Fife One Stop Shop | Scottish Autism – provides information, advice and support to autistic people, their families, friends and other professionals.
Online support – Right Click | Scottish Autism – The Right Click programme has been developed specifically for parents or carers of autistic individuals.
Women and Girls Online Support | Scottish Autism – A women and girls programme is for autistic females of all ages, as well as parents, carers and professionals.
NAIT guidance for supporting parents who are neurodivergent – This guidance offers recommendations to make the child planning process inclusive for any person who may be neurodivergent.
Signposting to supports for Emotional Wellbeing needs can be found here Supporting their emotional wellbeing | Autistic Girls Resources
Courses
Embracing differences is a 6 session group for parents of primary aged children who present with developmental divergence. No diagnosis is needed to access this.
Parent Awareness Program for Autism Spectrum (PAPAS) is a group for parents of children aged 3 to 16 years with a diagnosis of Autism. This is run over 6 weekly sessions, each 2 hours in length. The group is run by Psychology and Speech and Language Therapy.
Autistic Girls
Information on how autism can present differently in girls can be found on the National Autistic Society webpage Autistic women and girls
This page focuses on some of the research into autism in women and girls Autistic Girls and Women – Dr Tony Attwood
Many useful and positive videos about autism in woman and girls can be found online, for example by searching for ‘Rosie King’ on Youtube
