Full Brief //
About APC.
[ Orientation File ]
APC is an autistic-led community exploring the intersection of autism,
psychedelics, altered states, healing, integration, and lived experience.
We build shared language, education, dialogue, and community for neurodivergent people navigating questions many of us once had to face alone.
Origin Signal.
Transmission began: March 2020
Founded in March 2020, APC began as an open invitation to anyone who wanted to talk seriously about autism, psychedelics, altered states, and intentional use.
What emerged was a global virtual hub — the first of its kind — supporting people exploring the intersection of autism, psychedelics, healing, and lived experience.
APC began because this conversation needed a place to exist.
Why APC Exists.
We are not here to define one path for everyone.
We are here to make room for autistic experiences to be shared, witnessed, and held in community.
For many neurodivergent people, psychedelics and altered states raise questions that cannot be answered by clinical language alone. APC exists to help build the language, relationships, and cultural infrastructure needed to hold those questions with more care.
What APC Does.
Shared Language
Translating subjective experiences into shared maps, language, and frameworks.
Education & Dialogue
Creating and gathering resources that support thoughtful conversations about autism, psychedelics, altered states, safety, and integration.
Community Infrastructure
Building pathways for connection, peer support, and neurodivergent-led participation in the future of psychedelic culture.
Origin Signal.
Transmission began: March 2020
Founded in March 2020, APC began as an open invitation to anyone who wanted to talk seriously about autism, psychedelics, altered states, and intentional use.
What emerged was a global virtual hub — the first of its kind — supporting people exploring the intersection of autism, psychedelics, healing, and lived experience.
APC began because this conversation needed a place to exist.
Why APC Exists.
We are not here to define one path for everyone.
We are here to make room for autistic experiences to be shared, witnessed, and held in community.
For many neurodivergent people, psychedelics and altered states raise questions that cannot be answered by clinical language alone. APC exists to help build the language, relationships, and cultural infrastructure needed to hold those questions with more care.
What APC Does.
Shared Language
Translating subjective experiences into shared maps, language, and frameworks.
Education & Dialogue
Creating and gathering resources that support thoughtful conversations about autism, psychedelics, altered states, safety, and integration.
Community Infrastructure
Building pathways for connection, peer support, and neurodivergent-led participation in the future of psychedelic culture.
Current Stewardship.
APC is entering a new chapter under current stewardship, with a renewed focus on responsible infrastructure, neurodivergent-led education, peer support, and ethical community practice.
Justine Lee
Co-Founder, Autistic Psychedelic Community
Founder, Spectrum Peer Support
APC was co-founded and is currently stewarded by Justine Lee, a neurodivergent educator, researcher, and peer facilitator whose work bridges neuroscience, psychedelic education, and community support.
With a background in neurobiology and pharmacology, she brings an integrative perspective shaped by scientific training, lived experience, and long-term community engagement.
Kel Dawson
Psychedelic Education & Ethics Advisor
Kel supports APC as Psychedelic Education & Ethics Advisor, bringing insight from within psychedelic spaces as well as a systems-level perspective on sustainability, ethics, and organizational integrity.
His role with APC is advisory and collaborative, helping inform the direction of the work while honoring APC’s community-centered ethos.
APC & Spectrum Peer Support.
Autistic Psychedelic Community
APC is the community-facing hub for education, dialogue, and shared language.
APC is where people encounter the conversation, find resources, and connect with the broader community.
Spectrum Peer Support
Spectrum Peer Support is the legal and operational home created to steward peer support programming, donations, and community infrastructure responsibly.
This structure helps ensure that support spaces and community resources are managed with care, transparency, and accountability.
Community Update.
APC has gone through a significant organizational transition. For those seeking more context about current stewardship, the transition of APC-related assets, and the creation of Spectrum Peer Support, a full community update is available.
Read the Community Update >>>Interested in Contributing?
APC grows through trust, relationship, and sustained alignment with the community. Over time, we may invite additional people into collaborative or stewardship roles.
People who already know the community, share its values, and have engaged meaningfully over time are the most natural place for that process to begin.
Get in Touch >>>Continue the Transmission.
APC is not a finished map. It is an evolving field of signal, language, and community.