Autism and Race

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 There are autistic people who are Black and Indigenous people of color (BIPOC). BIPOC are people who are not white. BIPOC exist in every population. People who qualify as BIPOC include people who are

• Black

• Asian

• Indigenous

• Hispanic

• Latine

• Mixed Race

It can include more than this though. Autistic BIPOC experience autism differently than white autistic people. Autistic BIPOC do not get as much attention as white autistics. That should change. For this reason, I created a section with work that discusses it. Not all work from autistic BIPOC is here. Content about being autistic and BIPOC is though. 

Autism's Race Problem

Disproportionality Among Postsecondary Students Seeking Evaluation to Document Disabilities

The Intersections of Caste and Autism in South Asian Communities

Zoom Autism Magazine Issue 18: The Black Autistic experience

Autism and Race (Includes info about All The Weight of Our Dreams and the Autistic People of Color Fund)

I, Too,  Sing Neurodiversity

"They Don't Know, Don't Show, or Don't Care": Autism's White Privilege Problem

Autistic Reflections on Racism by Ben McGann

Blind Tom Wiggins: Black Neurodivergent Excellence by Finn Gardiner

AWN Community Black History Month Roundtable 2022

Double Rainbow: Autism and Race | Bitch Media

Black Voices

Kerima Çevik did a series of blog posts by Black autistic people. This was done to counter John Elder Robison's article "The Myth of the Black Aspergian".