AWN
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Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network, or AWN for short, is an autistic-led non-profit. It was started in 2010 by Sharon da Vanport as a response to the lack of authentic representation of autistic women, as well as autistic people of other marginalized genders, in autistic spaces. It started after Sharon and some of her friends broke away from another group called Asperger's Women Association. It was originally known as Autism Women's Network until it received the current title in 2018. AWN had discussion forums on their site when they were just starting. They also used to have a podcast called AWN radio. What remains of those can be found below. You can also find other relevant links.