Watching other autistic people talk about autism (and other things) on YouTube is something I’m so glad to have discovered in the years since being diagnosed. (And, actually, it was watching certain videos in the early days of my autism discovery process that greatly encouraged me to get a diagnosis in the first place). Watching ActuallyAutistic YouTube is one of my favourite things to do, and I feel I owe the community of people on there quite a lot! 🙂 I have a Pinterest page with links to some great (in my view) videos about autism. Currently there are approaching 300(!), and I am forever adding more. You can check it out at https://www.pinterest.co.uk/sianiatkins/autism-videos
A lot of the channels I’ve discovered – besides the larger and more popular ones – have been through complete chance or through conducting quite deep searches. I thought it might be a nice idea to try to create a centralised place listing as many autistic YouTubers as possible! I’m not sure such a thing exists yet. I did a Google search along the lines of “autistic Youtube” and a lot of what came up were channels of “autism parents” documenting their kids lives. The list, which you can find below, is obviously biased towards my own discoveries (and to an extent, preferences, as well). But, I created a thread on Twitter in the hopes of making some new discoveries to add to the list and hearing from others about what channels they like. If you are an autistic YouTuber not already on the list and would like to be included, just let me know and I’ll add you. (Alternatively, if you are on the list and would rather not be, I can take you off.) Whether you create content or are a viewer, I’d also love to here about any other channels not already on the list. It doesn’t matter if the channel is small. In fact, small channels are great, and I’m hoping this page can play a part in boosting visibility a bit, helping us find each other and helping the autistic community on YouTube grow! The listing is divided into two parts: 1) Autistic people talking about autism 2) Autistic people talking about things other than autism. Obviously there is some overlap, in that channels mainly about autism may also veer into other topics, and channels about other things often contain a video here and there about autism. Other than this division, the list is in no particular order. I will my best try to keep it relatively up to date, and hope to see it keep on growing with time!
AUTISTIC YOUTUBE
Autistics talking about autism
- Amythest Schaber
- Polly Samuels (aka Donna Williams)
- Neurodivergent Rebel
- Aspergers from the Inside
- Purple Ella
- Invisible i [also disability in general, lifestyle, vlogs]
- Agony Autie
- Lilly Alive [also chronic fatigue, catatonia]
- B blushes [also bullet journaling, chronic illness, vlogs]
- TheAnMish
- Melanie Yergeau [also disability in general, rhetoric]
- Kieran Rose
- Becca Lory Hector [also self-help]
- Nathan Selove [also service dogs]
- Phoebe [also history, vlogs]
- Meghan Rhiannon [also bullet journaling]
- Super pepette (Fr) [also feminism]
- Marie Josee Cordeau (Fr)
- Runaway Germ
- Autistic Changeling [also gender, sexuality]
- Mindful Divergence [also self-help]
- Artemesia (formerly Rudy Simone) [also music]
- RhiAutnot [also poetry]
- CaseyJeanC [also gender]
- Alyssa Hubert
- Anja Melissa
- Katherine Rowland [also zero waste living]
- Adultswithautism
- Autism’s individual
- Becoming Autism
- Hannah Riedel
- brokenharbour [also medication]
- Connor Ward
- Fem Alien
- K’s Thought Palace
- Kanti
- lynn [also ferrets!]
- Lezzbro
- Michelle Vines
- MindOfHerOwn
- the girl with the curly hair
- Nick Walker
- Oh My Musical Goodness [also music therapy]
- Paul Isaacs
- Princess Aspien [also lifestyle, vlogs]
- Remrov’s World of Autism
- SEN And Me [also education, and much more besides]
- Sophie Speaks [also vlogs]
- The Silent Wave
- Mikhaela Ackerman
- Original Retrophiliac
- Bite Smaller
- Sensory Sensitive Adult
- Lydia Brown (Autistic Hoya)
- Acting NT
- Noah Knowing [also dissociation]
- The Aspie World
- Aspergers versus Neurotypicals
- Autistic Strategies
- Ultimate Oddball
- ApieLife
- The Neurodiversity Academy (Tania Marshall)
- Sparrow Rose Jones [also vlogs]
- Joe Jamfry
- Smile each day [also vlogs]
- My ASD Journey
- Alyssa Hillary
- Moody Weather [also goth culture]
- Autistamatic
- Blautistic [also blindness]
- Crystal Rapoza [also bodybuilding]
- Awkwardly Autistic [also Deaf culture, service dogs, vlogs]
- Rebranding Autism [also lifestyle, vlogs]
- Savan Films
- Ellen Jones [also LGBT+]
- Autistic Werewolf
- The Neurotypical Whisperer
- AutistiSk8ter
- Natasha Dale [also selective mutism]
Autistics talking about anything else
- Chronically Jacquie [chronic illness, vlogs]
- Pooky Knightsmith [mental health]
- Lauren Hannah [Document Your Life Project]
- Rian Phin [design, ethics, vlogs]
- Sara X Mills [fashion, beauty, lifestyle]
- Laura Nadine [music]
- Chrysanthe Tan [music]
- Meghan McDonald [artsy videos]
- Dan Jones Hypnosis [hyponosis, self-help]
- Just A Skinny Boy [lots of different stuff!]
- Sew Many Books [books!]
- DarceyLauren [travel]
- LavendarSkies1 [social anxiety]
- Taino Wednesday [quite eclectic]
- thetruthergirls [politics, health, parenting]
- Coray ! [vlogs]
- Oni Photography [photography]
- Tantric Vegan [nutrition, health]
- Sonia Boue [art]
- Annette Foster [performance art]
- ThatAutisticFitChick [fitness, nutrition]
- GhillieGuide [gaming]
- Remember Comics [gaming]
- Totem Turquoiseau (Fr) [spirituality, and much more besides]
- Sidjie’s Happiness Therapy (Fr) [lifestyle, wellbeing]
- y v e s! [conspiracy theories, true crime]
- Lunar Wolf [lifestyle]
- Clodplaye [music, vlogs, asexuality]
- tick [music covers]