Non-profit Organization

We've decided to become a non-profit so as to provide more support as well as position ourselves to become advocates for autistic adults and autistic seniors on PEI. Currently, there is no autistic-centred group led by autistic people on PEI that does that. As a non-profit, we could apply for funding for our group as well as develop initiatives and projects of interest that would support our community that we would then propose to the government and NGOs. We may meet with other non-profit groups, mental health or other organizations to learn more.

I'd like to protect against burning ourselves out by having a large group, with the expectation that people would participate as their time and spoons allow. There will also be different ways for people to contribute and learn from each other.

At its core, our group will remain a peer support group with our main role to provide peer support to each other. Helping someone else can be powerful and provide a needed boost to your self-esteem and self-confidence.

So far Aaron Brown, Jane Boyd, Robbie Shea, Liv Lewis, Stephanie Campbell, Terri Walsh, Madison Wood, Georgina Bassett, Luisa Dumas, and Lynn Zipp are involved along with me. We will start by meeting the first Saturday of each month - the first meeting to take place over Zoom on Saturday, May 6 at 3 pm.