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Families

Welcome to our area of the website for families. You'll find information about how we can help you to support an autistic family member. You can read stories from other families and access support from our community and branches.

Advice and guidance

Get expert advice on a wide range of issues affecting autistic people and their familes

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Family support programmes

Support and advice programme for parents and carers of autistic children and young people.

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Branches

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Our volunteer-led branches across the UK offer support, information and social activities for autistic children, adults and their families.

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Online Community

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Our online community is a place for autistic people and their families to meet like-minded people and share their experiences.

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Resources

A collection of useful resources to download, including cards to let people know that you, your child or somebody you are with is autistic, and that some extra time in certain situations might be helpful.

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Help and support

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We have online community and comprehensive directory services and support for autistic people, their families.

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Families: ideas for days out

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Stories from families

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"Having autistic children has definitely changed me for the better."

Daniel Watkins
- on being a parent to autistic children

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"I want to inspire autistic girls out there with a strong autistic heroine."

Patience Agbabi
- on writing her novel 'The Infinite'

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"Don't try to change autistic people, accept their differences."

Judith
- on supporting autistic people with sensory sensitivities

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"Don't feel like you have to hide your autism from your children. That way they know what's going on and they don't worry about it."

Purple Ella
- on parenting and discussing autism with her children

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Spectrum Live

Tune in to Spectrum Live, our online video series, where we chat to autistic people and their families about life on the spectrum. You can watch all our episodes here.

Fathers Day 2020

To celebrate Father's Day, we chatted to autism dads about the joys and challenges of being a parent. 

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Women and girls

We were joined by an incredible panel of autistic women, who shared their experiences of life on the spectrum.

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Getting out and about

We were joined by a panel of autistic adults and family members to discuss some of the challenges autistic people face when going out and about.

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Diagnosis

To start off the Spectrum Live series, we chatted all about diagnosis and the autism diagnostic process with autistic adults, their families, and professionals. 

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