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AWN is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt non-profit. We are committed to disability justice, gender & racial equity, neurodiversity & trans liberation with a focus on transformative and restorative justice in disability spaces.
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AWN is going on our end-of-year break. This is a time for AWN to rest and care for ourselves and each other as we look forward to 2026!

Art by AWN Art Director, Erin Casey.

“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence. It is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” -Audre Lorde
Text reads: "AWN is going on break! To rest and spend time with family & friends. We’ll be back to work on Monday, January 5th... see you next year!"
December 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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AWN's December newsletter is out!
December Newsletter ❄️ - Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN)
Recognizing International Day of People with Disabilities (IDPD) December 3rd was International Day of People with Disabilities (IDPD)! We use this day to celebrate the incredible diversity, creativit...
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December 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has identified a new enemy: Calibri.

According to multiple reports, Rubio has ordered diplomats to stop using the font—a “wasteful DEIA program” from the Biden era, he called it.
Rubio ends State Department use of Calibri
The font is widely considered more accessible for people with disabilities.
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December 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Disabled people will lose access to care if enhanced premium tax credits expire. These help make healthcare affordable for self-employed freelance and contractors. We need action before the end of 2025. Reporting by @juliametraux.bsky.social in @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
For many contractors, losing ACA subsidies means losing health care
The GOP's unprecedented premium hikes put chronically ill workers—especially freelancers—in peril.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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La Yapa – Reflections from Care, Trust and Community During Crisis
In the final session of our series “Disability Activism Under Pressure: Resistance and Resilience in Authoritarian Contexts”, we turned inwards. After weeks of examining repression, sur…
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December 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Please consider supporting AWN this #GivingTuesday:
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Support Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network
The mission of Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network is to provide community, support, and resources for Autistic women, girls, nonbinary people, and all others of marginalized genders. Our goal is to di...
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December 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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YALL IM SO PROUD OF THE DISABILITY AND NEURODIVERGENCY GDQ EVENT WAS ABLE TO RAISE OVER $7.7K FOR THE @awnnetwork.org !!!! IT WAS SUCH AN AMAZING EVENT TO GET TO WATCH AND FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL CAUSE TO SUPPORT AS WELL, I CANT WAIT TO SEE IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR!!!!
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Great article from AWN Policy Volunteer Sam Streuli
The Real Toxins Faced by People with Disabilities
By taking away rights and making life harder for us people with disabilities, our government is creating an environment that will cause more disability.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Meet AWN's new Digital Media Intern, Makayla Allen!
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Meet AWN's Digital Media Intern - Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN)
Hello everyone! My name is Makayla Allen, and I'm a Digital Media Intern with the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN). I first learned about AWN during my internship at the American Association o...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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That's TIME on our very first Disability and Neurodivergence Special!

Thank you to everyone who tuned in and donated and thank you to everyone who made this event possible 💙

Together we raised $7,782 for Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN) !!!!!!!!!!!

#TogetherforGood
Coop surrounded by Kirbys and various other video game characters
December 1, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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We have one more day of our Disability and Neurodivergence Special and one more day to raise money for Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN)!!!!

LET'S GOOOOOOO!!!!

https://www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick

#TogetherforGood
Day 2 schedule for the Disability and Neurodivergence Special taking place on Sat. November 30 text reads: Time (ET) Game Category Runner 1:00 PM Day Intro 1:10 PM Kirby & the Amazing Mirror All Goal Games BeamQueenSol 2:00 PM Rugrats: Search for Reptar All Levels InfinityGene 2:50 PM Wario's Woods Vs. Com Expert ilikebeingsmart 3:40 PM Tetris: The Grand Master Master Mode araneacharlotte 4:05 PM Muse Dash Showcase limy 5:00 PM Hatsune Miku Colorful Stage Showcase Sarahofmars 5:42 PM Pseudoregalia 100% (OoB, Full Gold Patch) LaurieDBunnykins 6:25 PM TUNIC Lawnmower% Kriellya 7:35 PM LoZ: Link to the Past Randomizer Triforce Hunt Demasu 9:30 PM SMW Kaizo "The Sapphire" All Exits Marxcie 10:10 PM Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition Any% karlgerm 11:00 PM The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe 12 Endings, With Bucket sweetpeebs 12:06 AM Super Monkey Ball All Difficulties (Warpless) Peas
November 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Only one week until #GivingTuesday. Reason #1 to give: Love!
[image description: Illustration and text against a white and purple background. At top, text in mostly black (with a little pink) reads: “1 WEEK UNTIL GIVING TUESDAY & WE’RE COUNTING DOWN THE TOP 5 REASONS TO GIVE TO AWN… REASON TO GIVE NUMBER 1: LOVE:” Inside a large hexagonal speech bubble is black font reading: “love is an action, never simply a feeling” - bell hooks In the lower right hand comer is white and pale blue text reading: “SAVE THE DATE: GIVING TUESDAY IS DECEMBER 2, 2025!” In the lower left hand corner is a variation of the awn logo: a large pink heart with a pale blue, winged spoonie dragonfly. Below is our url: awnnetwork dot org. The text is against a purple and white background. ] Artwork / series is drawn by Erin Casey, AWN Art Director.
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Powerful interview with Keith Jones!
Disability Elders: An Interview with Keith Jones
The Emmy Award-winning disability rights leader on the true roots of disability justice and the "proximity to whiteness" holding back the disability rights movement today.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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We're excited to announce that during our Disability and Neurodivergence Special, we'll be raising money for Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN) as part of Twitch's #TogetherForGood charity campaign!!

