Monday, 1 September

Exploring Black and Brown Autistic Experience of Social Care (Recording)

By Autistic Parents UK

Sofia from SEMA joins us to discuss the experiences of Black and Brown Autistic parents navigating the social care system.

Date and time

Location

Online

Good to know

Highlights

1 hour
Online

Refund Policy

No Refunds

About this event

Sofia is the founder of SEMA (Scottish Ethnic Minority Autistics) CIC. SEMA strive to improve understanding of being Autistic from the various communities of the Global Majority.

Sofia will be sharing lived experiences of navigating the social care system as a Black or Brown Autistic person and the impact that the system can have upon these individuals and families. She will also be discussing how an individuals' cultural background can impact accessing and working with services. The session will include signposting and discussion of supports available.

Autistic Parents UK Membership

Membership includes:

Being an Autistic parent living in the UK (A parent that is Autistic themselves with children of any neurotype).

Professional Tickets

You do not have to be a professional to purchase this ticket. An attendance certificate will be sent out after purchase.

If you are a professional and Autistic parent please select a members ticket.

Birmingham Carers

Carers based in Birmingham (UK), can access this webinar at no cost due to funding from Forward Carers.

Donations & Payments will be spent on paying speakers for our events which will always be free for Autistic parents in the UK. Recording will be made available to ticket holders after the event.

Organised by

Autistic Parents UK

Being an Autistic parent can raise unique challenges that historically have been poorly supported. Autistic Parents UK (APUK) is an Autistic-led Charity (CIO) and is committed to supporting Autistic parents in a number of ways:

regular blog articles, from Autistic parents sharing lived experience
monthly webinars and live Q&A sessions with well-known Autistic Advocates
free-to-access training for autistic parents (such as perinatal education and approaches to parenthood workshops)
training and supervision for professionals
monthly giveaways to increase accessibility to literature and support relevant to Autistic parents
online peer support groups (larger and smaller groups)
volunteer-led one to one peer support sessions
local peer support groups

We are committed to working reflectively and flexibly to improve our support offering and have many plans for future development.

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