Experiences
Free and premium courses, experiences, and events, all part of Autastic Community membership.
Courses
Support your autistic journey with learning experiences developed by respected advocates for The Autastic Community.
A self-paced beginner’s guide introducing essential concepts, terminology, validated screening tools, and more. Give your research a boost at your own pace.
GUIDE: Diane J. Wright, Founder of Autastic.
$24.99 USD
An exclusive premium course developed by Diane J. Wright, Founder of Autastic.
A self-paced beginner's guide to autistic life including concepts, terminology, resources and more.
$24.99 USD
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At the beginning of what could be one of the biggest transformative periods of your life? Have questions? Maybe you're uncertain and feeling a little bit alone.
This curated collection of resources and guidance was created with you—the newly adult-identified (or questioning!) autistic adult—in mind. This condensed resource is here to save you time and frustration as you navigate the gap in support that exists for us.
You’re going find all this information on your own eventually. Why not get there faster?
Get reliable sources from #ActuallyAutistic peers who've walked the path ahead. Consider #AutisticLife 101 your turbo boost, created with you in mind.
Inside The Course
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Must-know basic concepts and terminology. Build your foundation or refresh your knowledge with curated info from trusted autistic sources.
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Personal stories and embodied wisdom from autistic community members.
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Access to publicly available screening tools. Quick links all in one place for insight in the privacy and comfort of your home.
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Pathways to autistic assessment. Should you choose assessment, find the available options in your area.
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Methods to improve your assessment experience should you seek diagnosis. Get tips you can use to make the most of this defining life event.
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An experience created especially for you by your Guide and founder of Autastic®, Diane J. Wright. Once you've registered, should you have questions or need a hand, your Guide is just a DM away. Just tap her profile photo then the CHAT button.
This course can be completed in 8 hours or less.
All Autastic courses and experiences are held inside The Autastic Community. For member privacy, course enrollment does not include community access.
* Information offered in this course is for educational purposes only and does not substitute for professional medical advice.
Photo Credits: Rocky island by Joshua Sortino via Unsplash.
Alexithymia, ADHD, sensory overload and more can make emotions and regulation challenging for us. Build your skills in this self-paced course.
GUIDE: Danielle Sullivan, certified life coach and host of The Neurodiverging Podcast.
$49.99 USD
An exclusive premium course developed by Danielle Sullivan, certified life coach and host of The Neurodiverging Podcast.
Alexithymia, ADHD, sensory overload and more can make emotions and regulation challenging for us. Build your skills in this self-paced course.
$49.99 USD
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Do you recognize anger when you experience it? How about joy? What changes in your body when something sad happens? Do you ever get upset and then realize you're having a delayed emotional reaction to something that happened earlier in the day or week?
Many neurodivergent people have trouble recognizing and regulating their emotions. Alexithymia can make this especially challenging as can ADHD. Happily, there are some very easy and straightforward ways to strengthen these emotional intelligence skills.
Want to strengthen your emotional intelligence muscles? Enroll today!
Dive into the basics of emotional intelligence from certified life coach, and host of The Neurodiverging Podcast Danielle Sullivan. Danielle will walk you through activities that you can do for yourself at your own pace, and with your family or friends if you like.
Inside The Course
On completion of this course, you will:
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Know what emotional intelligence is and why it’s important for neurodivergent people,
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Be able to define and recognize six basic emotions,
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Begin to find and recognize how emotions affect your body, and
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Be able to begin to regulate emotions to reduce emotional overwhelm.
This course can be completed in 8 hours or less.
All Autastic courses and experiences are held inside The Autastic Community. For member privacy, course enrollment does not include community access.
Not sure if this course is for you?
Have a listen to this episode of the Neurodiverging Podcast for a brief overview of some of what this course covers.
* Information offered in this course is for educational purposes only and does not substitute for professional medical advice.
Photo Credit: Rocky island by Joshua Sortino via Unsplash.
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Exhausted? Learn how to get better, more restorative rest in seven key areas. A self-paced course developed specifically for autistic brains.
GUIDE: Carole Jean Whittington, Founder of the Whittington Institute.
$49.99 USD
An exclusive premium course developed by Carole Jean Whittington, Founder of the Whittington Institute.
Exhausted? Learn how to get better, more restorative rest in seven key areas and set yourself up for better sleep in this self-paced course developed specifically for autistic brains.
$49.99 USD
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When you're exhausted—and cycling in and out of Chronic Autistic Burnout—getting good rest is crucial. But for us, rest can be challenging.
Sleep is only one of seven forms of rest every body and mind needs.
