Together …
Advocating for all Autistic People
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We are an Autistic-led organisation run by our community, for our community.
For more than 20 years we, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network of Australia and New Zealand, have been the leading organisation for Autistic advocacy in Australia, and later New Zealand.
We emerged as one of the first, rights based, grassroots, systemic advocacy organisations in Australia. When we began there were very few organisations and initiatives including the voices of actually Autistic people, and very few making space for us to speak for ourselves. We are pleased that there are now so many wonderful advocates and organisations working to support the Autistic and autism communities in a multitude of neuroaffirming and Autistic-led ways. We are proud to continue to have a place in this community.
Nothing about us without us
ASAN AUNZ Contact
Feel free to email us, or connect with us by reaching out on socials, we would love to hear from you!
We are an Autistic-led organisation, predominantly made up of volunteers, we will get back to you as soon as we are able and have the spoons to respond, we thank you for your patience.
ADVOCACY Contact
If you would like to contact us regarding systemic advocacy or to invite ASAN AUNZ to be involved in any project work please email operations@asan-aunz.org.
Socials Contact
If you are an Autistic writer or content creator that would like to contribute to ASAN AUNZ by sharing your story with our community, we would love to hear from you!
If you would like to pitch a blog post, specifically around your advocacy experiences, with tips and hints you would love to share with our community, please email socials@asan-aunz.org and comms@asan-aunz.org.
Media Contact
We, ASAN AUNZ, respectfully acknowledge First Nations Peoples as traditional custodians of the lands, skies and waters where we live, learn, create and work. We acknowledge First Nations Peoples as the original and ongoing custodians and pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
We, ASAN AUNZ, acknowledge the LGBTIQASB+ community and its significant intersection with Autistic and neurodivergent communities. We affirm everyone’s right to freely identify and acknowledge their sexual and/or romantic orientation, gender identity and neuroqueer expressions. We actively advocate for the rights of our queer community, contributing to a world that is free from discrimination.
We have adopted the Australian specific acronym, that includes ‘SB’ to represent ‘Sistergirl’ and ‘Brotherboy’, importantly acknowledging our indigenous peoples queer communities.
