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Amazing Autistic Women Whether they call themselves Autistic, on the autism spectrum or simply (insert their name here), here is a robust list of accomplished autistic women and nonbinary people who are making positive change in this world. It has been the experience of many autistic mothers that their Autism [...]
Current News Our Summer 2024 edition of Spectrum Life Magazine is here and is embedded below for easy reading. Please visit www.SpectrumLife.org for all things Spectrum Life Magazine related! Print distribution will be taking place in Washington and Oregon in mid-July 2024. The online version has [...]
What is Fred Meyer Community Rewards? Autism Empowerment is excited to participate in the Fred Meyer Community Rewards program. As a Fred Meyer shopper, you can earn donations for Autism Empowerment each time that you shop with your Fred Meyer Rewards Card. Here's how it works: RIGHT NOW you can [...]
Coexisting Conditions Individuals affected by autism are at an increased risk of experiencing additional cognitive, emotional, or behavioral disorders. It is very common for individuals on the autism spectrum to be dealing with other challenges and coexisting conditions. Sometimes these co-existing conditions are noticed and diagnosed before the diagnosis [...]
Brian Tashima Bio Brian Tashima was born and raised in Hawaii and has been a resident of Vancouver, Washington since 2000. Brian is an author, singer, songwriter, guitarist, screenwriter, and philanthropist. He's also the dad to two awesome children, including a son on the [...]
Autism Empowerment Radio Guest Radio Show Appearance Links February 20th, 2013 : WA State Developmental Disabilities Resources - Eva Rooks Blog Written for Autism Empowerment Other Ways to Connect Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InformingFamilies [...]
Actually Autistic Adults in the Real World A Day in Our Lives… By Jenny Bristol Illustrations by Rebecca Burgess The autistic population is just as diverse as the non-autistic population. To learn about a day in the life of adults on the autism spectrum, we invite you to [...]
Autism Empowerment Programs & Support Services Autism Empowerment is devoted to promoting a culture of acceptance, enrichment, and empowerment for children, teens, adults and families in autism and neurodivergent communities. Local programming takes place in the Southwest Washington and Portland, OR metro area. Educational programming such as Spectrum Life [...]
Autism Serves Kids Care Club Information Autism Serves Kids Care Club of Clark County Information You will find on this page important information that should take care of most of your questions. If you need any other help, please feel free to reach out to [...]
Donate Your Vehicle Autism Empowerment is excited to share with you our vehicle and car donation partnership with Donate for Charity. If you donate your car, truck, boat or RV before December 31st, 2024, you can get a 2024 tax deduction while helping Autism Empowerment and our nonprofit publication, [...]
Karen Krejcha Bio Karen serves as Executive Director and Co-Founder of Autism Empowerment and also as the Board President. She is Editor of Spectrum Life Magazine and the host of the Autism Empowerment Podcast. Karen considers Autism Empowerment her calling and passion. She [...]
#AskingAutistics with Lyric Rivera, NeuroDivergent Rebel Lyric Rivera joined Autism Empowerment and Spectrum Life Magazine as a contributing writer in 2022. A prolific, passionate, and powerful autistic self-advocate from Texas, Lyric runs the internationally recognized neurodiversity lifestyle blog, Neurodivergent Rebel. They also manage NeuroDivergent Consulting and provide training and education around Autistic and NeuroDivergent inclusion in the [...]
Autism Empowerment Resource Center We are excited to announce that we will be redesigning our AutismEmpowerment.org and SpectrumLife.org websites in the first quarter of 2024 to add and showcase a variety of new content and resources. Autism Empowerment believes in contributing positively to a world where neurodiversity and neurodivergence [...]
About the Autism Empowerment Podcast The Autism Empowerment Podcast returned in January 2021 with a different name, a new look and improved quality! As of January 2022, we have published 23 episodes and will be producing new content monthly. We have included our Autism Empowerment [...]
What is sexual assault or sexual violence? Sexual assault is any type of forced or coerced sexual contact or behavior that happens without consent. Sexual assault includes rape and attempted rape, child molestation, and sexual harassment or threats. In the United States, nearly one in five women has been raped [...]
AWEtism We Embrace Support Group Welcome to AWE! AWEtism We Embrace (AWE) is an online facilitated support group meeting on third Tuesdays from 6:30pm-8:30pm. Our meetings happen via Zoom, with a different Zoom link for each month. To get each month’s link, please email the founder, Shasti McLaughlin, at [...]
Southwest Washington Disability Alliance The Southwest Washington Disability Alliance formed in January 2015 as a collaboration of nonprofit organizations, self-advocates, families, agencies, support groups, and businesses within Southwest Washington and the Portland Metro area. Although our work focuses on serving individuals and families in Southwest Washington, we [...]
Staying Connected and Sharing Volunteering Opportunities with Autism Serves Kids Care Club families Staying Connected We want families involved in the Autism Serves Kids Care Club to stay connected and share information. As such, we have created a closed Facebook group where families can share photos of their [...]
Dr. Anson Service Bio DR. ANSON SERVICE, PsyD, LMHC - Adventure Psychological Services Dr. Anson Service, PsyD, LMHC, is a licensed mental health counselor and part of a team that assesses individuals for autism, ADHD, and more at Adventure Psychological Services. Dr. [...]
Autistic advocate Niko Boskovic joined Autism Empowerment as a contributing writer for Spectrum Life Magazine and our Spectrum Life blog in October 2022. Niko first appeared on the cover of Spectrum Life Magazine in our Fall 2022 issue and in our feature interview,Niko Boskovic - Letterboarding Leader, readers learned [...]