Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN)
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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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Efforts to gut the U.S. Department of Education's special education office and move the program to another agency are already causing "immediate harm" to students with #disabilities, advocates warn. #SpecialEducation
Disability Advocates Cry Foul Over Dismantling Of Special Ed: 'Our World Is On Fire'
Efforts to gut the U.S. Department of Education's special education office and move the program to another agency are already causing "immediate harm" to students with disabilities, advocates warn.
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Illustration and text against a white and purple background.
At top, text in mostly black (with a little pink) reads:
“4 WEEKS UNTIL GIVING TUESDAY
& We’re counting down the top 5 reasons to give to AWN…
REASON TO GIVE NUMBER 4: COMMUNITY”
In a large oval shaped speech bubble is black font reading:
“I think it is healing behavior, to look at something so broken and see the possibility and wholeness in it” - Adrienne Maree Brown
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. ]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o6l2e6fn6nflr4d5jnpjqfm5/bafkreidzv3k22yvehmt57vsqcqpekte3ntrhyd2szsbs5265gqf33qivy4@jpeg)
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AWN's latest newsletter in honor of LGBTQIAP+ History Month. Written by Makayla Allen, Digital Media Intern.
LGBTQIAP+ History Month 2025 - Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN)
A Month of Remembrance & Reflection Every October, we celebrate LGBTQIAP+ History Month. This month lets us remember the contributions of the LGBTQIAP+ community, both past and present. For the Autist...
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I firmly believe, with every single atom of my being, that instead of amplifying unreliable information that discourages helping, our focus as 42 million Americans face hunger must be on providing factual information that enables people to help.
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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:
“5 WEEKS UNTIL GIVING TUESDAY
& we’re counting down the top 5 reasons to give to AWN…
REASON TO GIVE NUMBER 5: COMMUNITY”
In a large oval shaped speech bubble is black font reading:
“Without community, there is no liberation” - Audre Lorde
In the lower right hand corner 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 AWN’s 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](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o6l2e6fn6nflr4d5jnpjqfm5/bafkreigkpuwul4cyjd3iw45e2nypd7lzbbv7czj2jjfrhf7prxqc5zgtru@jpeg)
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Illustration and text against a grey and black gradient background.
Text at top in black reads:
“AWN Celebrates
Ace Week
October 19-25
with appreciation for all on the asexual & aromantic spectrums”
Across the image are illustrations of playing cards. The two most forward facing cards are the Ace of diamonds and the Ace of hearts.
The card on the left is the Ace of diamonds, and the diamonds are shaded in using horizontal stripes in the colors of the Asexual Pride flag: black, grey; white and purple.
The card on the right is the Ace of hearts, and the hearts on the card are shaded in using horizontal stripes in the colors of the Aromantic Pride flag: dark green, light green, white, gray, and black.
In the lower left hand corner is the awn logo: a large pink “a” with a teal winged spoonie dragonfly on the “a”. Below is awn’s url: awnnetwork dot org. ]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o6l2e6fn6nflr4d5jnpjqfm5/bafkreifwk77t2djlywxeh652pp4wgmskgbkj7gs4v7z3g2flye52xxgntm@jpeg)
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Illustration and text against a muted cream background. The lower half of the square shows many horizontal stripes, which are from n mmany LGBTQIAP+ pride flags including the Progress Pride flag, rainbow pride, and Trans Pride flags.
At the top of the image in bolded pink font reads:
“LGBTQIA+ History Month 2025”
Just below in thinner, more of a cursive type black font reads:
“more than 30% of LGBTQIAP+ adults are disabled compared to about 25% of non-LGBTQIAP+ adults”
“our struggles and our liberation have always been intersectional and intertwined.”
Between the above two small passages is a drawing of a heart made with tiny black dots in a connect the dots type of style.
In the lower half of the image at center is the AWN logo: a large pink “a” with a teal, winged dragonfly. Below the “a” is our url: awnnetwork dot org ]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o6l2e6fn6nflr4d5jnpjqfm5/bafkreicsmg4j66akhoa5i75uu3oi43xbpsgk27f3af3wia5z3g43gkuhfq@jpeg)
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![[image description:
Illustration and text against a muted cream background. The lower half of the square shows many wide horizontal stripes, which are featured in LGBTQIAP+ pride flags including the Progress Pride flag, Trans Pride flags. etc
At the top of the image in bolded pink font reads:
“LGBTQIA+ History Month 2025”
Below that text is a large speech bubble drawn in black, with text inside the bubble reading:
“You never completely have your rights, one person, until you all have your rights.”
~ Marsha P. Johnson, self-described drag queen, performer, and disabled transgender activist
In the lower half of the image at center is the AWN logo: a large pink “a” with a teal, winged dragonfly. Below the “a” is our url: awnnetwork dot org ]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o6l2e6fn6nflr4d5jnpjqfm5/bafkreieioxnyimrjx3nvcuw2qvlpoputxods6qfje4gcwlxojdkfem4zsa@jpeg)
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Illustration and text against a beige background with a partially obscured drawing of feathers drawn in a soft, muted brown.
Text at top is in both a thinner, slightly curlier black font, and a thicker, bolded deep brown font and reads:
“AWN CELEBRATES
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S DAY
OCTOBER 13, 2025”
Across the center of the image are digital illustrations of eight people, representing a wide array of different ages, heights, hair color / style, and clothing color, type, and style. There are also mobility devices being used- a wheelchair user is shown in the lower left side of the drawing, and a person on the right end is using a dark brown cane.
In the lower right hand corner is the awn logo: a large pink “a”, with a teal winged spoonie dragonfly. Below the “a” is our url: awnnetwork dot org. ]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o6l2e6fn6nflr4d5jnpjqfm5/bafkreibo5yvx7yzmvstwlq2vcsbxxwi24w3iuhuiowxvzyti6adg7zvlri@jpeg)
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![[Image: Alice Wong in her wheelchair with a tracheostomy at her neck connected to a ventilator. A smiling Alice wears a pink plaid shirt and pink pants, and her AAC device is mounted in front of her.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rttsf4zrtbea47kiv56ec4vb/bafkreigrwrtnccn5wxwfut7vd4phuxooqbt5uialrwpzfjrralvhpb4hua@jpeg)
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