Resources
Organizations and creators we point people toward for adult autism awareness, social emotional learning, and parent education.
External Resources
Embrace Autism
An autistic-led autism resource offering free, evidence-based autism tests, articles on topics like alexithymia, masking, meltdowns, and shutdowns, and autism/AuDHD assessments and post-diagnosis support led by autistic psychologists.
- Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) — a widely used 50-item questionnaire measuring autistic traits across social skill, attention, communication, and imagination.
- Empathy Quotient (EQ) — measures cognitive empathy, emotional reactivity, and social skills.
- RAADS–R — a widely used adult autism screening questionnaire covering social relatedness, interests, language, and sensory-motor experience, both now and in childhood.
- Autistic Trait Profile Questionnaire (ATPQ) — explores autistic traits across seven areas, including social communication, routines, focused interests, and sensory experience.
- Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q) — measures social camouflaging, the strategies used to hide or compensate for autistic traits.
- Autistic Burnout Measure (ABM) — a 27-item questionnaire measuring autistic burnout by comparing the past three months with what's typical for you.
- Aspie Quiz — a popular but less rigorously validated quiz exploring autistic and neurodivergent traits.
Nonviolent Communication
A communication approach developed by psychologist Marshall Rosenberg, built around four steps that work in two directions: speaking honestly about your own experience, and listening for the same four things in someone else.
Observations
SpeakingWhat I actually see or hear, without judgment or evaluation.
ListeningWhat I imagine you're observing, without adding my own story to it.
Feelings
SpeakingThe emotion that observation brings up in me.
ListeningThe emotion that observation may bring up in you.
Needs
SpeakingThe need or value behind my feeling.
ListeningThe need or value that might be behind yours.
Requests
SpeakingA clear, doable request that could meet my need.
ListeningA clear, doable request you might be making of me.
Speaking example: “When I see the dishes left in the sink for a few days (observation), I feel frustrated (feeling) because I need our shared space to feel taken care of (need). Would you be willing to wash your dishes the same day you use them? (request)”
Listening example: “It sounds like seeing the dishes pile up (observation) left you feeling overwhelmed (feeling), because you'd like our shared space to feel easier to keep up with (need). Would it help to set a quick daily tidy-up together (request)?”
Learn more from the Center for Nonviolent Communication, founded by Marshall B. Rosenberg.
Supported Content Creators
We also support independent creators whose videos help spread awareness of social and emotional learning and adult autism to a wider audience.
A classroom "mood check" routine a 4th grade teacher uses to help students name and share how they're feeling, a simple social-emotional learning practice.
A teacher's take on emotional connection in the classroom, drawing on the Gottman Institute's research on relationships and communication.
A teacher moment highlighting emotional intelligence in the classroom, shared with credit to @JustSomeDude.