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Autism Acceptance Month invites self-compassion and acceptance of autistic people.

An autistic person's experience is different, valid, and often takes more effort than others realize.

A person's past might make sense through an autistic lens, which helps them move forward with support.

April is Autism Acceptance Month, making it a great opportunity to more deeply accept ourselves and others as autistic people. It invites us to embrace autism as a different way of thinking, feeling, and acting, while raising awareness in the wider community.

Autism Acceptance Month can also help us focus inward and ask: What does "acceptance" mean to me as an autistic and neurodivergent person? Here are five ways to approach it.

Accept your experience as different and valid. It doesn’t matter how well you appear to function or how successful you are. If you’re autistic, getting to wherever you are has probably required a huge amount of effort. You may........

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