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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, 2025, you can get a 2025 tax deduction while helping Autism Empowerment and our nonprofit publication, [...]
AE Neurodivergent Creators Collective A New Era of Inclusive Storytelling Welcome | Upcoming Events | Past Events (see below) | Resource Library Past Workshops and Workshop Resources: (Workshops are listed in reverse chronological order) 🎬 Craig McCourry: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Filmmaking Autism Empowerment and our Neurodivergent Creators Collective are proud [...]
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 [...]
 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 [...]
🌸 Resources for Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum To all women and girls on the autism spectrum—know this: You are not alone. Even when it feels that way, we’re here to provide information, support, and a welcoming community that sees and values you. At Autism Empowerment and through [...]
Autism Serves – Helping Hands Empowering Neurodivergent Teens & Young Adults Through Volunteerism A neurodivergent-led volunteerism program from Autism Empowerment that brings teens, young adults, families, and community supporters together to serve others, build friendships, and make a positive difference. The Next Generation of Service is Here! Autism Serves [...]
Support Autism Empowerment with eBay for Charity Autism Empowerment is proud to be part of the eBay for Charity program. Now you can easily support our mission when you buy or sell on eBay. It’s easy, and you can even donate directly! Visit the Autism Empowerment eBay for Charity Page to get started! [...]
Amazing Autistic Women Women and Nonbinary People on the Autism Spectrum: Whether someone identifies as Autistic, on the autism spectrum, neurodivergent, or simply by their name, what matters most is honoring how they choose to self-identify. This evolving list highlights Autistic women and nonbinary individuals who are using their voices, [...]
Autism Serves - Helping Hands Empowering Neurodivergent Teens & Young Adults Through Volunteerism Welcome! We are a neurodivergent-led volunteerism program from Autism Empowerment that brings teens, young adults, older adults, families, and community supporters together to serve others, build friendships, and make a positive difference. The Next Generation of [...]
John Krejcha Bio John Krejcha is co-founder of Autism Empowerment and serves as Programs Director and Board Secretary. Prior to Autism Empowerment, John spent 15 years as the co-owner of Count Your Beans, a successful online retail business. Prior to that, he worked [...]
Hold My Beer A Film by Brian Tashima Produced by Second Player Score and Autism Empowerment <span class="fr-mk" style="display: none;"> </span><span class="fr-mk" style="display: none;"> </span><span class="fr-mk" style="display: none;"> </span><span class="fr-mk" style="display: none;"> </span><span class="fr-mk" style="display: none;"> </span><span class="fr-mk" style="display: none;"> </span><span class="fr-mk" style="display: none;"> </span><span class="fr-mk" style="display: none;"> </span><span class="fr-mk" style="display: none;"> </span><span class="fr-mk" style="display: none;"> </span><span class="fr-mk" style="display: none;"> </span><span [...]
How is Autism Treated? It is important to remember first that autism is on a spectrum. As such, there is no one size-fits-all autism treatment, therapy, intervention or coping strategy. There are many therapies for autism and as you do your research you will see that there is also [...]
Support Autism Empowerment Every Time You Shop at Fred Meyer Did you know that a simple trip to the grocery store can help make a difference in your community? When you link your Fred Meyer Rewards Card to Autism Empowerment through the Fred Meyer Community Rewards Program, every [...]
Acronym and Initialism Directory An acronym is an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word. An initialism is an abbreviation consisting of initial letters pronounced separately (e.g., DDA or IEP) Alphabet soup is often used as a metaphor for an abundance of [...]
What is Asperger syndrome? Asperger or Asperger's syndrome (AS) is a developmental autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The discovery of Asperger Syndrome (AS) dates back to 1944. Austrian pediatrician Hans Asperger described the syndrome when he was treating four boys with similar symptoms. His writings remained relatively unknown until 1981 [...]
Autism Empowerment Statement on Supporting Autistic and Neurodivergent Communities February 18th, 2025 At Autism Empowerment, our mission has always been to promote acceptance, enrichment, inspiration, and empowerment for autistic and neurodivergent youth, adults, and families. As a neurodivergent-led organization founded in June 2011, we believe that every individual possesses unique [...]
Brian Tashima Bio Brian Tashima was born and raised in Hawaii and has been a resident of Vancouver, Washington since 2000. He is an author, screenwriter, filmmaker, musician, creator, consultant, and philanthropist. He's also the dad of two autistic children, and was himself diagnosed [...]
  Get Involved, Make Impact & Stay Connected! Autism Empowerment believes in positive collaboration and community involvement! We strongly believe in creating an Autism Empowerment community where all people on the autism spectrum feel welcome. When you support Autism Empowerment, you are telling the people that we serve that [...]
Autism Empowerment Board of Directors Autism Empowerment's Board of Directors includes ten passionate leaders and disability advocates from Washington and Oregon. United by a passion for serving youth, adults and families within autism, neurodivergent and disabilities communities, they bring diverse perspectives and a shared commitment to Autism Empowerment's mission. [...]
Chris Parrott Bio Chris Parrott joined Autism Empowerment’s Board of Directors in 2014. Chris was born and raised in Texas, and was a resident of Oregon from 2011 to early 2022, when he relocated to North Carolina. In 2025, he relocated again with his family to Vancouver, [...]