Autistic Parents' Support Group
Meetings this month and next
The meetings listed below are online chat meetings (text-based). To view the meeting details (including a link to our chatroom), you must first join our Meetup.com group (and be logged in to Meetup.com) if you have not done so already.
About the Autistic Parents' Support Group
The Autistic Parents' Support Group is an autistic peer-led group of parents who are, themselves, on the autism spectrum. (Their children may, or may not, be autistic too.) The group's purpose is to support each other in coping with the responsibilities of being a parent..
We aim to be a demographically diverse group, welcoming autistic parents of all ages (18+), races, national origins, sexual orientations, and gender identities.
Meeting times will be listed, for now, on the Meetup site of Autistic in NYC / Queens.
Some relevant online resources.
Below are resources we think many autistic parents will find helpful and/or relatable.
Note: We do not necessarily endorse the entire contents (including wording choices and larger agendas) of all of the resources below. However, if you feel or believe that any of the articles below contain anything harmful or offensive, please feel free to bring this up in one of our chat meetings.
How to Parent as an Autistic Person: "How Autistic Adults Raise Kids," by Lisa Jo Rudy, updated on October 22, 2023
The Strengths and Struggles of Being Autistic Parents by Jeremy Brown, Autism Parenting Magazine, November 27, 2023.
Autistic parent of an autistic child by Ronnie Pinder, Living Autism.
Interview: Mothers with autism: "I mothered my children in a very different way": "Women with autism are twice as likely to be undiagnosed as men. Amelia Hill speaks to four mothers who only recognised their own condition after researching their children's behaviour," by Amelia Hill, Guardian, UL, April 15, 2017.
Navigating Autistic Burnout as an Autistic Parent by Danielle Aubin, LCSW, "My Autistic Therapist," Autism Spectrum News, October 2nd, 2023
The Joys and Challenges of Being a Parent With Autism by Sarah DeWeerdt, The Atlantic, May 2017
Being a parent on the autism spectrum (PDF), March 2017
Featured pages:
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Various autistic peer-led groups including support groups, career-oriented groups, and hobby-oriented social groups, led or facilitated by members of the Autistic Peer Leadership Group. Our newest group is the Autistic Women's Support & Social Group. All groups currently meet via text-based chat. Some groups will hopefully meet in-person after the COVID crisis is finally over with.
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A list of Online forums and social media for autistic people.
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Where to get an ASD evaluation as an adult: This page will be expanded and updated sometime after the COVID crisis is over with.