Diane J. Wright

Author. Filmmaker.
Disability Justice Advocate.

Championing authentic and varied media representation for the neurodivergent, disabled, Black, and other historically excluded communities.

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What I've Been Up To

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The first initiative of its kind, Autastic.com offers resources and community to thousands of adult-identified autistic members as well as some of the few spaces exclusively for autistic people of colour.

Autastic logo. Text: ADULT-IDENTIFIED AUTISTIC PEOPLE OF COLOUR & OUR ALLIES. 5 Polaroid-style images of people of a variety of ethnicities.
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