It’s still April and we have a new blogpost about the need for Autistic Adult Awareness this month:
https://prepped.to/blog/the-need-for-autistic-adult-awareness
Being inside the bubble of autistic activism, we tend to forget how often folks aren’t aware of the existence of autistic adults, not to mention that they might be one too!
This lack of Autistic Adult Awareness isn’t an accident, but a policy led by parent-organizations that still, horrifyingly, use the puzzle symbol, and moreover in a bow, the kinds of which one uses to commemorate the victims of cancer and war.
Aut2Aut is an autistic-led nonprofit, and it needs your support. As little as 1 Euro a month can make a huge difference, and bring us one step closer to reclaiming this month and our narrative, as well as providing autistic folks with a platform where we can share sensory information and service instructions, so we can prep and script before going places.
How to support us:
- GofundMe: https://gofund.me/70a4feca8
- Betterplace: https://www.betterplace.org/en/projects/164016-support-prepped-to-by-and-for-the-autistic-community
- Shop: https://aut2aut.myspreadshop.net/
- Add a new location: https://prepped.to/add-new-location?utm_source=LinkedIn&utm_campaign=AAAM
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Dedicated School For Autistic Students Scrapped By Edmonton Public School Board
https://autisticgoblin.ca/2026/04/17/dedicated-school-for-autistic-students-scrapped-by-edmonton-public-school-board/
Drew Mercury, Iridium and Caesium as Miis to prepare for Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream's release! #actuallyautistic #autistic #autism #mii #mercury #iridium #caesium #oc #originalcharacter #autismacceptance #autismacceptancemonth #periodictable #elementeon
Check out my comic, Element Eon: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/117533349
Trusting what you know
How we make our parenting decisions matters. One kernel of understanding came when writing my first book, See Sam Run. His preschool teacher urged us to “extinguish” a “perseverative” behavior. We considered it, but after translating those science-y words to plain language, they lost their gravitas against other things we knew were important.
Our son was growing and changing every day. We wanted to trust his inner drive. Some of the things that he did appeared to have a purpose to him, even if we didn’t understand it. We focused on where he was and responding to him with joy as he showed progress, just like any other kid.
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Only recently did I stumble on some science exploring this big idea about nature and our inner drive. Are you ready for it? The many-wrongs principle.
Yesterday, I called my old friend, Donna, to catch up. Soon I was bouncing an idea off her. She’s smart, and instantly finds the holes when thinking or writing about something. I told her I’d been reading the research literature on social networks and stumbled across the idea of the ‘many-wrongs’ principle. If there’s an…
We've just realized we've never posted about our support us page, and what better time to post about it than in the middle of a crowdfunding campaign?
On the page are links to the two platforms where you can donate to Aut2Aut, so it can go on creating free platforms and content by and for autistic folks, our merch shop with all #ActuallyAutistic designs, and no less importantly: how to add sensory info and service instructions about a new location to inform other autistic folks who plan to go there, and share links to spread the word with.
Thanks for your support🙏
As Aut2Aut's Autistic (Adult) Awareness Month crowdfunding campaign https://gofund.me/241e2471f enters its sixth say, we are moved to tears by our first monthly supporter 🥹
Someone decided that a platform for autistic folks to share sensory info about different locations on, i.e. our website https://prepped.to is a worthy enough cause to support it with 5 Euro each month.
This might not seem a lot, but it's much more profound than "just" the 5 Euros. Monthly donations give us predictability, which is one of the best things you can give an autistic person. Predictability means we can plan. It means we can be safe in the knowledge of what's to come. It means less ruminating and more mental space for doing. It's everything.
And this is what prepped.to is there for!
The idea is to give autistic folks predictability when going somewhere, especially somewhere new. Knowing in advance what the lighting and sound will be like allows us to take protective gear. Knowing in advance what to do to get what we went there for allows us to script before going, sparing us the endless moments of awkwardly standing around, trying to figure out where to go, who to talk to and what to say, while also dealing with some kind of sensory assault.
This April, please consider giving Aut2Aut the gift of predictability, so we can stop worrying about the future and start making it happen, with free, ad-free and membership-fee-free platforms and content by and for the autistic community 🙏
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Stopped by 🚒 Malden Fire, Local 902, to grab one of their T‑shirts for Autism Acceptance Month. They’ll be available all month, and every dollar raised goes directly to a local charitable organization.
🗣️Appreciate Lieutenant Power for the assist, and grateful for our firefighters and all first responders who show up for Malden — and communities everywhere — every day.
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