Hi, I'm Tiffany Hammond.
Storyteller. Advocate. Mother. Autistic.
I’m a writer, disability advocate, and proud autistic mother raising two incredible autistic sons. Through storytelling, I use my lived experiences to challenge systems, celebrate neurodivergence, and make room for all the messy middles in between.
I’m Tiffany Hammond — an autistic writer, advocate, and mother. I was diagnosed as autistic around the age of 18, but I’ve known for most of my life that the world made more sense when I could stand slightly outside of it and watch. That’s how I learned to tell stories — by paying attention to the things most people overlooked.
I’m the mother of two sons with autism, both beautifully unique in how they see and move through the world. One speaks. One doesn’t. Both communicate in powerful ways. My journey through advocacy began not with a microphone in my hand, but with deep frustration, watching systems fail my children, watching people talk about us instead of with us. I wanted to change that. I still do.
I write to amplify disabled voices, especially those who are nonspeaking, multiply marginalized, or often left out of the conversation entirely. I believe communication is a human right, and that storytelling can bridge gaps systems refuse to close. My work sits at the intersection of race, disability, and parenting, and it often lives in the in-between, between rage and rest, between grief and joy, between the impossible ask and the quiet refusal.
My debut picture book, A Day with No Words, became a #1 New York Times bestseller. It’s a love letter to my son and to the power of communication beyond speech. My next book, How Do You Spell Belong, comes out in 2027 and tells the story of a nonspeaking boy and his father spending the day at a museum; spelling, connecting, and reminding each other they belong.
I founded Fidgets and Fries as a way to make sense of the chaos — of parenting, advocacy, and everything in between. It started as a blog and quickly became a space for community, education, and resistance. Today, it’s grown into a platform for workshops, consulting, storytelling, and honest conversations about what it means to live, love, and parent while disabled, and while raising disabled children.
My work is rooted in truth-telling. Even when it’s messy. Especially when it’s messy.
What I’ve Built
Books, talks, platforms, and community — all rooted in advocacy.
📚 2x Picture Book Author
A Day with No Words & How Do You Spell Belong (Coming 2027)
🏆 #1 New York Times Bestseller
A Day with No Words
📖 1 Upcoming Book
How Do You Spell Belong — celebrating autism, AAC, and father-son bonds
🎤 Workshops & Keynotes
Held across schools, conferences, orgs, and communities nationwide
📣 Millions Reached
Through viral storytelling, honest advocacy, and a fierce online presence
💬 Always Centering the Hard Conversations
Autism, communication rights, Black disabled joy, and everything in between
For Press and Events
Tiffany Hammond is a New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and disability advocate. Her work centers the voices of autistic people and celebrates all forms of communication. She is the author of A Day with No Words and the upcoming picture book How Do You Spell Belong (2027). Tiffany is also the voice behind Fidgets and Fries, where she shares stories of advocacy, identity, and raising her two sons with autism. She has a master’s degree in Developmental Psychology from Liberty University.
