You can donate to the Fund for Community Reparations for Autistic People of Color’s Interdependence, Survival, and Empowerment. The Fund practices redistributive justice and mutual aid by returning and sharing money directly to and with autistic people of color. We provide microgrants to Black, Brown, Native, Asian, and mixed-race people in the autistic community for survival, organizing, leisure, and pleasure. We are committed to the principles of Disability Justice, including leadership ...| autismandrace.com
Since we last posted a “What’s Going On?” post, yet more assaults on democracy, civil rights, civil liberties, health, and safety have arisen, from ICE escalations to the gutting of crucial federal agencies. (Also, Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have found the cause of autism: over-the-counter painkillers, apparently.) News Research Fighting Back Despite...| The Autistic People of Color Fund
In the face of creeping authoritarianism, the erosion of people’s civil rights and liberties, genocide, and the destruction of the planet, it’s easy to succumb to despair, thinking that it’s impossible to go on. The news can be overwhelming, crushing, dispiriting. It can be hard to decide what to do, where to go, who to talk to. We are reminded every day that only we can save ourselves, that we cannot rely on government to feed, clothe, protect, or liberate.| The Autistic People of Color Fund
Over the past few months, the Trump White House and Congress have enacted multiple oppressive, cruel, and distressing policies that leave the US population sicker, hungrier, more vulnerable, and less safe. From ICE abductions to drastic Medicaid cuts, people are finding themselves facing a government that announces in word and deed that the lives of...| The Autistic People of Color Fund
The Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and Autistic People of Color Fund condemn a series of recent Supreme Court rulings that threaten democracy and civil rights across the country. These rulings reflect the rise of authoritarianism, censorship, and gendered repression that have been pervasive on the national level for several years, and we oppose them for the danger they pose to marginalized people, especially LGBTQ+ people and immigrants. | The Autistic People of Color Fund
Since the beginning of the war on Gaza, the Israeli government has made its goal abundantly clear in word and deed: ethnically cleansing the Gaza Strip by starving, displacing, and killing as many Palestinians as possible. Top Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have made genocidal statements that go beyond their ostensible goal of defeating Hamas and recovering the hostages. | The Autistic People of Color Fund
House conservatives just passed a new budget that’s a giveaway to millionaires and billionaires. To make up the shortfall from these lowered taxes, the House plans to cut $880 billion from Medicaid, the health insurance program run jointly by the federal government and state governments. Medicaid is a lifeline for low-income and disabled people living...| The Autistic People of Color Fund
As the Trump regime continues its onslaught on the civil rights and liberties of marginalized people across the United States, advocates, activists, and organizers are coming together to fight back against these miscarriages of justice by protesting, contacting their legislators, organizing within their communities, and using other diverse methods. Through their work, they are making...| The Autistic People of Color Fund
We’re proud to announce our most recent policy brief: Autism, Race, and Abolition! Written by our intern Meliha Ural, this brief explores the relationship between autism, race, and prison abolition, drawing from a wide variety of sources to highlight the importance of developing innovative ways to address harm while avoiding the flaws of the current...| The Autistic People of Color Fund
We are dismayed to hear of the police-instigated murder of Victor Perez, a nonspeaking Latino autistic 17-year-old with cerebral palsy and an intellectual disability. On 5 April 2025, Victor was shot nine times and murdered by Pocatello, Idaho, police. The police were called to support Victor with a mental health crisis, but instead of helping him, they killed him only minutes after they appeared outside his home. | The Autistic People of Color Fund
Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Autism Society of America, Autism Speaks and more stand united in calling for evidence-based research and investments in diverse supports for the Autism community. April 17, 2025, Rockville, MD–– As national organizations dedicated to advancing the well-being of Autistic individuals, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Autism Society of America, Autism Speaks, The Arc of the United...| The Autistic People of Color Fund
