Greetings everyone!! Welcome to the home of The Black Autist. I moved the blog to WordPress a few years ago, not only to create a more visually appealing look, but also to mark a new beginning for the ten-year-old blog. As I’ve done on Tumblr, you will continue to see original posts related to autism and disability acceptance within the African Diaspora, intersectionality, disabled/Deaf/autistic/neurodivergent people of color, disability justice & rights, and disability culture; plus, I will continue to take pictures for the site. I will also expand the blog, where I plan to include interviews, coverage of events related to the topics I typically speak on, personal insights into the topics or interests I enjoy, posts on fellowships, scholarships, and jobs related to disability, as well as more fun, random content.
Be on the lookout for a Patreon or GoFundMe page soon, for I would need all the help I could get in making sure I have the resources to travel for blog content, give emergency funds to organizations run and centered around disabled people of color, and get the current tools I would need to ensure that the site will produce top quality and accessible content (that would include adding captions in videos).
I’m looking forward to the blog’s fantastic growth, and I hope it will continue to positively impact people of color, especially the autistic and neurodivergent communities within Black communities.
– Timotheus “T.J.” Gordon