This Is Not Autism

A civil-rights focused advocacy website dedicated to challenging deficit-based autism narratives, highlighting under-identified trauma and PTSD among autistic and DD/ID populations, and providing an open-access, searchable resource library, tools for action, and evidence-based reform resources. Minimalist, accessible, and mobile-first design prioritizing inclusion and clarity.

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Profound Autism? This is not autism.

This Is Not Autism challenges the push to label autistic people as “profound,” an unsubstantiated classification that trades accommodation for presumed incompetence. We document how trauma and stress responses are misattributed to autism to legitimize segregated, behavior-first systems with lasting civil-rights consequences.

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Trauma-Informed Support

Community Advocacy

Our library centers under-identified trauma and PTSD among autistic and DD/ID communities, offering open-access resources, action tools, and evidence-based reform guidance for a more just system.

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Trauma Screening

We prioritize voices most often silenced and connect lived experience with research to inform policy, practice, and everyday inclusion.

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“This site changed how I understand my own experiences and my path toward advocacy.”


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“I finally found resources that respect my dignity and lived reality.”


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“Trauma-informed perspectives guided my advocacy journey and strengthened my voice.”


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“A needed voice in autism reform and inclusion.”

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Eventure is curated by a small team of designers, researchers, and ecologists who believe that technology must serve the planet — not the other way around. Working between Milan, Nairobi, and São Paulo, the team brings together local knowledge and global collaboration to shape a gathering rooted in care, creativity, and systems thinking.
We don’t just program talks — we curate experiences, relationships, and ideas that grow long after the event ends.

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