Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network

The Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN), originally founded as the Autism Women's Network, is a nonprofit advocacy organization in the autism rights and neurodiversity movements based in Washington, D.C.[5][6] Its focus is empowerment and support for autistic women and nonbinary transgender people, both groups that have faced historical exclusion by male-dominant discourse on autism.[6]

Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network
AbbreviationAWN
FoundedFebruary 28, 2011 (2011-02-28)[1]
FounderSharon daVanport
Founded atLincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
TypeNonprofit organization
27-5133111[2]
Legal status501(c)(3)[2]
PurposeTo provide community, support, and resources for Autistic women, girls, nonbinary people, and all others of marginalized genders.[3]
Location
Executive Director
Sharon daVanport[4]
Corina Lynn Becker,
Lori Berkowitz,
Lydia X. Z. Brown,
Sharon daVanport,
Mara Fritts,
Morénike Giwa Onaiwu[4]
Websiteawnnetwork.org
Formerly called
Autism Women's Network
Autism rights movement

AWN hosts two projects focused on intersectionality in the disability rights community: Divergent, a project focused on disability and feminism, and the Autism, Race, and Ethnicity Committee.[7]

AWN also manages its own small publishing house, DragonBee Press, which has published two anthologies on autism-related topics. The first anthology is What Every Autistic Girl Wishes Her Parents Knew edited by Emily Paige Ballou, Kristina Thomas, and Sharon daVanport, which received the Autism Society's Outstanding Literary Work of the Year Award in 2017.[8][9][10] The second anthology is All the Weight of Our Dreams: On Living Racialized Autism, edited by Lydia X. Z. Brown, E. Ashkenazy, and Morénike Giwa Onaiwu.[11]

AWN changed its name in April 2018, releasing a statement in which it said that the name change was meant to promote inclusivity and encourage nonbinary transgender people as well as transgender women to join AWN's community and access its resources.[12]

References
  1. "Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network, Inc." Nebraska Secretary of State. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  2. "Autism Womens Network". Tax Exempt Organization Search. Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved 11-Aug-2020.
  3. "Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network, Inc". Guidestar. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  4. "Our Team". Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  5. "Making Encounters With Police Officers Safer for People With Disabilities". The New York Times. October 6, 2017. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  6. "Gender stereotypes have made us horrible at recognizing autism in women and girls". Quartz. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  7. "LISTEN: Black, female and autistic — hiding in plain sight". Salon. 2017-03-15. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  8. What every autistic girl wishes her parents knew. Ballou, Emily Paige,, Thomas, Kristina,, DaVanport, Sharon. United States. December 15, 2016. ISBN 9780997504521. OCLC 969909560.CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. "Awards - Autism Society". Autism Society. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  10. "Interview: Emily Paige Ballou, Co-editor of the Autism Women's Network "Girls" Anthology: Maryland Coalition for Inclusive Education". www.mcie.org. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  11. All the weight of our dreams : on living racialized autism. Brown, Lydia X. Z.,, Ashkenazy, E.,, Onaiwu, Morénike Giwa,, Autism Women's Network. Lincoln, Nebraska. 2017. ISBN 9780997504507. OCLC 991619149.CS1 maint: others (link)
  12. "Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN) - Autism Women's Network". Autism Women's Network. April 26, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
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