Terms of Service

Welcome to the Autistic Psychedelic Community (“APC,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the APC website, online forms, event pages, community spaces, educational materials, peer support spaces, email communications, and other APC-controlled online services, resources, programs, or offerings that link to or reference these Terms.

By accessing the APC website, submitting a form, registering for an event, joining an APC community space, attending an APC meeting, subscribing to updates, making a donation, purchasing a ticket or paid offering, or otherwise interacting with APC, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use the APC website or participate in APC spaces.

These Terms should be read together with APC’s Privacy Policy, Community Agreements, event-specific terms, payment terms, and any additional guidelines provided for a specific program, meeting, workshop, course, or community space.

The Autistic Psychedelic Community is a community and educational organization focused on peer support, education, and community connection for autistic, neurodivergent, and allied adults with interest in psychedelics, altered states, integration, neurodiversity, embodiment, relationships, and related topics. APC may offer or support:

• Online peer support meetings
• Educational events
• Discussion spaces
• Resource sharing
• Community programming
• Volunteer opportunities
• Newsletters or email updates
• Public educational materials
• Harm reduction-oriented information
• Integration-related discussion
• Community events, forums, or workshops
• Collaborations with aligned individuals or organizations

APC’s offerings are intended to support education, reflection, community connection, and peer-based conversation. APC is not a substitute for medical care, psychotherapy, emergency services, legal advice, or individualized professional treatment.

APC is intended for adults. By using the APC website or participating in APC spaces, you represent that you are at least 18 years old or the age of majority in your jurisdiction, whichever is older.

APC does not knowingly invite or allow minors to participate in adult peer support spaces or psychedelic-related programming unless a specific program explicitly states otherwise and appropriate safeguards are in place.

We reserve the right to deny, suspend, or terminate access to APC spaces if we believe a person does not meet eligibility requirements or if participation would be inappropriate, unsafe, or inconsistent with APC’s purpose.

APC is not a healthcare provider

APC does not provide medical care, psychotherapy, psychiatric care, clinical diagnosis, crisis intervention, emergency services, or other licensed healthcare services. APC facilitators, volunteers, educators, community members, or organizers may have personal, professional, academic, or lived experience, but participation in APC does not create a provider-patient, therapist-client, counselor-client, clinician-client, fiduciary, or legally privileged relationship.

Information shared through APC is for general educational, community, peer support, or informational purposes only. It should not be relied on as medical, psychological, psychiatric, therapeutic, legal, or professional advice.

APC is not a psychedelic service provider

APC does not provide, facilitate, supervise, administer, sell, distribute, source, recommend, prescribe, or arrange access to psychedelic substances, controlled substances, illegal substances, medications, or any substance-related service. APC does not provide psychedelic-assisted therapy, guided psychedelic sessions, trip sitting, underground referrals, sourcing assistance, dosage advice, medical screening, retreat referrals, or clinical treatment recommendations.

Any discussion of psychedelics, altered states, integration, harm reduction, or personal experience is provided for educational and peer support purposes only. Participants are solely responsible for their own choices, safety, legal compliance, and professional care decisions.

APC is not a crisis service

APC may provide educational information related to autism, neurodivergence, psychedelics, harm reduction, integration, relationships, mental health, nervous system regulation, community support, research, or related topics. This information is not individualized professional advice. You agree that:

• You will not treat APC content as medical, psychiatric, psychological, therapeutic, legal, financial, or professional advice.
• You will consult qualified professionals when making decisions about health, medications, mental health treatment, legal matters, or other high-stakes issues.
• You are responsible for evaluating whether APC content is appropriate for your circumstances.
• You will not delay, avoid, or disregard professional care because of something you read, hear, or discuss through APC.

APC does not guarantee that any information on the website or in APC spaces is complete, current, accurate, applicable to your circumstances, or suitable for any particular purpose.

Participation in APC may involve discussion of sensitive, emotionally charged, personally significant, or potentially destabilizing topics, including autism, neurodivergence, trauma, mental health, psychedelics, altered states, spiritual experiences, relationships, disability, identity, grief, conflict, marginalization, or personal harm. By participating, you acknowledge and agree that:

• You are responsible for your own participation, choices, disclosures, boundaries, and self-care.
• You are responsible for deciding what to share and what not to share.
• You are responsible for seeking appropriate professional, medical, therapeutic, legal, or crisis support when needed.
• APC cannot guarantee that participation will be helpful, safe, comfortable, emotionally neutral, or appropriate for every person.
• Peer support is not a substitute for professional care.
• Community discussion may include perspectives that differ from your own.
• You may encounter content that is emotionally challenging, provocative, or personally activating.
• You participate voluntarily and assume responsibility for the risks associated with your participation.

