I just came across ASAN's Welcome to the Autistic Community pamphlets. These pamphlets (one for teenagers and one for adults) are intended to be read by newly-diagnosed autistic individuals, as an introduction to their disability and the autistic community.
And what a good introduction they are! They are accepting, discussing difficulties in a non-shaming and non-pathologizing manner, and they explain the social model of disability and the good sides of autism. And they do this all in simple language, so even if the reader has receptive language issues or an intellectual disability, they stand a good chance of understanding these pamphlets.
The pamphlets, along with many other resources, can be found in ASAN's Resource Library. If you want to go straight to the pamphlets themselves, the adolescent one is here and the adult one is here.
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