There is so much more to feeling well-rested than naps. In this self-guided course, you'll explore the types of rest that can have a noticable impact on your life including on:
- Your ability to focus,
- Your ability to perform well in everyday life,
- Your tolerance for sensory stimuli,
- The performance and capacity of your long-term memory,
- Your creativity,
- Your general sense of well-being and life satisfaction, and
- How often meltdown, shutdown, and burnout are part of your life.*
Inside The Course
Through a combination of video instruction (with transcripts), text-based instruction, and hands-on independent activities, you will:
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- Learn where in your life you're already getting adequate rest and where you may benefit from change,
- Get clear on the value getting quality rest has in your life,
- Learn about each of seven forms of rest and how each might add to your everyday well-being,
- Understand what shortfalls in each area of rest might look like,
- Try methods to successfully incorporate better rest into your daily routine, and
- Benefit from autistic advocate and founder of Whittington Well-Being Carole Jean Whittington's insight, expertise, and personal experiences with making each form of rest a vital and restorative part of her life.
All Autastic courses and experiences are held inside The Autastic Community. For member privacy, course enrollment does not include community access.
* Information offered in this course is for educational purposes only and does not substitute for professional medical advice. Sleep problems are complex and are deeply entwined with multiple facets of autistic life. See your medical professional to rule out treatable conditions that may be affecting your sleep.
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Identify your masking strategies, rediscover yourself, and start on the path to a future designed to fuel, not deplete you. A self-paced course.
GUIDE: Diane J. Wright, Founder of Autastic.
$84.99 USD
An exclusive premium course developed by Diane J. Wright, Founder of Autastic.
Identify your masking strategies, rediscover yourself, and start on the path to a future designed to fuel, not deplete you.
$84.99 USD
ABOUT
When you learn you're autistic in adulthood, the exhale you take after finding an explanation for your entire life might come with the idea that now, finally, you can be your real, unmasked, authentic self.
Until you realize that you don't have any idea who that might be and that, if you're a person of color, unmasking may not be as simple or safe as advertised.
Take the first steps towards living as a more authentic, autistic you.
Some of the ways living behind our masks has been described are:
I've been someone else for so long, I don't know where to begin to be myself.
When people ask what I like, I don't have an answer. How do I even know what I like?
I know I need a change in my life but I don't know what I want or how to find out what that might be.
Sound familiar?
This self-paced course was developed as a guide for you to:
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Identify your masking strategies,
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Rediscover who you are,
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Envision a future designed to fuel you, not deplete you, all while
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Nurturing your abilities to choose when to mask for safety..
Inside The Course
After you've completed the activities in this challenging, introspective course, you will:
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Have a clear, detailed, and documented understanding of the multifaceted person you are
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Know with certainty what you enjoy, the things and people that are likely to bring you happiness, and what's important to you
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Have created a personal roadmap built on insights and skills that you can use to guide your decisions as you build your future.
By reacquainting yourself with the person beneath the mask, you'll enjoy the peace of mind, confidence, and flexibility that comes with earned self-knowledge. And you'll be on your way to transforming your everyday life into one that's designed for you, by you.
This text-based course can be completed in as little as one week but it is suggested to give yourself at least one month to allow the lifelong process to begin unfolding.
All Autastic® courses and experiences are held inside The Autastic Community. For member privacy, course enrollment does not include community access.
* Information offered in this course is for educational purposes only and does not substitute for professional medical advice.
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♿️ Course accessibility features include video captions, transcripts, and ASL interpretation. Need something else? Just ask.
Panels, Interviews, & Webinars
Replay these open, honest conversations with our accomplished guests as many times as you like. These members showed up for you so you may show up for yourself and others.
An uplifting conversation between Morénike Giwa Onaiwu and Diane J. Wright on the many ways to advocate for what you believe in. Free to all Autastic Community members.
GUIDE: Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, Author, Educator, Advocate, and Founder of Advocacy Without Borders.
Enjoy this panel discussion on autism diagnosis with autistic mental health professionals. Free to all Autastic Community members.
GUIDE: Diane J. Wright, Founder of Autastic.
A conversation with Robert Chapman, author of Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism. Free to all Autastic Community members.
GUIDE: Diane J. Wright, Founder of Autastic.
Retired Courses
Rediscover who you are. Build self-understanding. Reconnect with your joy. This guided, small-group, experiential course is developed exclusively for adult-identified autistic adults.
GUIDE: Diane J. Wright, Founder of Autastic with facilitation support from a mental health professional who is also a female-identified Black community member.
Provides a launchpad after learning you are (or might be) autistic. Developed exclusively by and for members of the African Diaspora, this culturally informed experience centers our multiply marginalized lives. Offered free of charge with the support of Next For Autism.
GUIDE: Diane J. Wright, Founder of Autastic with facilitation support from a mental health professional who is also a female-identified Black community member.
Learn practical techniques and tools for everyday life, ask the questions you might be afraid to ask in a larger setting, and get up to speed (or get a refresher!) on some core concepts of autistic life, all in the company of new friends.
GUIDE: Diane J. Wright,
Founder of Autastic.
Past Events
This selection of events reflect the variety of interests, skills, and knowledge Autastic Community members have shared. What might you bring?
Join The Autastic Community to be part of future free events just like these!
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