Catch it Nov. 29-30!

Learn more about AWN at AWNnetwork.org
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November 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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“The conclusion is clear and unambiguous: There’s no link between vaccines and autism,” Susan Kressley, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said in a statement. “Anyone repeating this harmful myth is misinformed or intentionally trying to mislead parents.”
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November 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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From @newdisabledsouth.org and featuring AWN Board Member Kayla Rodriguez.
New Disabled South on Instagram: "Over 12 million people across the United States are eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare, a status often called “dual eligible”. On paper, having two forms of he...
Dual enrollment, meant to provide better access and care, often falls short in reality. New Disabled South's 14-part series reveals the daily struggles and policy's impact on individuals in the South....
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November 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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From The Bellingham Herald in Bellingham, WA:
Standing with autistic children, families amid rising misinformation | Opinion
Public health leaders are addressing persistent misinformation, while scientific consensus is clear.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Two weeks until giving Tuesday! Reason #2 to give in this series by art director Erin Casey is freedom.

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[image description: Illustration and text against a white and purple background. At top, text in mostly black (with a little pink) reads: “2 WEEKS UNTIL GIVING TUESDAY & WE’RE COUNTING DOWN THE TOP 5 REASONS TO GIVE TO AWN… REASON TO GIVE NUMBER 2: FREEDOM:” Inside a large rectangular box drawn in the center is black font reading: “WHEN DISABLED PEOPLE get free, EVERYONE GETS FREE. MORE ACCESS MAKES EVERYTHING MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY. - LEAH LAKSHMI PIEPZNA-SAMARASINHA” In the lower right hand comer is white and pale blue text reading: “SAVE THE DATE: GIVING TUESDAY IS DECEMBER 2, 2025!” In the lower left hand corner is a variation of the awn logo: a large pink heart with a pale blue, winged spoonie dragonfly. Below is our url: awnnetwork dot org. The text is against a purple and white background. ] Artwork / series is drawn by Erin Casey, AWN Art Director. #givingback
November 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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A beautiful tribute to Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social
Alice Wong was Crips for eSims for Gaza, and Everything to Us
by Jane Shi and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
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November 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Rest in peace, Alice Wong 🕊️

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Alice Wong, disability activist and luminary, dies at 51 - The Sick Times
Alice Wong platformed and uplifted people with Long COVID in her final chapter as a lifelong disability advocate and storyteller.
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November 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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"I'm honored to be your ancestor" - Alice Wong