APC may encourage participants to practice self-advocacy, boundary setting, discernment, and intentional participation. If you say you are okay with something, agree to participate, or choose to remain in a space, APC may reasonably rely on your stated consent unless you communicate otherwise or circumstances indicate a safety concern.

APC spaces are intended to support respectful, consent-based, neurodiversity-affirming, non-coercive, and community-oriented engagement. By participating in APC spaces, you agree to follow these Terms, any posted Community Agreements, and any event-specific or platform-specific rules. You agree not to:

• Harass, threaten, stalk, intimidate, exploit, or abuse others
• Use demeaning, discriminatory, hateful, or targeted language toward protected or marginalized groups
• Shame, pressure, coerce, or manipulate others
• Provide unsolicited medical, legal, psychiatric, psychedelic, or therapeutic advice
• Encourage unsafe, illegal, or reckless substance use
• Source, sell, distribute, request, or facilitate access to controlled substances
• Request or provide illegal drug sourcing information
• Promote violence, self-harm, or harm to others
• Share another person’s private information without permission
• Record, screenshot, copy, distribute, or publish APC meeting content without permission
• Misrepresent your identity, credentials, affiliations, or intentions
• Disrupt meetings, events, or community spaces
• Spam, advertise, solicit, recruit, or promote unrelated services without permission
• Use APC spaces for predatory, exploitative, romantic, sexual, financial, or professional solicitation
• Use APC to recruit participants into unsafe, illegal, coercive, or high-pressure environments
• Circumvent moderation decisions, bans, access restrictions, or safety boundaries
• Interfere with APC’s website, forms, platforms, or technical systems
• Violate applicable laws or regulations

APC may remove content, issue warnings, restrict access, remove participants, suspend accounts, ban users, cancel registrations, decline service, or take other action when we believe these Terms, Community Agreements, safety expectations, or APC values have been violated.

APC may ask participants to respect the privacy and confidentiality of others. However, APC cannot guarantee confidentiality in peer support spaces, group meetings, online forums, chat platforms, social media spaces, email threads, or other community settings. You agree that:

• You will not share another participant’s identifying information, personal story, screenshots, messages, or disclosures without permission.
• You will not record, screenshot, transcribe, publish, or distribute APC meetings or community interactions unless APC has explicitly authorized it.
• You understand that other participants may not follow confidentiality expectations.
• You are responsible for deciding what information you choose to disclose.
• You should not share information that would cause serious harm if repeated, copied, saved, or disclosed.

APC may disclose information when we believe it is necessary to comply with law, respond to legal process, protect safety, investigate misconduct, enforce these Terms, or protect APC, participants, facilitators, volunteers, or others.

APC does not record peer support meetings unless participants are clearly notified and any required consent is obtained.

Educational events, presentations, webinars, trainings, forums, or workshops may be recorded if the event description, registration page, or facilitator states that recording will occur. When a meeting or event is recorded, recording may capture:

• Audio
• Video
• Chat messages
• Participant names or display names
• Questions or comments shared during the event

If you do not want to appear in a recording, you may keep your camera off, use a preferred display name, avoid sharing identifying information, or contact APC before the event to ask about available options.

Participants may not record, screenshot, photograph, transcribe, publish, or distribute APC spaces without explicit permission from APC and, where applicable, the people being recorded or identified.

You may submit, post, upload, send, or share information, messages, questions, comments, stories, feedback, testimonials, resource suggestions, event questions, chat messages, form responses, or other content through APC websites, forms, meetings, or platforms (“User Submissions”).

You retain ownership of your own original User Submissions. However, by submitting content to APC, you grant APC a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, store, process, display, adapt, summarize, quote, distribute, and otherwise use the content as reasonably necessary to operate APC, respond to you, administer programs, improve resources, maintain records, facilitate events, enforce community standards, and carry out APC’s mission.

APC will seek permission before publicly sharing identifying personal stories, testimonials, or quotes in promotional, educational, or public-facing materials, unless the content was already publicly posted by you in a context where public sharing is reasonably expected. You represent and warrant that:

• You have the right to submit the content you provide.
• Your submissions do not violate the rights of others.
• Your submissions are not unlawful, defamatory, harassing, abusive, exploitative, or otherwise harmful.
• Your submissions do not contain confidential information you are not authorized to share.
• Your submissions do not include another person’s private information without permission.

APC may remove, edit, decline, archive, or restrict access to User Submissions at its discretion.

APC may host or link to public or semi-public spaces, including social media pages, Discord servers, forums, comment sections, chat groups, Zoom chats, or other community platforms.

