From Executive Director,  Sharon daVanport.

  Greetings and welcome to the Autism Women's Network.   AWN is dedicated to building a community of autistic females, their families, friends, and supporters who have a place where they can share their experiences amongst a diverse, inclusive, and supportive environment.  We invite you to take a look around and join us today.

Forum:

Forum topics are designed to inspire meaningful discussions which focus on issues relevant to females on the autism spectrum. It is our goal to successfully accomplish a portion of AWN's mission by building an interactive community.  With this in mind, the forum is set up to further include neurotypical (NT) family, friends, teachers, psychologist, etc., so as to offer a productive and meaningful avenue by which we can engage in a healthy exchange of ideas.

We appreciate the need for gaining a greater understanding of qualities unique to autistic females.  Recognized autism experts agree that furthering our knowledge specific to these issues will lead us to a greater understanding of the spectrum as a whole.

Articles:

AWN will publish a wide variety of articles which will be relevant to the autism community as a whole.  Some of these writings will be featured stories which were previously posted on a variety of blogs throughout the autism community.  In these instances, AWN is highlighting the talents of our members while providing you with a wide variety of informational sources gathered by the leading writers in our communities via their web/blog sites.  Our featured article will always be found on the Home Page under the heading:  Round Table Topic.  This will be an article chosen specifically to solicit comments and thoughts from you our readers.

Contributing Writers:

AWN is interested in hearing from Contributing Writers.  Please email us directly by using the contact form provided here on the website if you want to submit an article for publication.

Opportunities to Represent AWN in Your Region:

As Autism Women's Network is new, we are expanding as well as developing our vision daily.  We have a variety of opportunities available for you to volunteer and become actively involved with our organization. If you are interested in becoming an AWN Representative in your local area, or finding out about other opportunities within our organization, then please let us know.  We look forward to hearing from you.

Is the AWN Forum for Females Only?

Though the majority of our forum posts are exclusive to topics pertaining to females on the spectrum, we welcome everyone to to show your support of AWN's mission and goals by assisting us with networking the supports we offer to the autism community.  We invite you to join us in spreading the kind of awareness which enlightens, educates, and inspires our world to continue reaching toward greater truths pertaining to autism.

"The Autism Women's Network wants to provide our members with a positive networking experience.  We invite you to share with us  your suggestions and comments in order to make this possible."

Sharon daVanport
Executive Director

^{NOTICE:  All AWN articles and forum content on this website are offered as personal viewpoints and should never be a substitute for your personal medical recommendations.  AWN will publish articles from contributors who are licensed in the medical and/or field of psychology;  these AWN posts will be identified accordingly.  Always consult your personal experts (eg: doctors, psychologists, etc.) before making any personal changes to your prescribed or recommended maintenance.}