The library is available by appointment for individuals and for community events:

For more information:

E-mail: info@neurodiversitylibrary.org

Text: 425-791-0869

Speaking Engagements:

The library is founded by Lei Wiley-Mydske (she/they), an autistic adult,  disability activist, and parent to an autistic young adult.  In addition to their work with the library, and founder of the neurodiversity library movement, Lei is the Community Outreach Coordinator for Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network,  author, artist, creator of the Neurodivergent Narwhals, and freelance autism, disability and neurodiversity consultant. 

They are a founding board member of PFLAG Stanwood-Camano,  Advisory Board Member at Large for the MHDD National Training Center , former advisory board member at NJACE (New Jersey Autism Center of Excellence) , former Program Assistant at Neurodiversity Navigators at Bellevue College’s Autistics Present Symposiums from 2016-2021. 

Lei is available for public speaking events and has presented at Autistics Present, Targeting Autism for Libraries, Washington Library Association’s Neurodivergence & Libraries Summit, the TASH National Conference, and more on the subjects of neurodiversity libraries, the neurodiversity paradigm, collaborative advocacy in the autism community, and the importance of autistic community, history, and culture.

Lei has developed multiple resources for parents, professionals, and community members to better understand how to respectfully support autistic individuals. They are passionate about autism acceptance, neurodiversity, and disability justice.

Meet The Woman Behind Stanwood’s Autism Acceptance Library- by Claudia Yaw for The Everett Herald

Three Autistic Disability Rights To Amplify In Your Classroom by April Brown for PBS SoCal

Lei on the Noncompliant Podcast 

Lei at the Targeting Autism for Libraries Conference

What Can Neurodiversity Libraries Do For the Autism Community?-Zoom Autism Magazine

Lei on the Learn, Play, Thrive Podcast

The Library in Seattle Gay News

The Library in the Stanwood-Camano News

CM Wright on Neurodiversity Libraries in  Alki: The Washington Library Association Journal