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The Tapestry Project: life experiences shared by autistic adults. Every square tells a personal story. Add yours.

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What do you wish you’d known sooner?

Add your story to the tapestry. It could help someone else.

A tapestry, never a template.
THE TAPESTRY PROJECT

Sometimes, another person’s story helps yours make sense.

Actually Autistic’s Tapestry Project began with a simple experience: after an adult autism diagnosis, talking with an autistic peer helped put words to things that years of information hadn’t quite explained.

We’re creating a lasting home for those moments of recognition. Personal stories, life experiences, and different ways of navigating the world—shared by autistic adults, for one another.

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OUR APPROACH

Many lives.
No single template.

The Tapestry Project is Actually Autistic’s collection of peer experiences. A story may help you name something in your own life, without describing everyone’s experience or replacing individual professional support.

Autistic voices, in their own words.

We welcome diagnosed and self-identified autistic adults. You can contribute under a pseudonym. There is no requirement to provide diagnostic records.

Care before speed.

Stories are reviewed before publication for clarity, privacy, and unsupported general claims. Substantive edits need the contributor’s approval. Different experiences of the same topic belong alongside one another.

Connection without pressure.

Subscribing and contributing are optional and separate. We’re starting with stories and an email list; this site does not provide counselling, crisis response, or a live peer-support service.