Association of Moving Image Archivists

The Association of Moving Image Archivists, on behalf of the Autistic Voices Oral History Project and in collaboration with the Association for Autism and Neurodiversity, will train archivists on autistic communication to improve their ability to inclusively serve their communities. The project will also equip autistic individuals with oral history skills to enable them to actively participate in documenting and co-curating their lived experiences to increase representation of autistic narratives in the historic record. Deliverables will include two workshops, a collection of 48 oral histories, and enhanced metadata for accessibility. Expected outcomes are improved professional competencies and inclusive documentation of autistic narratives. Beneficiaries include memory workers and the autistic community.