Information you post in these spaces may be visible to APC, other participants, platform providers, moderators, administrators, or the public, depending on the platform and settings.

You are responsible for your own posts and interactions. APC is not responsible for content posted by participants, community members, third-party users, or external platform providers.

APC may moderate community spaces, but moderation is not guaranteed, continuous, or exhaustive. The presence of content in a community space does not mean APC endorses, verifies, or agrees with that content.

APC may use or link to third-party platforms, websites, services, tools, or resources, including but not limited to:

• Squarespace
• Google Forms, Google Sheets, Google Workspace, or Gmail
• Zoom
• Discord
• Eventbrite
• Mailchimp, Substack, or other email/newsletter tools
• Payment processors
• Donation platforms
• Social media platforms
• Scheduling tools
• External articles, videos, research papers, podcasts, or resources

Third-party platforms are governed by their own terms, policies, privacy practices, security practices, and community standards. APC does not control and is not responsible for third-party platforms, websites, services, content, errors, outages, data practices, moderation decisions, fees, or harms.

Your use of third-party platforms is at your own risk. You should review applicable third-party terms and privacy policies before using them.

APC may offer free or paid meetings, educational events, workshops, forums, peer support spaces, community calls, or other programming. Event details, including date, time, location, platform, cost, refund terms, attendance expectations, accessibility information, recording status, and participation requirements, may be provided on the event page or registration materials.

APC reserves the right to:

• Accept or decline registrations
• Cancel, postpone, reschedule, or modify events
• Change facilitators, speakers, topics, platforms, or formats
• Remove participants who violate these Terms or Community Agreements
• Limit attendance
• Close registration
• Refuse participation when safety, fit, capacity, or community integrity concerns arise
• Modify programming based on accessibility, operational, safety, or organizational needs

APC is not responsible for participant technology issues, internet connection problems, third-party platform outages, time zone errors, calendar errors, or missed events unless otherwise stated in an event-specific policy.

APC may accept donations, event fees, membership fees, ticket purchases, course payments, sponsorships, or other payments. Unless otherwise stated, payments are processed by third-party payment processors or event platforms. APC generally does not store full credit card numbers or complete payment credentials.

Donations

Donations may be non-refundable unless otherwise stated. Donation tax treatment depends on APC’s legal and tax status at the time of the donation. APC makes no guarantee that a donation is tax-deductible unless APC explicitly provides documentation stating that it is tax-deductible.

Paid events or offerings

Refund terms for paid events, workshops, courses, or offerings will be stated on the applicable registration or payment page when available. If no refund policy is stated, payments may be non-refundable except where required by law or determined by APC at its discretion.

Cancellations by APC

If APC cancels a paid event without rescheduling or providing a substantially equivalent alternative, APC may provide a refund, credit, transfer, or other remedy, depending on the circumstances and any event-specific terms.

Participant cancellations

If you are unable to attend an event or offering, you are responsible for reviewing the applicable refund, transfer, or cancellation policy. APC may not be able to provide refunds for missed events, late cancellations, failure to attend, time zone mistakes, technology problems, or participant scheduling conflicts.

If APC offers recurring donations, memberships, subscriptions, paid community access, recurring educational access, or other automatic renewal programs, the applicable payment page will describe the material terms, including price, billing frequency, renewal terms, cancellation process, and any trial period or promotional terms.

By enrolling in a recurring payment, you authorize APC or its payment processor to charge the payment method you provide on a recurring basis until you cancel.

You are responsible for canceling recurring payments according to the instructions provided by APC or the applicable payment platform. APC will make reasonable efforts to provide a clear cancellation method where required by law.

APC may change prices, benefits, membership structure, or subscription terms with notice where required. If required by applicable law, APC will obtain consent before making certain material changes to recurring payment terms.

APC aims to make its website, resources, meetings, and programming accessible and neurodivergent-conscious where reasonably possible. Accessibility needs vary widely, and APC may not be able to provide every requested accommodation.

You may contact APC to request accessibility support or accommodations. APC will make reasonable efforts to respond, but accommodation availability may depend on timing, staffing, platform limitations, event format, technical feasibility, cost, and other factors.

APC does not guarantee that every website page, platform, event, document, recording, or third-party tool will be fully accessible to every person.

The APC website and APC-created materials may include text, graphics, logos, designs, layouts, images, videos, recordings, audio, documents, educational materials, community agreements, event descriptions, frameworks, resources, and other content owned by APC or licensed to APC.

