🌼 1. Peer Support & Advocacy

🐞 Yellow Ladybugs

• A neurodivergent-led charity supporting autistic girls, women, and gender-diverse people.
• Offers inclusive events, school support, and social connection programs.
• Celebrated for spotlighting lived experience and advocating against masking and exclusion.
• 🌐 yellowladybugs.com.au

🌈 Reframing Autism

• Autistic-led nonprofit with intersectional, trauma-informed resources.
• Shares articles, workshops, and webinars, often featuring autistic women’s voices.
• Strong focus on identity, late diagnosis, and inclusive language.
• 🌐 reframingautism.org.au

🧠 2. Diagnostic & Therapy Services (Female-Sensitive)

🧑‍⚕️ Minds & Hearts (QLD)

• Clinic led by Dr. Tony Attwood and Dr. Michelle Garnett, experts in autism in females.
• Offers autism assessments, workshops, and therapy tailored to girls and women.
• 🌐 mindsandhearts.net

🧩 Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect)

• Provides assessments and support services.
• Some schools and therapy services are beginning to recognize female-specific presentations.
• 🌐 autismspectrum.org.au

📚 3. Educational Resources & Awareness

👩‍🏫 SPECTRA (Supportive Parents and Educators Collaborating Together for Recognition and Awareness)

• Focused on improving recognition of autism in girls and young women.
• Offers information for educators and parents.
• 🌐 spectraproject.org

📘 Amaze (Victoria)

• Leading autism organization offering state-wide support.
• Publishes guides and toolkits for parents of girls on the spectrum.
• Hosts Autism Connect — Australia’s free national autism helpline.
• 🌐 amaze.org.au

💬 4. Online & In-Person Communities

📱 Facebook Groups

• “Autistic Women’s Support Network Australia” – peer-led space for women & nonbinary individuals.
• “Late-Diagnosed Autistic Women Australia”

🗣️ Autistic Girls Network (Global with Australian Members)

• Offers lived-experience guides and support for female teens navigating diagnosis and school.
• 🌐 autisticgirlsnetwork.org

📖 5. Books by Autistic Women (Australia & Beyond)

• “The Autism Experience” by Sandra Thom-Jones (Australia)
• “I Am AspienWoman” by Tania Marshall (Australia)
• “Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder” by Sarah Hendrickx
• “Unmasking Autism” by Devon Price (inclusive of women and nonbinary people)

🧘 6. Mental Health, Burnout & Self-Care

• Many autistic women experience autistic burnout, anxiety, and trauma from masking.
• Seek neurodivergent-affirming therapists who understand autism in females.
• You can search via directories like:
  • Psychology Today (use filters for autism, women, online therapy)
  • NDIS registered providers

💰 7. NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme)

If you’re eligible for NDIS, you can access:

• Psychology, OT, social therapy
• Peer mentoring
• Support with daily living or sensory needs

📞 NDIS contact: 1800 800 110
🌐 ndis.gov.au