Autistic Families: Interactive Workshop

When you're an Autistic parent raising Autistic children, it’s easy to lose sight of your own needs. You deserve tools that help you recognise your capacity and thrive in your own way.  
 

This workshop will introduce practical tools to support your wellbeing and help you better understand your unique parenting experience. You’ll leave with clear, accessible information to navigate both the rewards and the demands of Autistic parenting. 
 
In this interactive workshop we’ll explore: 

• A simple framework to help you understand and meet your own needs as an Autistic parent  

• How to notice and manage sensory, emotional, and mental overload in daily life 

• Ideas for building flexible routines and environments that support your wellbeing 

• Guidance that supports a strong, positive Autistic identity for yourself and your child  

You’ll have opportunities to share your own experiences in a way that works for you and connect with other parents on a similar journey. 

Meet Your Facilitators:  
 
Eliza is an AuDHD mum of three Autistic children. What began as a search for support for her family grew into a deep passion for helping others. She now shares her lived experience by building resources and creating spaces for other parents on a similar journey. 
 
Kristy is a proud mum to Dash, who is Autistic and has ADHD, just like his mum. She’s passionate about connecting with other families and celebrating neurodivergent joy and all the strengths that come with thinking differently. 
 

Who This Event Is For 

• This workshop is for Autistic parents — diagnosed, self-identified, or still exploring— who are raising neurodivergent children.  

• These sessions are just for parents and carers. If you’re a professional, please click here to visit our Professionals page for more information. 

What to Expect 

• Trusted guidance informed by evidence and shaped by real-life parenting experience 

• A mix of short presentations, reflective questions and helpful frameworks 

• Practical tools and strategies you can use straight away 

• A safe space to ask questions and apply ideas to your own situation 

• Facilitated by trained peer facilitators who are all parents of children with disability 

Important Information: 

• This event will be held online via Zoom.  

• As part of your event registration, you’ve been added to our mailing list. You can unsubscribe at any time. 

• If you have any accessibility requirements or questions, please contact us at events@belongsidefamilies.org.au 

• We are proudly delivering projects for the Peer Support and Capacity Building (PSCB) grant for the NDIS. 

• Belongside Families provides general information, peer support, and shared lived experience— we do not provide medical/professional advice or counselling. Any information shared during the event is intended to support and empower families and should not be considered a substitute for professional advice or care. 

Belongside Families is a not-for-profit organisation that supports parents and carers of children with disability, developmental delay, autism, genetic or rare conditions, and medical needs. Our team members are all parents and carers themselves, and that lived experience is at the heart of everything we do.