Light It Up Gold
Inspired by The Negro Motorist Green Book, The Gold Book is a living, crowd-maintained guide to neurodivergent-safe services.
The dream is that we too may find dignity, comfort, and safety as we navigate the world.
#ByUsForUs, The Gold Book is a simple listing service. Like a wiki, anyone can add a business, anyone can edit a listing, anyone can rate a service. Like any Internet resource, do your own due diligence and YRMV.
#NoShame #ZeroStigma #LightItUpGold
We’re On It!
Autastic Community members have come together to create this resource for all neurodivergent people to use. In the meantime, as we work to build this dream project, check the Global Services Map for what you need.
Global Services Map
Eligible Services
- A hair salon that will keep the music low or off.
- A market that offers online ordering and delivery.
- A dentist who offers a treatment area away from the group service chairs.
- A therapist who offers virtual appointments.
And more! Any service that does business in a neurodivergent-friendly manner–whatever that means in your life–can be a Gold Book listing.
About The Historic Green Book
“Created in 1936 by Harlem postman Victor Green, “The Green Book” was distributed nationwide until 1967 and provided African American travelers of the era with information on restaurants, services stations and other facilities where they would be welcomed. In an era of Jim Crow and “sundown towns”—communities that explicitly forbade African Americans from staying overnight—this information was not just helpful, it could be lifesaving.” — The Smithsonian Institution