Peer Support

Peer support refers to using the lived experiences of fellow Autistic people and/or parents as a mean of supporting others. This can happen through sharing of resources and strategies, as well as sharing lived experience.

There are peer support models run by and for parents and also peer support models by and for autistic adults. Some peer support groups are paid, whereas others are unpaid. We have focused on those paid peer support services.

Parents:

GMAC run courses for parents of 5–16-year-olds. The courses are run by parents of autistic children and adults:

Events

Autism Central run online courses delivered by peer educators with lived experience:

Autism Central

Autistic young people:

Ambitious About Autism run a course:

Ambitious About Autism

Autistic adults:

GMAC runs the Grow Confidence group which is an online support group run by and for autistic adults. The group meet monthly on Zoom on the 3rd Thursday of each month.

Events 

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Many of the GM areas run peer-delivered post-diagnostic groups. Those groups can be found here:

Bolton

Bury

Manchester

Oldham

Rochdale

Salford

Stockport

Tameside

Trafford

Wigan