About Us
What Is
Autism?
Our Mission
Autism, LLC., is a disability and accessibility consulting organization. Our mission is to help organizations that serve the public create a more welcoming world, by providing the highest-quality services and supports to create organizational change and combat ableism.
Values
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We believe in advancing causes of social justice, no matter where they stand.
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We believe that education is the strongest tool in the fight for social justice for all people.
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We believe that people have a right to support that allows them the fullest enjoyment of the world, with the greatest independence possible.
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We believe in meeting people where they are.
Our Services
We provide a broad variety of consulting, speaking, evaluation, and other services. For more information, see our services page.
Ross Edelstein, CEO
Ross is the founder and CEO of Autism. He is an award winning, internationally recognized and working activist, advocate, consultant, speaker, and researcher, working around disability in cultural spaces. Ross has experience working in all disability areas, from site assessment to policy analysis to program creation, as well as creating and prototyping new exhibits and support tools.
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Ross' range of experience comes from a unique blend of professional, academic, and personal experience. Not only is Ross a leading expert in a professional sense, he's also Autistic himself.
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In founding Autism, Ross wanted to create an organization that is based on the principles of disability justice, and to work to improve the way that organizations provide support for people with all disabilities. Especially as an Autistic adult, Ross is acutely aware of how often the voices of the community are not included in these projects. Working with Autism provides a unique opportunity to incorporate these voices into what your organization does.
A photo of Ross, a bald man with a dark brown beard in his late 20's wearing a charcoal suit, white shirt, and red tie.
Notable Past Projects
2025
IDEA Center for Public Gardens
This project was the development and implementation of a two-part virtual training around neurodiversity in public gardens. It featured information on what neurodiversity is, barriers that are faced in public gardens, and how to address the barriers, as well as group work to address specific barriers in participants' own spaces.
2025
Open Door Arts MA
Autism, LLC assisted with the development of an online learning and resource program from Open Door Arts in Massachusetts. This included the development and review of several sections related to programming and tools for neurodivergent people in the arts.