Autism Empowerment is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization devoted to enriching and empowering the lives of youth, adults, and families within autistic and neurodivergent communities. We promote a culture of Autism Acceptance and believe that each one of us has gifts and talents to make the world a better place. Wherever you identify in your life journey, Autism Empowerment is here to meet you along the way with acceptance, enrichment, inspiration, and empowerment for the road ahead.

The vision we work toward is an inclusive society that respects youth and adults on the autism spectrum, empowering each person to reach their highest potential and live their best life. We offer innovative and inspiring programs, training and services, and opportunities for leadership and volunteerism.

We aim to serve people of all ages and abilities throughout the lifespan. Each of our programs promotes our Four Foundational Pillars of Positivity:

Accept – Enrich – Inspire – Empower

We appreciate you taking the time to visit our Autism Empowerment website. We are a positive organization with passionate people who focus on individual, family, and community education, outreach, and support. What makes us unique from most autism-related organizations is that everyone on our Board of Directors and in key roles is either diagnosed on the autism spectrum, has autistic family members or both! As proactive autism and disability allies, we believe each one of us is an Ambassador for Acceptance of All Abilities in our home, family, community, and world.

Our home base is in Vancouver, Washington where our community outreach programs serve the Southwest Washington and Portland, Oregon metro area.

Our educational multimedia programs, including Spectrum Life Magazine, Zoom Autism Magazine, and the Autism Empowerment Podcast, have a broader reach throughout the West Coast, the United States, and globally. We invite you to read the Summer 2024 edition of Spectrum Life Magazine and Zoom Magazine Issue 20: Autism Around the World (theme: global autism stories).  The Summer 2024 issue is now online and individual blog articles have also been posted at SpectrumLife.org. The print version of Spectrum Life will be online and mailed in mid-October 2024! Find a copy here or order a subscription now!

All ages, all abilities. All are accepted and welcome here. ~ Autism is our journey. We’ll meet you along the way.