We need your help to make our 15th birthday wish come true! We just launched our “Year of Kindness”: challenging our community to complete one million acts of kindness for people with autism. Acts of kindness can include everything from lending a helping hand to a friend, neighbor or colleague on the spectrum, to volunteering at an Autism Speaks event to joining our #KindnessCounts challenge on social media. Read more below.

What does kindness mean to you?

We believe that #KindnessCounts, and together, we can create a kinder, more inclusive world for people with autism and their families. That’s why we are asking you take the kindness pledge and help us reach 1 million acts of kindness in 2020!

Help us reach our goal of 1,000 Kindness Breaks this April and 1 million acts of kindness this year!

What better way to create connection and community than by sharing a cup of kindness? As a part of our "Year of Kindness," we are introducing a new way to raise funds to support our mission. When you take a Kindness Break with Autism Speaks, you decide what goes in the cup and the format of your break and we all gain a world with more acceptance and understanding. We're brimming with kindness and want YOU to be part of it!

Autism POVs: The new Autism Speaks

In this special episode of the podcast, we’ll talk about some exciting changes happening at Autism Speaks! Join us as we celebrate 15 years of progress as we reintroduce ourselves and kick off all things kindness. We understand that some sensory differences make it difficult to listen to people speaking with music layered under them, so we offer a music-free version of our podcast. We even have the full transcript of the episode available for those with sensitivities. Check it out today!