Is there such a thing as a GC Autism support charity?

[plipplops]

DD has recently been diagnosed Autistic.

We're flailing and reach out for support to charities and I'm bothered by the fact that they all seem to be affiliated to Stonewall, and have the lines 'Autistic people are more likely to be gender fluid/gender questioning etc..'

Luckily she doesn't seem to be interested in such nonsense but I really want her (and us) to be able to access support without risking her mental health deteriorating further by any suggestion becoming a boy/NB might help.

Anyone know if any charities haven't been captured?

Gah, why is everything in Zuckerberg's privacy-destroying data mine? I refuse to join it and block all its traffic in my browser.

Autistic women are three times more likely to be sexually assaulted than their neurotypical counterparts.

That's shocking, especially when you consider how many of them that is, by the statistic you posted that nearly a third of all women have been or will be.

Seems like there might be enough numbers for parents to start their own network / support group to discuss and share knowledge about their autistic children and keep it free from ideological influence of gender identity / transgenderism.

If it wasn't depressing enough already, last weekend she broke up with her long term boyfriend. He was such a part of her daily routine, and supported her at school getting between classes and at lunch/break, as well as helping her regulate any time she needed it. She's absolutely fucked.

I was hoping to look for some kind of counselling for her as she's desperate to talk to someone other than us. I wanted to find someone with experience of ND kids as her reaction and distress is so bound up with her autism, so went to the Bristol Autistic Society to ask them to recommend someone private. Of the people they suggested:

One requires kids to have an EHCP (which we don't have)
One has a 4 month waiting list, and our crisis is right now
They sent a link to a directory of neurodiverse approved/experienced practitioners. One only deals with adults, and two say on their bio that they support gender affirming care.

I'm gobsmacked and feel totally at a loss. My vulnerable girl needs help, and the only options I have are on board with what I consider to be a huge safeguarding risk. I feel like I've gone down the rabbit hole?

Hate to say it but online mental health supports are even worse. Mind have plastered themselves in a pride flag and are directing people to stonewall and mermaids.

I don't think most would raise it though tbh. They might affirm if she said she was a boy but I do hope the vast vast majority of therapists don't go around suggesting it.

In my area, schools have a referral pathway online hub thing ly that they can use to refer children for counselling- there's also a special neurodiverse counselling/support option. You can self-refer, so can the GP and it all goes to the same group but we got a quicker response via school. The downside was that I wasn't able to vet the person.

Barnados also do ND counselling but the person we saw had a Stonewall Champion email footer. Kooth also refer to Mermaids.

Seen a lot of vile content in the "GC autism" group I've had to report.

Also interesting one of the admin's profile image is a selfie of herself with Kelly Jay Keen, that says a lot about the group.

@TownGown, are you autistic yourself?

Prefer not to answer that, but I have concerns about the amount of transphobia in that group.

Sorry, edited, as the post was incorrect: I’m wondering whether the OP might be hyper focusing on whether someone is going to try to make their child trans or nonbinary in some way? It doesn’t seem like a logical concern, if their child has no interest in those issues. It would seem more logical to be concerned about getting autism support?

So you are not gender critical.

And you are not willing to say if you are autistic.

Yet you have decided to join this support group for vulnerable adults to spy on them. Gosh you sound like a lovely person and not at all inappropriate or creepy .

It's could barely be described as a support group at all, it's basically just Reddit's former Gender Critical sub.

In my view the group is hateful and could put vulnerable people at risk of harm. The group itself and much of its content has been reported to Facebook.

Indeed, and showing a fair degree of hatred and bigotry towards members of a private group set up for autistic people who share a protected belief.

Not at all, very judgmental of you to presume that.

The group isn't for people with autism at all, it's a gender critical group with a lot of vile transphobia on it. I can see why it's set to private.

The courts have found that wild accusations of transphobia amount unlawful harassment and discrimination.

I have every right to report content I see on Facebook according to their policy if I believe it may be in breach. It will be their decision if it is in breach and if so what action to take.

@plipplops I don’t know about mental health support, only that if you can find someone who follows evidence based practice and preferably NHS (which is usually some form of CBT). But as her immediate problem is navigating school without her BF, I wonder whether you could talk to the school / DD about interim extra support in school, or even a school buddy.

Every right to harass those with protected beliefs? I don’t think so. You can only do so because you hide and spy on the group. If you had a ‘right to do so’ you would not need to hide.

Though I doubt you are even part of the group and you are simply making up stories.

A lot of malicious allegations are being made by you.

Link me up I want to join

I have 3 DC on the autism spectrum, the oldest being a young adult at uni. He is GC by nature as he cannot bear the lies of gender ideology and finds being at uni quite isolating as it is very captured. The student union celebrate ‘autism pride’ and have their own flag which he is not on board with at all. He hasn’t told anyone of his diagnosis because he doesn’t want it to be seen as part of an ‘identity’.

The autism charities have been captured for several years. I attended the annual Autism Show last year, which brings together professionals, people with autism and families / supporters. There were a number of workshops aimed at ‘trans’ people, the most disturbing of which was delivered by an adult male (an autism professional) dressed as a young girl (sparkly dress, hair in ribbons) holding a teddy bear. My child and I walked out in disgust.

Hardly allegations when you have clearly displayed your hatred and bigotry in the few posts you have made on here.