Unless otherwise stated, APC owns or controls APC-created content and materials. You may access and use APC content for personal, non-commercial, educational, or community-related purposes, provided you do not remove attribution, misrepresent the source, or use the content in a misleading way. You may not, without prior written permission from APC:

• Copy, reproduce, republish, sell, license, or commercially exploit APC materials
• Use APC materials to create competing products, courses, services, or communities
• Modify APC materials in a way that misrepresents APC’s meaning or position
• Use APC’s name, logo, branding, designs, or materials in a way that suggests endorsement, affiliation, sponsorship, or partnership
• Scrape, download, archive, or mass-copy APC website content
• Use APC content for machine learning training, dataset creation, or automated extraction without permission
• Remove copyright, trademark, attribution, or proprietary notices

Limited quotation, sharing, or linking may be allowed for commentary, education, accessibility, or community purposes, provided attribution is given and the use is lawful and non-misleading.

The names “Autistic Psychedelic Community,” “APC,” related logos, branding, page designs, language, community materials, and associated identity elements may be protected by trademark, copyright, trade dress, or other rights.

You may not use APC’s name, branding, or identity to suggest that you represent APC, speak for APC, host an APC-approved event, operate an APC chapter, provide APC services, or are affiliated with APC unless you have written authorization.

APC may work with volunteers, facilitators, speakers, collaborators, community members, advisors, or partner organizations. Participation in any such role may be subject to additional agreements, expectations, onboarding processes, confidentiality expectations, safety standards, or role-specific terms.

APC may accept, decline, pause, or end volunteer, facilitator, speaker, or collaborator involvement at its discretion.

Unless a written agreement states otherwise, volunteer or community participation does not create employment, partnership, agency, fiduciary, contractor, or representative status.

You may not use the APC website, forms, content, meetings, events, community spaces, or platforms to:

• Violate any law or regulation
• Promote, facilitate, or arrange illegal activity
• Source, distribute, sell, request, trade, or facilitate access to controlled substances
• Provide or request instructions for illegal drug manufacture, procurement, concealment, or distribution
• Provide individualized medical, psychiatric, psychedelic, legal, or financial advice without appropriate authorization
• Harass, abuse, exploit, threaten, or harm others
• Interfere with APC operations or community spaces
• Impersonate another person or misrepresent credentials
• Collect information about others without permission
• Upload viruses, malware, spyware, or harmful code
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to APC systems, accounts, forms, databases, or platforms
• Use bots, scraping tools, crawlers, or automated systems without permission
• Submit false, misleading, defamatory, obscene, abusive, or unlawful content
• Violate the intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or contractual rights of others
• Use APC spaces for commercial solicitation, recruitment, advertising, or self-promotion without permission
• Engage in conduct that APC determines to be unsafe, exploitative, disruptive, or inconsistent with APC’s purpose

APC may take any action it deems appropriate in response to prohibited use, including removal, access restriction, reporting, preservation of records, or legal action.

APC may moderate spaces and make safety-related decisions based on information available to us. These decisions may be imperfect, incomplete, or made under conditions of uncertainty. APC reserves the right to:

• Remove content
• Restrict participation
• Remove participants from meetings
• Decline registrations
• Suspend or terminate access
• Ban participants from APC spaces
• Report serious safety concerns
• Preserve relevant records
• Contact appropriate authorities or support resources if legally required or reasonably necessary
• Take other action to protect APC, participants, facilitators, volunteers, or community integrity

APC is not required to provide a detailed explanation for every moderation, access, or safety decision.

APC does not guarantee any particular outcome from using the website, attending meetings, participating in peer support, reading resources, joining community spaces, or attending events.

APC does not guarantee that participation will result in healing, integration, safety, emotional relief, social connection, professional development, clinical improvement, spiritual insight, community belonging, or any other result.

All APC offerings are provided for educational, informational, community, and peer support purposes only.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, APC and its website, content, events, meetings, materials, community spaces, and related offerings are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise. APC disclaims all warranties, including but not limited to:

• Warranties of accuracy
• Warranties of completeness
• Warranties of fitness for a particular purpose
• Warranties of merchantability
• Warranties of non-infringement
• Warranties of uninterrupted access
• Warranties of error-free operation
• Warranties that content will be current, reliable, safe, or appropriate for your circumstances
• Warranties that community spaces will be free from harmful, offensive, inaccurate, or unwanted content

APC does not warrant that the website, forms, third-party platforms, communications, or files will be free of viruses, malware, errors, interruptions, or security vulnerabilities.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, APC, its founders, directors, officers, facilitators, volunteers, contractors, speakers, collaborators, partners, agents, and representatives will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, punitive, or similar damages arising out of or related to your use of the APC website, participation in APC spaces, reliance on APC content, attendance at APC events, interactions with other participants, use of third-party platforms, or inability to access APC offerings. This limitation applies to damages including but not limited to:

