Autism related resources and help

Parenting & Family ResourcesAutism

Being a parent or sibling of an autistic child is full of joys and challenges. The same goes for anyone who is a parent on the spectrum. Search our resources for any information regarding "parenting and family"

FEAT – NL

Families for Effective Autism Treatment (FEAT-NL ) is a volunteer, not for profit organization made up of family members, individuals with autism, friends and professionals dedicated to providing Information, Education, Advocacy, and Support for families affected by autism. FEAT-NL helps families who have or suspect they have a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Footholds Therapy Center

Offers a broad range of assessment and therapeutic services to all people with special needs irrespective of their developmental stage. Their unique programming offers behaviour intervention, social and life skills training, academic support, and other services to youth of all ages.

Friend 2 Friend Social Learning Society – North Vancouver

A not-for-profit organization formed in 2002 for the purpose of promoting mutually rewarding friendships between children with autism spectrum and related social-communicative disorders and their peers, classmates and siblings. Our goal is to help children develop to the best of their abilities through the play and socialization that results from these friendships.

Geneva Centre for Autism

Provides training for professionals and clinical intervention services for children with autism.

Group Perspectives: Social Thinking Therapy Services

Our passion lies in facilitating the development of social cognition (thinking) abilities, which affect all aspects of social interactions. We use proven scientific and accountable interventions, which integrate social, cognitive and behaviourally based therapies, to support and teach our clients, so they may lead lives of the greatest possible independence and emotional health.

Guatena (Spain)

GAUTENA es una Entidad de Iniciativa Social sin ánimo de lucro cuya misión es mejorar la calidad de vida de las personas con trastornos del espectro autístico, otras discapacidades intelectuales con necesidades de apoyo equivalente y la de sus familias.

Halifax Association for Community Living

A volunteer- directed, not-for-profit organization seeking to ensure that persons challenged with an intellectual disability take their rightful place in the community.

HANDS

A project that aims to improve quality of life for teenagers with an autism diagnosis by providing a mobile ICT toolset supporting them in many daily situations. The HANDS toolset will help improving their social skills and self-management skills, thereby ensuring social integration and independence.

Handsel Trust

An independent social enterprise working through England and Wales. Our aim is to work to help improve services and support for the families of children with disabilities. We do not have a remit to work with individual families but instead, our role is to work with the practitioners who work with the families.

Happy Kids Holidays

A non profit making association (1901) aimed at supporting families with children and teenagers with Autistic Spectrum Disorders who want to come on holiday in France.

Health Dynamics (Ottawa and Toronto)

Medical Heilkunst and the medicine of Homeopathy will have you feeling and being stronger and healthier. Treating Autism Spectrum Disorders and all types of health issues, ailments, illnesses, conditions etc. can be done successfully by understanding the nature of health and dis-ease, getting to and treating the root causes with natural medicine. Results can be seen as the layers of dis-ease are removed.

Healthy Child Manitoba

The Province of Manitoba, with its community partners, has developed a continuum of programs and services for children, youth and families.

Hébert Centre

Provides support services for a variety of disabilities, preschool services for children with autism, workshops and seminars, and a daycare.

Help Us Learn

A complete self-paced training program for preparing parents, educators, students, teachers, therapists, service providers, friends & family to use Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) programs to work with children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, PDD, & other developmental delays.