion towards intersectionality. Its organizing structure and deeply held disability justice principles have enabled it to be a place where many disabled bipoc leaders recognize it as a safe, equitable, intersectional, and empowering platform. (b) Autistic people of color fund (apoc):activity: a fiscally sponsored micro-grant program providing direct financial support to Autistic people of color.description: apoc provides direct financial support to Autistic people of color through individual microgrants between $100 to $500. The fund is for community reparations for Autistic people of color's interdependence, survival, and empowerment exists to provide direct support, mutual aid, and reparations by and for Autistic people of color.

Education & resources(a) liberating webinars series:activity: a web video series that brings in Autistic and/or disability community leaders, activists, scholars and organizers to speak on various topics of relevance to Autistic and disabled communities.description: these webinars provide representation, social support and community as well as education, and model many different kinds of policy advocacy and proud disabled Autistic resistance to the oppressive social conditions. The webinars detail existing conditions, provide support and solidarity from an explicitly Autistic perspective, imagining a better, more just future, and provide practical action steps towards achieving that future. (b) publications programming:activity: awn continues to expand its publishing program after beacon press republished our original girl's anthology in 2021 under the new title "sincerely, your Autistic child".description: awn's publication programming provides educational resources to strengthen our greater cross-disability and neurodiversity community. We are continuing our partnership with beacon press to include future anthologies which will focus on restorative and transformative justice as it relates to intersectionality within the disability, Autistic, and lgbtqi+ communities.