• Emotional distress
• Loss of data
• Loss of income or opportunity
• Reputational harm
• Personal injury
• Technology failures
• Platform outages
• Unauthorized disclosures by other participants
• Participant misconduct
• Reliance on information shared in APC spaces
• Decisions made based on APC content
• Third-party platform practices or failures

To the fullest extent permitted by law, APC’s total liability for any claim arising out of or related to these Terms or your use of APC offerings will not exceed the amount you paid directly to APC for the specific offering giving rise to the claim, or one hundred dollars ($100), whichever is greater.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations of liability. In those jurisdictions, APC’s liability will be limited to the greatest extent permitted by law.

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless APC, its founders, directors, officers, facilitators, volunteers, contractors, speakers, collaborators, partners, agents, and representatives from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, expenses, or fees, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of or related to:

• Your use of the APC website or APC spaces
• Your participation in APC meetings, events, or community spaces
• Your User Submissions
• Your violation of these Terms
• Your violation of APC Community Agreements
• Your violation of law
• Your violation of another person’s rights
• Your misconduct, negligence, or harmful behavior
• Your interactions with other participants
• Your use or misuse of APC content

APC reserves the right to assume exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification, and you agree to cooperate with APC’s defense.

Your use of APC is also governed by APC’s Privacy Policy. The Privacy Policy explains how APC collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects information.

By using APC’s website or participating in APC spaces, you acknowledge that you have reviewed APC’s Privacy Policy.

By submitting your contact information, registering for an event, subscribing to updates, joining a community space, or contacting APC, you consent to receive communications from APC related to your inquiry, registration, participation, account, community access, event attendance, or requested updates.

You may unsubscribe from marketing or newsletter communications using the unsubscribe link, if available, or by contacting APC. Even if you unsubscribe from marketing communications, APC may still send transactional, administrative, safety-related, or event-specific communications when necessary.

You agree that electronic communications, notices, disclosures, and agreements satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing, unless applicable law requires otherwise.

APC may modify, suspend, discontinue, restrict, or change any part of the website, programming, events, community spaces, resources, forms, or offerings at any time.

APC may update content, remove pages, change event structures, modify community access, revise meeting formats, change platforms, or discontinue offerings without liability.

We may also update these Terms from time to time. When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date above. If changes are material, we may provide additional notice where appropriate.

Your continued use of APC after updated Terms are posted means you accept the updated Terms.

APC may suspend or terminate your access to the website, events, meetings, forms, community spaces, email lists, or other offerings at any time, with or without notice, if APC believes:

• You violated these Terms
• You violated Community Agreements
• You created safety, privacy, legal, operational, or community integrity concerns
• Your participation is inconsistent with APC’s purpose
• Continued access would be inappropriate or harmful
• APC is required or advised to restrict access for legal, safety, or operational reasons

You may stop using APC at any time. Certain provisions of these Terms will survive termination, including provisions related to intellectual property, confidentiality, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, dispute resolution, and governing law.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict of law principles, unless applicable law requires otherwise.

Before bringing a formal legal claim, you agree to first contact APC and attempt to resolve the issue informally. You may contact APC at hello@autisticpsychedelic.com. Please include a clear description of the issue, the relief requested, and your contact information.

If the dispute cannot be resolved informally, the dispute may be handled in the courts located in California, unless applicable law requires another venue or unless APC adopts a separate arbitration provision in a future version of these Terms.

Nothing in this section prevents APC from seeking injunctive or equitable relief to protect intellectual property, confidential information, safety, privacy, community integrity, or platform security.

APC will not be liable for delays, cancellations, interruptions, or failures caused by events beyond APC’s reasonable control, including but not limited to natural disasters, illness, emergencies, labor disputes, internet outages, platform failures, power failures, government actions, legal restrictions, war, terrorism, civil unrest, pandemics, public health emergencies, technical failures, or other events outside APC’s reasonable control.

If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, that provision will be interpreted to the maximum extent permitted by law, and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

APC’s failure to enforce any provision of these Terms does not waive APC’s right to enforce that provision or any other provision in the future.

You may not assign or transfer your rights or obligations under these Terms without APC’s prior written consent. APC may assign or transfer these Terms in connection with organizational restructuring, transfer of operations, fiscal sponsorship, merger, acquisition, transition to a nonprofit entity, transfer of website administration, or other organizational change.

These Terms, together with APC’s Privacy Policy, Community Agreements, event-specific terms, payment terms, and any additional terms referenced by APC, constitute the entire agreement between you and APC regarding your use of APC’s website and participation in APC-controlled offerings.