To me they are content creators that resonate with my lived experiences and thoughts. If your new to asd or know that there is a difference in how different folks present, if you don't find that one resonates with you, in invite you to try another. Males and Females present differently, this has nothing to do with preference or gender identification, I accept all folks. Many late diagnosed folks understand what it is like to be discriminated against, treated differently, and misunderstood for decades of their lives. So with all that stuff out of the way, lets get to some understanding, some advocation and some validation for late diagnosed/self diagnosed folks with asd.
Many of these folks also have their own communities albeit behind paywalls and others have free communities and many do livestreams on youtube where you can talk to other community members and to the creators themselves. Autistic content creators do have a bit of overlap like many other subjects so you will see similar topics presented in different ways.
www.youtube.com/@autisticjenny
www.youtube.com/@NeurodiverJENNt
www.youtube.com/@MomontheSpectrum
www.youtube.com/@ChrisandDebby
www.youtube.com/@bearfulmer its full of everything I do as me, The Bear, who is audhd
www.youtube.com/@CourtneyMermaid
and there are so many more.
In my experience it was more helpful to hear some similar experiences going into the learning process and hearing folks that thought and think like I do (not like a feedback loop, more like how I am wired)
I am in the process of reading a book for self advocacy which has been a struggle for me. I will review it after I finish it. I also liked the book by Orion Kelly called How Autism Feels. It was really helpful.
As always information literacy is important in this day and age so if you hear something you think may not be correct, look into it.
