June 18 is Autistic Pride Day
Created in 2005 by the self-advocacy group Aspies For Freedom, Autistic Pride Day is observed annually on June 18. Wikipedia states: It is a global, neurodiversity-affirming celebration created by and for autistic individuals to embrace their identities, challenge outdated medical stereotypes, and promote self-advocacy.
June 11-17 is Neurodiversity Pride Week
You can go here to see some of the week's events, held all over the world. (These events are not affiliated with UMBC)
Autism-focused documentary on Netflix “ Room to Move”
Available to Netflix subscribers
Room to Move is a 2026 autism-focused documentary currently airing on Netflix. It follows celebrated dancer and choreographer Jenn Freeman as she channels her recent Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis, received at age 33, into creating her first full-length dance show. The film provides an intimate look into adult neurodivergence, identity, and the creative process.
Body/mind Affirmation - welcoming the whole person in the room - Stimpunks Glossary
Body/mind affirmation is the practice of welcoming the whole self — body and mind together — into a space, and inviting bodymind’s needs to be met instead of suppressed.
Body/mind refuses the split between body and mind. The two are not separable. How we think, sense, move, and regulate happen together, as one entangled bodymind. The term comes from disability studies, where it names what the mind/body divide erases.
Stimpunk’s example of a Body/mind affirmation that can be read out loud or included via text:
Please do what is most comfortable for your body/mind!
I invite you to do whatever your bodies and minds need to be more comfortable and safe.
You can lie down, take notes, don’t take notes, get some water, stretch.
Check in with yourself right now and what you need, whatever helps your body and mind in this moment, in this space.