Autistics Association of Greater Washington (AAGW)
Welcome! We are a community of over 500 autistic adults in the DC–MD–VA area that support each other through networking, social activities, and regular support meetings. We encourage each other to live our best lives, try to connect our members with the right services, organize social activities, and advocate for the autism community more generally.
Next event:
Biweekly Zoom Chat
Group membership
Group membership is open to adults over 18 years of age who live in the DC–MD–VA metropolitan area and who have, or believe they have, autism spectrum disorder. You do not need to have a formal diagnosis to join AAGW. If this is you and you’d like to join, register for our e-mail group or contact our officers.
While our Zoom support meetings and participation in the e-mail group are limited to members of our group, most of our social activities are open to family and friends.
Confidentiality Policy
All our events (including Zoom events) and e-mail group communications are strictly confidential. You may not record or transcribe, in part or in whole, any of our events (including Zoom events).
We maintain strict confidentiality of member identities and comments. To protect privacy in our e-mail group, many members use only their first names or use pseudonyms.
Future Events
Monthly Support Meeting [In-Person]
Discussion Topic: “Finding and creating Support Networks”
Women with Autism Monthly Support Zoom Meeting
Discussion Topic: “Stimming and Sensory Sensitivity”
- Sensory issues
- Driving and avoiding sensory-heavy environments
- Stimming behaviors
Biweekly Zoom Chat
Monthly Support Meeting [Zoom]
Discussion Topic: “Coping with the Holidays”
Calendar
You can add our events calendar to the Google Calendar or stock calendar apps on your phone or mobile device.
We also provide an iCal Feed for other calendar apps like Apple iCal, Microsoft Outlook, or Mozilla Thunderbird. (iOS/iPadOS/macOS users, use this link.)
Other Resources
In addition to our support meetings, we offer a supplementary resource list of additional autism-centered organizations, community programs, government resources, and therapists and diagnosticians.