Thank you, Alice.
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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What a privilege it is to be a younger disabled person in a community shaped by Alice Wong. Rest in peace, Alice.
November 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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AWN honors Native American Heritage Month, and celebrates the TWO SPIRIT, (ALSO: 2SPIRIT, 2S, or TWO-SPIRIT)
people of Indigenous North America then & now
[image description: Image one: Illustration and text against a colorful background. The background is divided into four squares that each are shaded in different colors of: muted maroons, goldenrod yellow, grey and white. At top in bold black text reads: “AWN HONORS NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH November 2025” celebrating the Two-Spirit people of Indigenous North America then & now.” On the left hand side of the square is a digital illustration depicting Bobby Sanchez, an Indigenous Quechua Wari Two Spirit singer, performer, and slam poet. They have long, wavy dark brown hair, are wearing dangly earrings. She is wearing a multi color cut-out crop top which is in shades of goldenrod, teal and maroon, including yellow gloves. In the lower right hand corner is the AWN logo: a large pink “a” with a pale teal, winged dragonfly. Below the “a” is our url: awnnetwork dot org ] Image two: Illustration and text against a colorful background. The background is divided into four squares that each are shades in different colors of: a soft, muted maroon, goldenrod yellow, grey and white. At top in bold black text reads: “TWO SPIRIT ALSO: 2SPIRIT, 2S, or TWO-SPIRIT” Digital illustration is a depiction of Sean Snyder (Northern Ute, Shoshone-Bannock, and San Carlos Apache) and Adrian Matthias Stevens (Navajo and Southern Ute), who are Indigenous Two Spirit dancers at powwows across Turtle Island. The couple are shown embracing with Adrian behind Sean and having his arms around him with their hands intertwined. Sean and Adrian each have short dark brown hair, gold earrings, and are wearing matching white outfits which feature handmade beadwork in beautifully intricate designs along the forearm / cuff in vibrant shades of green, blue yellow and red. In the upper right hand mustard yellow square is black text reading: “Two Spirit (also: 2Spirit, 2S, or Two-Spirit) is a term developed in modern Native American organizing spaces for any Indigenous person under the LGBTQIAP+ umbrella who identifies as embodying masculine and feminine energies.” In the lower right hand corner is the AWN logo: a large pink “a” with a pale teal, winged dragonfly. Below the “a” is our url: awnnetwork dot org ] • Image three: Illustration and text against a colorful background. The background is divided into four squares that each are shades in different colors of: soft muted maroon, goldenrod yellow, grey and white. At top center is black text reading: “The concept of what we now call Two Spirit is a concept that has always existed in many Indigenous cultures, each with their own words and social roles for Two Spirit people.” On the left hand side of the photo is a depiction of Nenookaasi Ogichidaa, a Two Spirit Afro-Anishinaabe powwow dancer and educator. She has long black hair which is down and falling around her shoulders. They are wearing a black hoodie style top that zips up and has a front pocket, and are shown looking off to her side. In the lower right hand corner is the AWN logo: a large pink “a” with a pale teal, winged dragonfly. Below the “a” is our url: awnnetwork dot org Image four: Illustration and text against a colorful background. The background is divided into four squares that each are shades in different colors of: soft muted maroon, goldenrod yellow, grey and white. At the top of the image is bolded black text that reads: “Two Spirit people traditionally had specific, important roles in Indigenous nations. This Native American Heritage Month we celebrate Two-Spirit people as valued members of our community.” Across the left hand side of the graphic is a digital illustration depicting Kairyn Potts, a Two Spirit Winkte man, Indigenous youth advocate, comedian, and actor from the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation. Kai has shoulder length brown hair which is swept back, and has on bright green and pinkish red eye shadow, brownish lipstick and has on fish scale earrings. He is wearing a brownish yellow jacket, with fringe along the sleeves and on both sides of the coat under his shoulders. He has a black collared shirt on underneath and has his hands clasped with a hint of a smile on his face. In the lower right hand corner is the AWN logo: a large pink “a” with a pale teal, winged dragonfly. Below the “a” is our url: awnnetwork dot org End image description. ]
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Three weeks until #GivingTuesday
From AWN Art Director Erin Casey, reason number 3: Liberation

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[image description: Illustration and text against a white and purple background. At top, text in mostly black (with a little pink) reads: “3 WEEKS UNTIL GIVING TUESDAY & We’re counting down the top 5 reasons to give to AWN… REASON TO GIVE NUMBER 3:” In a large rectangular shaped speech box is black font reading: ‘Giving liberates the soul of the giver’- Maya Angelou In the lower right hand comer is white and pale blue text reading: “SAVE THE DATE: GIVING TUESDAY IS DECEMBER 2, 2025!” In the lower left hand corner is a variation of the awn logo: a large pink heart with a pale blue, winged spoonie dragonfly. Below is our url: awnnetwork dot org. The text is against a purple and white background.
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Fewer than 10 staffers are believed too be left to do work once "handled by more than 100 people at the Office of Special Education Programs....It’s unclear how many people remain at the Office for Civil Rights, which handles complaints of disability discrimination."
November 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM