{"meta":{"version":"0.1.0","generated":"2026-09-09","count":471,"countries":87,"license":"CC BY 4.0","schema":"https://github.com/danrezi-gif/new-kinds-of-minds/blob/main/data/SCHEMA.md"},"initiatives":[{"id":"npf-aland","name":"NPF Åland","name_local":null,"summary":"Åland Islands association spreading knowledge about neuropsychiatric disabilities and advocating for the rights of people with them, running member support groups and a youth forum called Simuli.","type":"advocacy","focus":["adhd","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"AX","country_name":"Åland Islands","region":"Mariehamn","lat":60.0972,"lng":19.9348,"languages":["sv"],"url":"https://npf.ax","source_url":"https://adhdeurope.eu/members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"One of ADHD Europe's newest (2025) national member organisations. Affiliated with Funktionsrätt Åland and ABF Åland."},{"id":"albanian-children-foundation","name":"Albanian Children Foundation","name_local":"Fondacioni Femijeve Shqiptare","summary":"A Tirana-based Albanian charity working on child health broadly, which runs a National Center for Autism and related training and awareness campaigns in Tirana, Farkë, Kukës and Tetova.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"AL","country_name":"Albania","region":"Tirana","lat":41.33,"lng":19.82,"languages":["sq"],"url":"https://albanianchildren.org/","source_url":"https://albanianchildren.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Autism-Europe affiliated member, listed under 'Associated Members' as Albania's representative. The organisation's overall remit is broader child-health humanitarian work (also covering thalassemia and general child welfare); autism is one dedicated programme (its National Center for Autism), not its sole focus. Included for country diversity; flagged here for editorial review."},{"id":"autea-andorra","name":"AUTEA (Andorra Autism Association)","name_local":"Associació d'Afectats d'Autisme d'Andorra","summary":"Andorra's national autism association, based in Andorra la Vella, listed as a full member of Autism-Europe representing autistic people and families in the microstate.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"AD","country_name":"Andorra","region":"Andorra la Vella","lat":42.51,"lng":1.52,"languages":["ca"],"url":"https://www.autea.org/","source_url":"https://www.autismeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Members-associations-of-Autism-Europe_Aug2026.pdf","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site returned no readable content to automated fetch (likely a JS-rendered page) despite a live 202 response; existence and details drawn from Autism-Europe's official August 2026 member directory. Founding year and leadership composition unconfirmed."},{"id":"disfam-argentina","name":"DISFAM Argentina","name_local":null,"summary":"The Argentine chapter of the international DISFAM dyslexia network, raising awareness of dyslexia and other learning disabilities and pushing schools and education ministries toward detection and support protocols since 2013.","type":"advocacy","focus":["dyslexia","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"AR","country_name":"Argentina","region":"Pilar, Buenos Aires Province","lat":-34.45,"lng":-58.91,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://www.disfamargentina.org/","source_url":"https://disfam.org/argentina/","founded":2013,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founded by parents, teachers and health professionals; part of the Spain-headquartered international DISFAM network, not an independent Argentine organization."},{"id":"frente-de-artistas-del-borda","name":"Frente de Artistas del Borda","name_local":null,"summary":"Arts collective founded in 1984 inside Buenos Aires' Borda psychiatric hospital, made up of current and former patients working alongside community members and professionals across theatre, music, and visual-arts workshops.","type":"arts","focus":["mad-pride","psychosis"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"physical","country":"AR","country_name":"Argentina","region":"Buenos Aires","lat":-34.61,"lng":-58.38,"languages":["es"],"url":"http://frentedeartistasdelborda.blogspot.com/","source_url":"https://www.pagina12.com.ar/782907-el-frente-de-artistas-del-borda-cumple-40-anos/","founded":1984,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Blog itself dormant since ~2012, but org's continued activity confirmed via 40th-anniversary (2024) press coverage and a live YouTube channel. A commonly cited domain, frentedeartistasdelbord.com, does not resolve (dead)."},{"id":"fubipa-argentina","name":"FUBIPA (Argentine Bipolar Foundation)","name_local":"Fundación Bipolares de la República Argentina","summary":"A Buenos Aires mutual-aid foundation for people with bipolar disorder and their families, running free peer support groups since 1989 alongside professional-led psychoeducation workshops.","type":"community","focus":["bipolar"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"AR","country_name":"Argentina","region":"Buenos Aires, CABA","lat":-34.62,"lng":-58.4,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://fubipa.org.ar/","source_url":"https://fubipa.org.ar/nuestra-historia/","founded":1989,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founded by two psychiatrists, two people with bipolar disorder, and a family member; describes itself as the oldest volunteer association for serious mental disorders in Latin America. Peer-run mutual-aid groups; governing council traditionally chaired by a professional."},{"id":"locura-en-argentina","name":"Mad in Argentina","name_local":"Locura en Argentina","summary":"An editorial platform on mad culture, mental health and neurodiversity in Argentina, part of the international Mad in the World network, publishing essays and interviews from activists, journalists and a national disability-agency staffer.","type":"media","focus":["mad-pride","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"online","country":"AR","country_name":"Argentina","region":"Buenos Aires (national scope)","lat":-34.64,"lng":-58.44,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://locuraenargentina.org/","source_url":"https://locuraenargentina.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Team includes a self-described Latin American mad-movement activist alongside journalists; actively publishing as of September 2026."},{"id":"orgullo-loco-buenos-aires","name":"Mad Pride Buenos Aires (Orgullo Loco)","name_local":"Orgullo Loco Buenos Aires","summary":"A Buenos Aires platform of mutual support and activism run by neurodivergent and psychiatric-survivor people, organizing around Mad Pride to contest psychiatric stigma, pathologization and institutionalization.","type":"advocacy","focus":["mad-pride","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"AR","country_name":"Argentina","region":"Buenos Aires, CABA","lat":-34.6,"lng":-58.38,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://www.facebook.com/orgullolocoba/","source_url":"https://www.facebook.com/orgullolocoba/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Self-describes as a platform of association and mutual support formed by neurodivergent people; corroborated by Pikara Magazine and academic literature on the Latin American Orgullo Loco movement. Facebook is its only confirmed public presence."},{"id":"panaacea","name":"PANAACEA","name_local":"Programa Argentino para Niños, Adolescentes y Adultos con Condiciones del Espectro Autista","summary":"Argentine multi-site research programme studying autism prevalence, early detection and services across the country, coordinating clinicians and researchers with public health institutions.","type":"research","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"AR","country_name":"Argentina","region":"Buenos Aires","lat":-34.60909,"lng":-58.35928,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://www.panaacea.org/","source_url":"https://www.panaacea.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"adhd-foundation-australia","name":"ADHD Foundation Australia","name_local":null,"summary":"Community-funded, volunteer-run national Australian charity based in Epping, NSW, providing ADHD counselling, screening, group therapy and a helpline for more than 14,000 people and families a year.","type":"advocacy","focus":["adhd"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"AU","country_name":"Australia","region":"Epping, NSW","lat":-33.77,"lng":151.08,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.adhdfoundation.org.au/","source_url":"https://www.adhdfoundation.org.au/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Distinct from the UK's Liverpool-based ADHD Foundation, which shares the generic name."},{"id":"amaze","name":"Amaze","name_local":null,"summary":"Victoria's peak autism body, providing information, advocacy, and support for autistic people and their families.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"AU","country_name":"Australia","region":"Melbourne, Victoria","lat":-37.8,"lng":144.95,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.amaze.org.au/","source_url":"https://www.amaze.org.au/about-amaze/our-board/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Board includes at least one autistic member alongside parents of autistic adults; not stated as autistic-led."},{"id":"arts-project-australia","name":"Arts Project Australia","name_local":null,"summary":"Arts Project Australia is a Melbourne studio and gallery founded in 1974 by Myra Hilgendorf, the first full-time art studio in Australia dedicated to artists with intellectual disability, now supporting more than 150 artists.","type":"arts","focus":["intellectual-disability","learning-disabilities","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"AU","country_name":"Australia","region":"Melbourne, Victoria","lat":-37.81909,"lng":144.98072,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.artsproject.org.au/","source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_Project_Australia","founded":1974,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site's own tagline calls itself an organisation 'championing neurodivergent artists and artists with intellectual disability.'"},{"id":"aspect-research-centre","name":"Aspect Research Centre for Autism Practice","name_local":null,"summary":"Research arm of Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) that studies autism education and practice and works to translate findings into classroom and service delivery methods.","type":"research","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"AU","country_name":"Australia","region":"Sydney, NSW","lat":-33.87909,"lng":151.23072,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.aspect.org.au/research","source_url":"https://www.aspect.org.au/research","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"australian-dyslexia-association","name":"Australian Dyslexia Association (ADA)","name_local":null,"summary":"Non-profit Australian body concerned with identification, education and structured-literacy instruction for people with dyslexia, offering screening, teacher accreditation and a directory of qualified professionals.","type":"advocacy","focus":["dyslexia","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"AU","country_name":"Australia","region":"Australia (national, no fixed HQ city stated)","lat":-33.5,"lng":151,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.dyslexiaassociation.org.au/","source_url":"https://www.dyslexiaassociation.org.au/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Incorporated association (IA37281) and Global Network Partner of the International Dyslexia Association; no single headquarters city stated on site."},{"id":"auticon-australia","name":"auticon Australia","name_local":null,"summary":"Australian branch of auticon, an IT and business consultancy employing autistic people as consultants and providing neuroinclusion training to client organisations.","type":"work","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"AU","country_name":"Australia","region":"Sydney, NSW","lat":-33.85,"lng":151.23,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://auticon.com/au/","source_url":"https://auticon.com/au/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Part of the international auticon network."},{"id":"autism-advisory-support-service-au","name":"Autism Advisory & Support Service (AASS)","name_local":null,"summary":"Liverpool, NSW social enterprise and NDIS provider offering therapy, carer support groups, employment pathways and community advocacy for autistic children and adults.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"AU","country_name":"Australia","region":"Liverpool, NSW","lat":-33.92,"lng":150.92,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://aass.org.au/","source_url":"https://aass.org.au/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"autism-association-australia","name":"Autism Association of Australia","name_local":null,"summary":"Sydney national body, founded in 2007 as Autism Awareness Australia and rebranded in 2026, providing age-stage guidance, educator training and community resources for autistic Australians and families.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"AU","country_name":"Australia","region":"Rozelle, NSW","lat":-33.86,"lng":151.17,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.autismaustralia.org.au/","source_url":"https://www.autismaustralia.org.au/","founded":2007,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Rebranded from Autism Awareness Australia to Autism Association of Australia in 2026; CEO Nicole Rogerson."},{"id":"autism-crc","name":"Autism CRC (Cooperative Research Centre for Living with Autism)","name_local":null,"summary":"University of Queensland-based Australian research centre, established in 2013, co-funding participatory autism research and programmes such as the DXC Dandelion employment programme.","type":"research","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"AU","country_name":"Australia","region":"Brisbane, Queensland","lat":-27.5,"lng":153.01,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.autismcrc.com.au/","source_url":"https://www.autismcrc.com.au/","founded":2013,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Academic-run, not self-advocate-led."},{"id":"asan-aunz","name":"Autistic Self Advocacy Network Australia and New Zealand (ASAN AUNZ)","name_local":null,"summary":"Grassroots autistic-led advocacy network doing systemic advocacy and self-advocacy skill-building across Australia and New Zealand.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"online","country":"AU","country_name":"Australia","region":"Melbourne, Victoria","lat":-37.81,"lng":144.96,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.asan-aunz.org/","source_url":"https://www.asan-aunz.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Binational (Australia and New Zealand); member of the Australian Autism Alliance; organisationally distinct from ASAN in the USA."},{"id":"back-to-back-theatre","name":"Back to Back Theatre","name_local":null,"summary":"Contemporary theatre company in Geelong whose ensemble consists of actors with disability; founded 1987, led by non-disabled Artistic Director Bruce Gladwin with a full-time disabled ensemble at its creative core.","type":"arts","focus":["intellectual-disability","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"physical","country":"AU","country_name":"Australia","region":"Geelong, Victoria","lat":-38.15909,"lng":144.38072,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://backtobacktheatre.com/","source_url":"https://backtobacktheatre.com/about/people/","founded":1987,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Ensemble members are neurodivergent/disabled; Artistic Director Bruce Gladwin is not disclosed as disabled. No 'led by disabled people' claim found on site."},{"id":"dxc-dandelion-program","name":"DXC Dandelion Program","name_local":null,"summary":"Corporate autism employment initiative run by DXC Technology since 2014, in partnership with universities and Autism CRC, with 17 teams and over 250 autistic employees across Australia.","type":"work","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"AU","country_name":"Australia","region":"Sydney, New South Wales","lat":-33.88,"lng":151.2,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://dxc.com/au/en/about-us/social-impact-practice/dxc-dandelion-program","source_url":"https://dxc.com/au/en/about-us/social-impact-practice/dxc-dandelion-program","founded":2014,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Reports 92% retention rate among autistic employees; a corporate CSR programme, not autistic-led."},{"id":"i-can-network","name":"I CAN Network","name_local":null,"summary":"Autistic-led group mentoring organisation delivering school-based and online mentoring programmes for autistic and neurodivergent young people in Australia and New Zealand.","type":"education","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"AU","country_name":"Australia","region":"Geelong, Victoria","lat":-38.15,"lng":144.36,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://icannetwork.online/","source_url":"https://icannetwork.online/about-i-can-network/","founded":2013,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founder is autistic; reports 77% of staff are autistic and requires a minimum of half; reaches both Australia and New Zealand."},{"id":"rawcus","name":"Rawcus","name_local":null,"summary":"Melbourne ensemble theatre company creating devised performance work with an ensemble of performers with and without disability.","type":"arts","focus":["intellectual-disability","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"physical","country":"AU","country_name":"Australia","region":"Melbourne, Victoria","lat":-37.82,"lng":144.96,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://rawcus.org.au/","source_url":"https://rawcus.org.au/about-us/","founded":2000,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Originated via a partnership between Theatreworks, disability organisation Scope, and the City of Port Phillip. Site returns 406 to a bare curl user agent."},{"id":"reframing-autism","name":"Reframing Autism","name_local":null,"summary":"Australian registered charity providing education, resources, courses, and advocacy on autism, run by and for autistic people.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"online","country":"AU","country_name":"Australia","region":"Sydney, New South Wales","lat":-33.87,"lng":151.21,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://reframingautism.org.au/","source_url":"https://reframingautism.org.au/about-us/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Operates nationally with no single fixed HQ city stated; registered with the ACNC."},{"id":"restless-dance-theatre","name":"Restless Dance Theatre","name_local":null,"summary":"Adelaide-based inclusive contemporary dance company founded in 1991 by Sally Chance and Tania Rose, building careers for disabled and neurodivergent dancers.","type":"arts","focus":["intellectual-disability","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"physical","country":"AU","country_name":"Australia","region":"Adelaide, South Australia","lat":-34.93,"lng":138.6,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://restlessdance.org/","source_url":"https://restlessdance.org/our-history/","founded":1991,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founded by non-disabled artists. Company's own history notes a former artistic director (2009) was 'the first artistic director with a disability in any Australian dance company', and current AD Michelle Ryan (since 2013) has MS — but no blanket 'disability-led' institutional claim, so kept as mixed."},{"id":"speld-queensland","name":"SPELD Queensland","name_local":null,"summary":"Queensland not-for-profit, operating for over 50 years in partnership with Education Queensland, providing psychoeducational and ADHD assessment, tutoring and teacher training for people with specific learning difficulties.","type":"education","focus":["dyslexia","dyscalculia","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"AU","country_name":"Australia","region":"Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland","lat":-27.49,"lng":153.03,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.speld.org.au/","source_url":"https://www.speld.org.au/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"A Queensland state body, distinct from national or other state SPELD federations."},{"id":"studio-a-sydney","name":"Studio A","name_local":null,"summary":"Studio A is a supported studio based in St Leonards, Sydney, led by CEO/Artistic Director Gabrielle Mordy, providing professional development and commercial representation to artists with intellectual disability.","type":"arts","focus":["intellectual-disability","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"AU","country_name":"Australia","region":"St Leonards, New South Wales","lat":-33.82,"lng":151.2,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.studioa.org.au/","source_url":"https://www.studioa.org.au/pages/mission","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founding year not stated on the mission/impact pages checked; could not verify this session."},{"id":"tourettes-australia","name":"Tourette's Australia","name_local":null,"summary":"Australian support and advocacy organisation for people with Tourette syndrome and tic disorders, publishing school and parent resources and research such as the IMPACT tic-disorder study.","type":"advocacy","focus":["tourette"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"AU","country_name":"Australia","region":"Australia (national, no fixed HQ city stated)","lat":-37.85,"lng":145.05,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.tourette.org.au/","source_url":"https://www.tourette.org.au/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Headquarters city not stated on site."},{"id":"yellow-ladybugs","name":"Yellow Ladybugs","name_local":null,"summary":"Autistic-led Australian organisation running community events, education, and advocacy for autistic girls, women, and gender-diverse people.","type":"community","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"AU","country_name":"Australia","region":"Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, Victoria","lat":-37.77,"lng":144.92,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.yellowladybugs.com.au/","source_url":"https://www.yellowladybugs.com.au/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"CEO/founder is autistic; site states it is 'proudly autistic-led and neuro affirming'."},{"id":"osterreichische-autistenhilfe-austria","name":"Austrian Autism Aid (ÖAH)","name_local":"Österreichische Autistenhilfe","summary":"A Vienna-based nonprofit that grew out of a parents' self-help group into Austria's federal coordination centre for autism, offering free family counselling, diagnostics, therapy, job coaching, and specialist training.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"AT","country_name":"Austria","region":"Vienna","lat":48.21,"lng":16.37,"languages":["de"],"url":"https://autistenhilfe.at/","source_url":"https://autistenhilfe.at/wir-ueber-uns/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Not an Autism-Europe member as of the August 2026 directory (Austria has no listed AE member); found independently as Austria's national coordination and advocacy body. Explicitly emerged from a parent self-help group. Founding year not stated on the site."},{"id":"oebvl-austria","name":"Austrian Federal Association for Dyslexia (ÖBVL)","name_local":"Österreichischer Bundesverband Legasthenie","summary":"Austrian dyslexia association providing certified training for dyslexia therapists, professional continuing education, therapist directories and public information on dyslexia.","type":"education","focus":["dyslexia"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"AT","country_name":"Austria","region":"Vienna","lat":48.2082,"lng":16.3738,"languages":["de"],"url":"http://www.legasthenie.org","source_url":"https://eda-info.eu/members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Effective member of the European Dyslexia Association. Headquarters city not stated on the site; Vienna used as a national placeholder."},{"id":"intervoice-oberoesterreich","name":"Intervoice Oberoesterreich","name_local":"Netzwerk Stimmenhoeren Oesterreich","summary":"An Austrian peer-led hearing-voices network based in Linz, operating within the psychosocial association EXIT-sozial, running monthly self-help groups, phone counselling and the annual World Hearing Voices Day.","type":"community","focus":["hearing-voices"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"AT","country_name":"Austria","region":"Linz, Upper Austria","lat":48.3069,"lng":14.2858,"languages":["de"],"url":"https://stimmenhoeren.at/","source_url":"https://stimmenhoeren.at/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founding year approximate: a 2018 page referenced 'almost 25 years' of activity, implying roughly 1993-1994. Involves peer 'experience experts' in leadership roles alongside professional supporters at EXIT-sozial."},{"id":"museum-gugging","name":"Museum Gugging","name_local":"Museum Gugging / Haus der Künstler","summary":"Art brut complex in Maria Gugging (Klosterneuburg) built around the Haus der Künstler, a residence-studio for artists with psychiatric/intellectual disabilities opened 1981 under psychiatrist Leo Navratil; the museum building dates to 2006.","type":"arts","focus":["neurodiversity-general","psychosis","intellectual-disability"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"AT","country_name":"Austria","region":"Klosterneuburg (Maria Gugging), Lower Austria","lat":48.3,"lng":16.3,"languages":["de","en"],"url":"https://www.museumgugging.at/en/","source_url":"https://www.museumgugging.at/en/museum/aboutus","founded":1981,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Museum itself operated by NÖ Museum Betriebs GmbH under artistic director Johann Feilacher (psychiatrist), not by the resident artists. The adjacent galerie gugging (separate site, galeriegugging.com) is owned by the Gugging Artists collective — worth a separate look if a more nd-led entry is wanted."},{"id":"autism-bd-portal","name":"Autism BD","name_local":null,"summary":"Bangladeshi informational portal on autism and neurodevelopmental disorders, developed under the Bangladesh Society of NeuroDevelopment & Research Trust with input from neuro-rehabilitation professionals.","type":"media","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"BD","country_name":"Bangladesh","region":"Dhaka","lat":23.75,"lng":90.39,"languages":["en","bn"],"url":"https://www.autismbd.com/","source_url":"https://www.autismbd.com/about/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"An information and directory hub for families rather than a direct-service provider; site explicitly disclaims being a treatment resource."},{"id":"shuchona-foundation-bangladesh","name":"Shuchona Foundation","name_local":null,"summary":"Dhaka foundation, founded in 2014 as an evolution of an earlier Global Autism initiative, working on autism and neurodevelopmental-disability policy, awareness and a mobile screening app.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"BD","country_name":"Bangladesh","region":"Dhaka","lat":23.79,"lng":90.41,"languages":["en","bn"],"url":"https://www.shuchona.org/","source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuchona_Foundation","founded":2014,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founded and chaired by Saima Wazed, daughter of a former Bangladeshi prime minister and a senior WHO regional official; site returns 403 to automated bot checks, existence confirmed via Wikipedia."},{"id":"swac-bangladesh","name":"The Society for the Welfare of Autistic Children (SWAC)","name_local":null,"summary":"Dhaka-based nonprofit founded in 2000 by parents of autistic individuals, running a school, therapy services, respite care, and a social enterprise for people with autism.","type":"education","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"BD","country_name":"Bangladesh","region":"Adabar, Dhaka","lat":23.78,"lng":90.37,"languages":["bn","en"],"url":"https://autism-swacbd.org/","source_url":"https://www.autismaroundtheglobe.org/story/swac-a-praiseworthy-parent-initiative-in-bangladesh/","founded":2000,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Executive Committee is mainly composed of parents of autistic individuals."},{"id":"autisme-centraal","name":"Autisme Centraal","name_local":null,"summary":"Flemish training and resource centre in Belgium that educates teachers, care staff and families on autism and publishes practical guidance for schools and workplaces.","type":"education","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"BE","country_name":"Belgium","region":"Gent","lat":51.05,"lng":3.72,"languages":["nl"],"url":"https://www.autismecentraal.com/","source_url":"https://www.autismecentraal.com/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"collectif-autiste-belgique","name":"Collectif Autiste de Belgique","name_local":null,"summary":"A peer-support collective created by and for autistic adults, or those questioning their neurotype, in French-speaking Belgium, offering meetings and mutual aid to fill gaps in adult autism support.","type":"community","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"BE","country_name":"Belgium","region":"Brussels","lat":50.8503,"lng":4.3517,"languages":["fr"],"url":"https://collectifautiste.be/","source_url":"https://collectifautiste.be/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founding year not stated on the site. Listed in the Maison de l'Autisme Brussels directory alongside other Belgian autism organisations."},{"id":"dr-guislain-museum","name":"Dr. Guislain Museum","name_local":"Museum Dr. Guislain","summary":"Museum of the history of psychiatry and outsider art, housed in Belgium's oldest psychiatric hospital (inaugurated 1857) in Ghent, founded on the reform work of Dr. Joseph Guislain.","type":"arts","focus":["neurodiversity-general","psychosis"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"BE","country_name":"Belgium","region":"Ghent, East Flanders","lat":51.06,"lng":3.72,"languages":["nl","en"],"url":"https://www.museumdrguislain.be/en","source_url":"https://www.museumdrguislain.be/en","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Exact year the museum (as opposed to the 1857 hospital) opened to the public could not be confirmed from primary sources; secondary sources vary (1980s). Run by the Guislain psychiatric institution/foundation, not by patients or an nd-led body."},{"id":"kunsthuis-yellow-art","name":"Kunsthuis Yellow Art","name_local":"Kunsthuis Yellow Art","summary":"An art studio in Geel, Belgium for people with psychiatric or mental-health vulnerabilities, established as a permanent facility in 2004 by OPZ Geel, a public psychiatric care center; professional artists collaborate with about 30 participants outside a therapeutic framework.","type":"arts","focus":["neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"BE","country_name":"Belgium","region":"Geel, Antwerp Province","lat":51.17,"lng":4.99,"languages":["nl"],"url":"https://www.yellowart.be","source_url":"https://www.yellowart.be/over-ons","founded":2004,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Linked to OPZ Geel (public psychiatric hospital); grew out of the 2001 'Y.E.L.L.O.W.' exhibition curated by Jan Hoet. Serves psychiatric patients broadly, not a disability-specific studio."},{"id":"la-s-grand-atelier","name":"La \"S\" Grand Atelier","name_local":"La « S » Grand Atelier","summary":"A center for art brut and contemporary art in Vielsalm, Belgium, founded in 1992 by director Anne-Francoise Rouche as a creative workshop for artists with intellectual disabilities, which also hosts professional artists for co-creation residencies.","type":"arts","focus":["intellectual-disability"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"physical","country":"BE","country_name":"Belgium","region":"Vielsalm, Luxembourg Province","lat":50.28,"lng":5.92,"languages":["fr"],"url":"https://lasgrandatelier.be","source_url":"https://www.bps22.be/en/exhibitions/la-s-grand-atelier","founded":1992,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Official site is live (HTTP 200) but currently shows only an 'under reconstruction' placeholder — facts sourced from BPS22's exhibition page and the Vielsalm tourism site instead. Recognized as a Centre d'Art Brut & Contemporain by the Wallonia-Brussels Federation in 2019."},{"id":"lava-belgium","name":"LAVA (Reading and Advisory Group of Adults with Autism)","name_local":"Lees- en Adviesgroep Volwassenen met Autisme","summary":"Ghent-based Flemish group of autistic adults that critically reviews autism research, advises on research priorities and media framing, and organises public lectures and reading salons on autism from a neurodiversity perspective.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"BE","country_name":"Belgium","region":"Ghent","lat":51.0543,"lng":3.7174,"languages":["nl"],"url":"https://www.lavavzw.be/","source_url":"https://eucap.eu/members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Full member of EUCAP. States 'we are adults with autism'; partners with Leuven Autism Research and the Flemish Autism Action Plan."},{"id":"rev-belgium","name":"REV Belgium (Hearing Voices Network Belgium)","name_local":"Réseau sur l'Entente de Voix Belgique","summary":"French-speaking Belgian node of the international Hearing Voices Network, listed by Intervoice as the national contact for hearing-voices peer support in Belgium.","type":"community","focus":["hearing-voices","psychosis"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"BE","country_name":"Belgium","region":"Brussels","lat":50.87,"lng":4.33,"languages":["fr"],"url":"https://rev-belgium.org/","source_url":"https://www.intervoiceonline.org/national-networks","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Listed on Intervoice's national-networks directory."},{"id":"takto-passwerk","name":"TAKTO (formerly Passwerk)","name_local":null,"summary":"Belgian IT consultancy employing autistic professionals as software testers and consultants, rebranded from Passwerk to TAKTO while keeping its autism-employment model.","type":"work","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"BE","country_name":"Belgium","region":"Antwerp","lat":51.22,"lng":4.4,"languages":["nl"],"url":"https://www.takto.be/","source_url":"https://www.takto.be/","founded":2008,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"passwerk.be now redirects to takto.be."},{"id":"balkan-voices-network","name":"Balkan Voices Network","name_local":"Balkanski Glasovi","summary":"A regional Hearing Voices network coordinating national representatives in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Tavan), Croatia (Dom Turnić), Serbia (Prostor) and Slovenia, running peer 'Art of Voices' training and an Erasmus+ Balkan Recovery College.","type":"community","focus":["hearing-voices","psychosis"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"BA","country_name":"Bosnia and Herzegovina","region":"Sarajevo (regional network spanning four countries; host city not stated)","lat":43.85,"lng":18.36,"languages":["bs","hr","sr","sl"],"url":"https://nasglas.org/","source_url":"https://nasglas.org/o-nasoj-mrezi/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Country field is an approximation: the network lists a Bosnian member (Tavan) first, but coordinates activity across Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia. Affiliated with Intervoice."},{"id":"aampara-curitiba","name":"AAMPARA (AMA Curitiba)","name_local":"Associação de Atendimento e Apoio ao Autista do Brasil (AAMPARA), trade name AMA - Amigos Pelo Autista","summary":"Curitiba nonprofit founded in 2006 to improve the quality of life of autistic children and adolescents, operating under the trade name AMA within the national AMA network.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Curitiba, Paraná","lat":-25.43,"lng":-49.27,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://aamparaautismo.org.br/","source_url":"https://www.econodata.com.br/consulta-empresa/08283628000153-aampara-associacao-de-atendimento-e-apoio-ao-autista-do-brasil","founded":2006,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"abda-tdah","name":"ABDA - Brazilian Attention Deficit Association","name_local":"Associação Brasileira do Déficit de Atenção (ABDA)","summary":"National patient association for ADHD, founded in Rio de Janeiro in 1999 and affiliated with the ADHD World Federation. Runs free monthly support groups in eight cities, trains health and education professionals, and helped shape Brazil's 2021 federal law on student health and education rights.","type":"advocacy","focus":["adhd"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro","lat":-22.91,"lng":-43.17,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://tdah.org.br/","source_url":"https://www.youtube.com/@AbdaTdahAbda","founded":1999,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Official domain tdah.org.br did not respond during verification (connection timeout from this network, DNS resolves fine); existence and current activity confirmed via its active YouTube channel and USP-hosted institutional materials referencing it."},{"id":"abraca-br","name":"ABRACA - Brazilian Association for Action for the Rights of Autistic People","name_local":"Associação Brasileira para Ação por Direitos das Pessoas Autistas (ABRAÇA)","summary":"A national rights organization for autistic people, based in Fortaleza, Ceará. States it is led by autistic people and allied human-rights defenders, and works on self-advocacy, deinstitutionalization, and legal protections grounded in neurodiversity and the CRPD.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Fortaleza, Ceará","lat":-3.73,"lng":-38.53,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://abraca.net.br/","source_url":"https://abraca.net.br/","founded":2008,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founding year (2008) drawn from secondary coverage, not stated on the current site. Explicitly describes itself as 'protagonizada e liderada por pessoas autistas' (protagonized and led by autistic people)."},{"id":"festival-acessa-bh","name":"Acessa BH Festival","name_local":"Festival Acessa BH","summary":"Belo Horizonte's annual disability-culture arts festival, in its sixth edition in 2026, curated by disabled curators Daniel and Lais Vitral under the principle 'nothing about us without us.' Programs dance, theatre, film, and literature across six venues, including neurodivergent artists.","type":"arts","focus":["neurodiversity-general","intellectual-disability"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"physical","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais","lat":-19.92,"lng":-43.93,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.acessabh.com.br/","source_url":"https://jornalistainclusivo.com/acessa-bh-2026-cultura-def-assume-o-protagonismo-em-maior-festival-de-arte-inclusiva-do-brasil/","founded":2021,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founding year inferred from '6th edition' in 2026, not directly confirmed. A broader disability-culture festival (physical, sensory, intellectual, and neurodivergent artists), not exclusively a neurodiversity event; included for its explicit disability-led curation model."},{"id":"feapaes-ac","name":"Acre State Federation of APAEs","name_local":"Federação das APAEs do Estado do Acre (FEAPAES-AC)","summary":"Rio Branco-based state federation supporting local APAE chapters across Acre, including smaller-city affiliates such as Sena Madureira, and campaigning on disability rights.","type":"advocacy","focus":["intellectual-disability","down-syndrome"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Rio Branco, Acre","lat":-9.97,"lng":-67.81,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.apaeac.org.br/","source_url":"https://www.apaeac.org.br/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"State-level affiliate of Federação Nacional das APAEs, catalogued separately in this file."},{"id":"ama-sao-paulo","name":"AMA - Association of Friends of the Autistic (São Paulo)","name_local":"Associação de Amigos do Autista (AMA)","summary":"Founded in São Paulo in 1983 by parents of autistic children, the first autism association in Brazil and Latin America. Runs education, therapy and social-assistance programmes and maintains a national directory of partner autism institutions.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"São Paulo, São Paulo","lat":-23.56,"lng":-46.62,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.ama.org.br/","source_url":"https://www.ama.org.br/ama/historia/","founded":1983,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Won the UNESCO Human Rights Prize in 1998. Anchor organisation of a nationwide network of independently run AMA-branded associations in other cities and states, several catalogued separately in this file."},{"id":"ama-alagoas","name":"AMA Alagoas","name_local":"Associação de Amigos do Autista de Alagoas","summary":"Parent-founded autism association in Maceió, part of the national AMA network, providing therapy, education and family support for autistic children and adults in Alagoas state.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Maceió, Alagoas","lat":-9.66,"lng":-35.74,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.autismoalagoas.org.br/","source_url":"https://www.autismoalagoas.org.br/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Listed as AMA-AL in AMA São Paulo's national institution directory."},{"id":"ama-manaus","name":"AMA Amazonas (Manaus)","name_local":"Associação de Amigos do Autista do Amazonas","summary":"Manaus autism association founded in 1997 by parents and friends of autistic people, the only organisation in the city serving autistic adults from age 14, offering social-assistance, health and education services.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Manaus, Amazonas","lat":-3.1,"lng":-60.02,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.instagram.com/amamanaus/","source_url":"https://www.manaus.am.gov.br/noticia/assistencia/parceria-entre-associacao-e-a-prefeitura-reforca-atendimento-a-autistas/","founded":1997,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"No independent working website found (only social media); existence and current activity confirmed via a Manaus municipal government news article about a service partnership."},{"id":"ama-campo-grande","name":"AMA Campo Grande","name_local":"Associação de Amigos do Autista de Campo Grande","summary":"Mato Grosso do Sul autism association in the national AMA network, providing therapy, special education and family support services in Campo Grande.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul","lat":-20.44,"lng":-54.65,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.amacg.org.br/","source_url":"https://www.amacg.org.br/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Listed as AMA-MS in AMA São Paulo's national institution directory."},{"id":"ama-florianopolis","name":"AMA Florianópolis","name_local":"Associação de Amigos do Autista de Florianópolis","summary":"Santa Catarina autism association affiliated with the national AMA network, providing education, therapeutic support and family guidance for autistic people in Florianópolis.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Florianópolis, Santa Catarina","lat":-27.6,"lng":-48.55,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.amaflorianopolis.org.br/","source_url":"https://www.amaflorianopolis.org.br/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Listed as AMA-SC Florianópolis in AMA São Paulo's national institution directory."},{"id":"ama-itajai","name":"AMA Itajaí","name_local":null,"summary":"Autism association in Itajaí, Santa Catarina, describing its mission as building a society where autistic people 'have a place and a voice,' offering therapeutic and educational support.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Itajaí, Santa Catarina","lat":-26.91,"lng":-48.66,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://amaitajai.org.br/","source_url":"https://amaitajai.org.br/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"ama-joinville","name":"AMA Joinville","name_local":"Associação dos Amigos do Autista de Joinville","summary":"Santa Catarina autism association serving Joinville and the surrounding region with therapeutic, educational and family-support services, part of the national AMA network.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Joinville, Santa Catarina","lat":-26.3,"lng":-48.85,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://amajoinville.org/","source_url":"https://amajoinville.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"ama-ribeirao-preto","name":"AMA Ribeirão Preto","name_local":"Associação de Amigos do Autista de Ribeirão Preto","summary":"Family-founded autism association in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo state, offering education, therapeutic care and support groups for autistic people and their relatives.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo","lat":-21.18,"lng":-47.82,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.amaribeirao.org.br/","source_url":"https://www.amaribeirao.org.br/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Independent AMA-network affiliate, distinct from the USP Ribeirão Preto Hearing Voices Network already catalogued in this city."},{"id":"amaes-vitoria","name":"AMAES - Friends of Autistic People of Espírito Santo","name_local":"Associação de Amigos do Autista do Espírito Santo (AMAES)","summary":"State-wide autism association founded in 2001 and headquartered in Vitória, with units across Espírito Santo, offering social assistance, specialised education, health and rehabilitation services and public-awareness campaigns.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Vitória, Espírito Santo","lat":-20.32,"lng":-40.34,"languages":["pt"],"url":"http://www.amaes.org.br/","source_url":"http://www.amaes.org.br/","founded":2001,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Operates additional units in Aracruz, Serra, Cariacica, Vila Velha and Viana."},{"id":"amai-itu","name":"AMAI - Friends of Autistic People of Itu","name_local":"AMAI - Associação Amigos dos Autistas de Itu","summary":"Family-founded association in Itu, São Paulo state, providing therapeutic, educational and social-assistance support to autistic children, youth and adults.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Itu, São Paulo","lat":-23.26,"lng":-47.3,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://amaiitu.com.br/","source_url":"https://amaiitu.com.br/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Part of the wider network of AMA-branded family associations in São Paulo state municipalities."},{"id":"amas-sorocaba","name":"AMAS - Friends of Autistic People of Sorocaba","name_local":"Associação Amigos dos Autistas de Sorocaba (AMAS)","summary":"Nonprofit founded in Sorocaba, São Paulo state, in 1994 for the diagnosis, treatment and habilitation of autistic children aged 2 to 12, with health, education and social-assistance services and family support.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Sorocaba, São Paulo","lat":-23.5,"lng":-47.46,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.amassorocaba.org.br/","source_url":"https://educacao.sorocaba.sp.gov.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/plano-de-trabalho-associaco-amigos-dos-autistas-de-sorocaba-amas.pdf","founded":1994,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Part of the AMA-affiliated network of family-founded autism associations across Brazil, independently incorporated in Sorocaba."},{"id":"apae-aracaju","name":"APAE Aracaju","name_local":null,"summary":"Sergipe chapter of the APAE network, founded in 1970, serving around 600 people with intellectual and multiple disabilities across 33 municipalities and running an explicit self-advocacy (autodefensoria) programme.","type":"advocacy","focus":["intellectual-disability","down-syndrome"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"physical","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Aracaju, Sergipe","lat":-10.91,"lng":-37.07,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.apaearacaju.org.br/","source_url":"https://www.apaearacaju.org.br/","founded":1970,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site explicitly names an Autodefensoria strengthening self-advocates' protagonism, so marked mixed leadership rather than purely ally-led."},{"id":"apae-belo-horizonte","name":"APAE Belo Horizonte","name_local":null,"summary":"Belo Horizonte chapter of the APAE network, operating for more than 60 years, running a health clinic, an inclusive school, supported-employment programmes and residential care for people with intellectual and multiple disabilities.","type":"care","focus":["intellectual-disability","down-syndrome"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais","lat":-19.93,"lng":-43.94,"languages":["pt"],"url":"http://www.apaebh.org.br/","source_url":"http://www.apaebh.org.br/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"No self-advocacy programme found stated on its site, unlike APAE Aracaju or APAE Três Pontas catalogued separately."},{"id":"apae-florianopolis","name":"APAE Florianópolis","name_local":null,"summary":"Florianópolis chapter of the APAE network, providing services for people with intellectual and multiple disabilities in Santa Catarina's capital.","type":"care","focus":["intellectual-disability","down-syndrome"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Florianópolis, Santa Catarina","lat":-27.61,"lng":-48.56,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.apaeflorianopolis.org.br/","source_url":"https://www.apaeflorianopolis.org.br/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site content was minimal at verification time; included for state/city coverage as a working, live local APAE chapter distinct from the autism-specific AMA Florianópolis catalogued separately."},{"id":"apae-tres-pontas","name":"APAE Três Pontas","name_local":null,"summary":"Local chapter of the APAE network in Três Pontas, Minas Gerais, serving about 4,000 people with intellectual and other disabilities through education, rehabilitation, supported employment and a dedicated Self-Management, Self-Advocacy and Family Program.","type":"care","focus":["intellectual-disability","down-syndrome"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Três Pontas, Minas Gerais","lat":-21.37,"lng":-45.26,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.apaetrespontas.com.br/","source_url":"https://www.apaetrespontas.com.br/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Included as an example of a local APAE chapter with an explicit self-advocacy (autogestão/autodefesa) programme, distinct from the national and state federations catalogued separately."},{"id":"astoc-toc-tourette","name":"ASTOC - Solidarity Association for OCD and Tourette Syndrome","name_local":"Astoc ST - Associação Solidária do TOC e Síndrome de Tourette","summary":"São Paulo association founded in 1996 to spread information on OCD and Tourette syndrome, fund research and support patient socialisation, running peer support groups with trained facilitators and partner groups in other states.","type":"community","focus":["tourette","ocd"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"São Paulo, São Paulo","lat":-23.55,"lng":-46.7,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.astocst.com.br/","source_url":"https://www.astocst.com.br/nossos-parceiros/","founded":1996,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Partners with RIOSTOC (Rio de Janeiro, already catalogued) and with hospital-based OCD programme PROTOC, also catalogued in this file."},{"id":"auma-sao-paulo","name":"AUMA - Friends of the Autistic Child Association","name_local":"AUMA - Associação dos Amigos da Criança Autista","summary":"São Paulo association providing clinical, psychoeducational and psychomotor support for autistic children and adults, staffed by social workers, psychomotor therapists and pedagogical specialists.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"São Paulo, São Paulo","lat":-23.58,"lng":-46.66,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://auma.org.br/","source_url":"https://auma.org.br/contato","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Distinct from same-acronym AMA-network entities in other states; based in São Paulo city, not to be confused with any Rio Grande do Sul organisation of a similar name."},{"id":"autismo-e-realidade","name":"Autism and Reality","name_local":"Autismo e Realidade","summary":"São Paulo organisation founded in 2010 by parents after their daughter's autism diagnosis, publishing guidance booklets and research since 2015 under the José Luiz Egydio Setúbal Foundation's PENSI Institute, combining a parents' council with a professional council.","type":"media","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"online","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"São Paulo, São Paulo","lat":-23.55,"lng":-46.66,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://autismoerealidade.org.br/","source_url":"https://autismoerealidade.org.br/quem-somos/","founded":2010,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Also awards the A&R Prof. Dr. Marcos Tomanik Mercadante prize for autism research and training."},{"id":"coletivo-autista-ufpb","name":"Autistic Collective of UFPB","name_local":"Coletivo Autista da UFPB (CAU)","summary":"Student-run collective at the Federal University of Paraíba in João Pessoa supporting autistic students, seeking volunteer professionals to assist members and running accessibility workshops such as AI-for-accessibility sessions.","type":"community","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"João Pessoa, Paraíba","lat":-7.12,"lng":-34.86,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.ufpb.br/cau/","source_url":"https://www.ufpb.br/cau/coletivo-autista-da-ufpb-promove-oficina-sobre-inteligencia-artificial-que-pode-ser-usada-para-favorecer-a-acessibilidade-comunicacional/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Part of the wave of autistic student collectives that followed USP's CAUSP (already catalogued) from 2021 onward."},{"id":"coletivo-autista-ufrgs","name":"Autistic Collective of UFRGS","name_local":"Coletivo Autista UFRGS","summary":"Student collective at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, founded in 2021 as part of the wave of autistic collectives inspired by USP's CAUSP. Provides a welcoming space and mutual support for autistic students, including those admitted through disability quotas.","type":"community","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul","lat":-30.03,"lng":-51.23,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.ufrgs.br/jornal/coletivo-acolhe-estudantes-com-transtorno-do-espectro-autista/","source_url":"https://www.ufrgs.br/jornal/coletivo-acolhe-estudantes-com-transtorno-do-espectro-autista/","founded":2021,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"No independent website found; verified via UFRGS's own newspaper. Part of the CAUSP-inspired network of university autistic collectives; exact internal leadership composition not independently confirmed."},{"id":"coletivo-autista-usp","name":"Autistic Collective of USP (CAUSP)","name_local":"Coletivo Autista da USP (CAUSP)","summary":"Student collective at the University of São Paulo, founded in 2021 by an autistic undergraduate to support autistic students' retention in higher education. Runs peer mentoring, support groups, and awareness campaigns; inspired similar collectives at over 20 other Brazilian universities.","type":"community","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"São Paulo, São Paulo","lat":-23.56,"lng":-46.73,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.instagram.com/coletivoautista/","source_url":"https://jornal.usp.br/universidade/autistas-chegam-a-universidade-novo-coletivo-da-usp-quer-conscientizar-sobre-neurodiversidade/","founded":2021,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"No independent website; operates via Instagram/Facebook (@coletivoautista). Founder Giulia Jardim Martinovic is autistic; collective won 2nd place in USP's 2021 Diversity Prize."},{"id":"coletivo-autista-vitoria-conquista","name":"Autistic Collective of Vitória da Conquista","name_local":"Coletivo Autista de Vitória da Conquista","summary":"University collective formed in 2022 by autistic students from UESB, IFBA, UFBA and private colleges in Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, meeting biweekly to build visibility and mutual support around neurodivergence in higher education.","type":"community","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Vitória da Conquista, Bahia","lat":-14.86,"lng":-40.84,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://conquistareporter.com.br/coletivo-autista-de-vitoria-da-conquista-reune-universitarios-em-defesa-da-visibilidade-da-neurodivergencia/","source_url":"https://conquistareporter.com.br/coletivo-autista-de-vitoria-da-conquista-reune-universitarios-em-defesa-da-visibilidade-da-neurodivergencia/","founded":2022,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"No independent website found; verified via local news outlet. Multi-institution collective spanning one public state university, one federal institute and one federal university."},{"id":"moab-brasil","name":"Brazilian Autism Pride Movement (MOAB)","name_local":"Movimento Orgulho Autista Brasil (MOAB)","summary":"Founded in Brasília in 2005 by relatives of autistic people, one of Brazil's oldest national autism organizations. Runs the annual June 18 Autism Pride Day campaign and lobbies Congress on autism policy; family-led rather than a self-advocacy group.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Brasília, Distrito Federal","lat":-15.79,"lng":-47.88,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.instagram.com/moabbrasil/","source_url":"https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movimento_Orgulho_Autista_Brasil","founded":2005,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Official domain moab.org.br no longer resolves; verified via Wikipedia, an active Instagram/Facebook presence (@moabbrasil), and Brazilian Congress recognition of its 10th anniversary."},{"id":"abd-dislexia","name":"Brazilian Dyslexia Association (ABD)","name_local":"Associação Brasileira de Dislexia (ABD)","summary":"Founded in São Paulo in 1983 by the father of a child with dyslexia. Offers technical guidance to dyslexic people, families, and educators, and lobbies for legislation and workplace access; one of Brazil's oldest learning-disability organizations.","type":"advocacy","focus":["dyslexia"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"São Paulo, São Paulo","lat":-23.55,"lng":-46.65,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.dislexia.org.br/","source_url":"https://www.dislexia.org.br/quem-somos/","founded":1983,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"federacao-brasileira-sindrome-down","name":"Brazilian Federation of Down Syndrome Associations","name_local":"Federação Brasileira das Associações de Síndrome de Down (FBASD)","summary":"Brasília-based federation, founded in 1994, uniting more than 50 Down syndrome associations across Brazil's five regions; created a National Group of Self-Advocates in 2016 that trains young people and adults with Down syndrome as self-advocates and mediators.","type":"advocacy","focus":["down-syndrome"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Brasília, Distrito Federal","lat":-15.79,"lng":-47.89,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://federacaodown.org.br/","source_url":"https://cromossomo21.com.br/federacao-down-completa-duas-decadas-de-atuacao-no-brasil-com-mais-de-20-associacoes-afiliadas/","founded":1994,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Federation itself is run by member associations and professionals, but explicitly sponsors a national self-advocates group of people with Down syndrome."},{"id":"cei-campinas-ouvidores-de-vozes","name":"Campinas Hearing Voices Group (CEI)","name_local":"CEI Campinas - Grupo de Ouvidores de Vozes","summary":"Peer support group for voice-hearers run by the Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas em Reabilitação (CEI) in Campinas, part of the Brazilian offshoot of the international Hearing Voices Movement.","type":"community","focus":["hearing-voices","psychosis"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"physical","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Campinas, São Paulo","lat":-22.9,"lng":-47.06,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://ceicampinas.org.br/grupo-de-ouvidores-de-vozes/","source_url":"https://ceicampinas.org.br/grupo-de-ouvidores-de-vozes/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Sister initiative to the USP Ribeirão Preto Hearing Voices Network already catalogued in this dataset; part of a wider set of Brazilian Ouvidores de Vozes groups that also met in Curitiba, Belo Horizonte and Porto Alegre without independent websites found."},{"id":"canal-autismo-revista-autismo","name":"Canal Autismo / Revista Autismo","name_local":null,"summary":"Brazilian autism media outlet publishing Revista Autismo, launched in 2010 as the first Portuguese-language autism magazine, by the nonprofit Consciência Solidária based in Atibaia, São Paulo; distributes news, a free quarterly print edition and video content.","type":"media","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Atibaia, São Paulo","lat":-23.12,"lng":-46.55,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.canalautismo.com.br/","source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revista_Autismo","founded":2010,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site blocks bare automated requests (403) but was confirmed live via search-engine indexing and third-party citation; described as the first magazine on autism in Latin America and the world."},{"id":"casa-esperanca-fortaleza","name":"Casa da Esperança Foundation","name_local":"Fundação Casa da Esperança","summary":"Fortaleza-based foundation providing autism diagnosis, education and family-training services, an early producer of Brazilian podcasts on autism and a long-running reference institution in Ceará.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Fortaleza, Ceará","lat":-3.74,"lng":-38.54,"languages":["pt"],"url":"http://www.casadaesperanca.org/","source_url":"http://www.casadaesperanca.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site only resolves over plain HTTP, not HTTPS, in verification checks; distinct from ABRAÇA, also based in Fortaleza."},{"id":"centro-conviver-curitiba","name":"Centro Conviver","name_local":null,"summary":"Curitiba clinical and educational centre founded in 1998 serving autistic adolescents, young adults and adults using the TEACCH model, working with families, schools, universities and employers on inclusion.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"physical","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Curitiba, Paraná","lat":-25.41,"lng":-49.29,"languages":["pt"],"url":"http://www.centroconviver.com.br/","source_url":"http://www.centroconviver.com.br/","founded":1998,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"One of the few Brazilian autism organisations focused specifically on adolescents and adults rather than young children."},{"id":"cia-teatral-ueinzz","name":"Cia. Teatral Ueinzz","name_local":null,"summary":"Theatre company in São Paulo, founded around 1997, whose ensemble mixes users of mental health/psychiatric services with professional actors and philosophers, closely associated with philosopher Peter Pál Pelbart.","type":"arts","focus":["psychosis","mad-pride"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"physical","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"São Paulo, SP","lat":-23.55,"lng":-46.63,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.atelierpaulista.com/?page_id=976","source_url":"https://www.atelierpaulista.com/?page_id=976","founded":1997,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"No dedicated official website found; sources vary on exact founding year (1996-1999). Confirmed active via a May 2024 performance listing. Peter Pál Pelbart is named as an actor-coordinator/member, not simply an outside academic observer. (original url https://x.com/ueinzz was a social-media link; replaced with source page)"},{"id":"ouvidores-de-vozes-ribeirao-preto","name":"Hearing Voices Network - USP Ribeirão Preto","name_local":"Ouvidores de Vozes (USP Ribeirão Preto)","summary":"Hearing-voices peer information network based at the University of São Paulo's Ribeirão Preto campus, built jointly by voice-hearers and researchers at the Laboratory of Teaching and Research in Psychopathology, Drugs and Society. Shares coping strategies and hosts an in-person support group.","type":"community","focus":["hearing-voices","psychosis"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo","lat":-21.17,"lng":-47.81,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://sites.usp.br/ouvidoresdevozes/","source_url":"https://sites.usp.br/ouvidoresdevozes/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founding year not stated. Site describes itself as built collaboratively by lived-experience voice-hearers and professional researchers, part of the international Hearing Voices Movement/Intervoice framework."},{"id":"instituto-abcd","name":"Instituto ABCD","name_local":null,"summary":"Nonprofit founded in São Paulo in 2009 by a family member of a person with dyslexia. Develops the free EduEdu learning app used by over a million students, trains teachers through its 'Todos Aprendem' program, and advocates for policy on dyslexia and other learning disorders.","type":"education","focus":["dyslexia","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"São Paulo, São Paulo","lat":-23.57,"lng":-46.68,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.institutoabcd.org.br/","source_url":"https://www.institutoabcd.org.br/quem-somos/","founded":2009,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"instituto-lagarta-vira-pupa","name":"Instituto Lagarta Vira Pupa","name_local":null,"summary":"Online support network for families of disabled and autistic people, grown from a 2012 blog by journalist Andréa Werner after her son's autism diagnosis into an institute in 2021 with around 300 volunteer ambassadors nationwide.","type":"community","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"online","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"São Paulo, São Paulo","lat":-23.6,"lng":-46.69,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.lagartavirapupa.com.br/","source_url":"https://radios.ebc.com.br/tarde-nacional/2021/01/instituto-lagarta-vira-pupa-apoia-familiares-de-pessoas-com-deficiencia","founded":2012,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Parent-led rather than autistic-led. No single fixed office confirmed; site content references São Paulo, Bauru and Campinas, so the São Paulo coordinate is an approximation for a nationwide online network."},{"id":"introvertendo-podcast","name":"Introvertendo","name_local":null,"summary":"Podcast and media outlet founded in Goiânia in 2018 by autistic students from the Federal University of Goiás, billed as Brazil's first podcast produced by autistic people. Paused in 2023 and relaunched in 2025 under production by NAIA Autismo with new hosts.","type":"media","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"online","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Goiânia, Goiás","lat":-16.68,"lng":-49.25,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.introvertendo.com.br/","source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introvertendo","founded":2018,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site reachable (301 redirect to www subdomain, then 200). At least 80% of original-run guests were autistic; site includes audio description and Libras support."},{"id":"leped-unicamp","name":"LEPED – Laboratory for Studies and Research in Education and Difference, UNICAMP","name_local":"Laboratório de Estudos e Pesquisas em Ensino e Diferença","summary":"Research lab at the University of Campinas studying inclusive education for disabled and neurodivergent students, training teachers, and publishing on school inclusion policy in Brazil.","type":"research","focus":["neurodiversity-general","intellectual-disability"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"physical","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Campinas, SP","lat":-22.91,"lng":-47.06,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.leped.fe.unicamp.br/","source_url":"https://www.leped.fe.unicamp.br/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"mad-in-brasil","name":"Mad in Brasil","name_local":null,"summary":"Brazilian outlet of the international Mad in the World network, publishing critical-psychiatry journalism, lived-experience narratives, and mad-studies scholarship. Hosted at Fiocruz's National School of Public Health (ENSP) in Rio de Janeiro and runs a virtual library on psychiatric medication.","type":"media","focus":["mad-pride","hearing-voices","psychosis"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro","lat":-22.88,"lng":-43.24,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://madinbrasil.org/","source_url":"https://madinbrasil.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founding year not confirmed. Editorial leadership not disclosed in detail; publishes both academic/professional content and first-person accounts from psychiatric survivors."},{"id":"feapaes-mt","name":"Mato Grosso State Federation of APAEs","name_local":"Federação das APAEs do Estado de Mato Grosso (FEAPAES-MT)","summary":"Cuiabá-based state federation linking local APAE associations across Mato Grosso, running training programmes and self-advocacy and self-management forums for people with intellectual and multiple disabilities.","type":"advocacy","focus":["intellectual-disability","down-syndrome"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Cuiabá, Mato Grosso","lat":-15.6,"lng":-56.1,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.apaemt.org.br/","source_url":"https://www.apaemt.org.br/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site describes forums for self-advocacy and self-management (autogestão), so marked mixed rather than purely ally-led. State-level affiliate of Federação Nacional das APAEs, catalogued separately."},{"id":"museu-imagens-inconsciente","name":"Museum of Images of the Unconscious","name_local":"Museu de Imagens do Inconsciente","summary":"Rio de Janeiro museum founded in 1952 by psychiatrist Nise da Silveira within a former psychiatric hospital in Engenho de Dentro, housing roughly 350,000 artworks made by psychiatric patients through occupational art therapy.","type":"arts","focus":["mad-pride","psychosis"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"physical","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro","lat":-22.89,"lng":-43.28,"languages":["pt","en"],"url":"https://www.museuimagensdoinconsciente.org.br/","source_url":"https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museu_de_Imagens_do_Inconsciente","founded":1952,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Collection registered as Brazilian national heritage by IPHAN; part of the Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira, whose grounds also host the Loucura Suburbana carnival bloc catalogued separately."},{"id":"mnla-luta-antimanicomial","name":"National Anti-Asylum Struggle Movement (MNLA)","name_local":"Movimento Nacional da Luta Antimanicomial (MNLA)","summary":"National psychiatric-reform movement consolidated in 1993 at its first national meeting in Salvador, bringing together psychiatric-service users, family members, and mental-health workers. Campaigns against asylum-based care and organized May 18 as Brazil's National Anti-Asylum Struggle Day.","type":"advocacy","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Salvador, Bahia","lat":-12.97,"lng":-38.5,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movimento_antimanicomial","source_url":"https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movimento_antimanicomial","founded":1993,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"National movement with no fixed headquarters or independent website; located at the city of its founding national meeting (Salvador, 1993). Has an active Facebook page (mnlaemluta) that could not be verified via automated request from this network. Explicitly composed of 'usuários, familiares e trabalhadores' (users, family members, and workers)."},{"id":"federacao-nacional-apaes","name":"National Federation of APAEs","name_local":"Federação Nacional das APAEs (APAE Brasil)","summary":"Brasília-based umbrella federation of more than 2,000 local APAE associations serving people with intellectual and multiple disabilities across Brazil, operating for over 60 years and running a national self-advocates programme (Encontro Nacional de Autodefensores).","type":"advocacy","focus":["intellectual-disability","down-syndrome"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Brasília, Distrito Federal","lat":-15.8,"lng":-47.87,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.apaebrasil.org.br/","source_url":"https://www.apaebrasil.org.br/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Historically family- and professional-led, but its self-advocacy programme has produced autodefensores who represent users on bodies such as the National Social Assistance Council. Several state federations (FEAPAES) are catalogued separately in this file."},{"id":"feapaes-pe","name":"Pernambuco State Federation of APAEs","name_local":"Federação Estadual das APAEs de Pernambuco (FEAPAES-PE)","summary":"State federation coordinating APAE chapters across Pernambuco, headquartered in Caruaru, providing training and resource support to affiliated associations serving people with intellectual and multiple disabilities.","type":"advocacy","focus":["intellectual-disability","down-syndrome"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Caruaru, Pernambuco","lat":-8.28,"lng":-35.98,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.apaepe.org.br/","source_url":"https://www.apaepe.org.br/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"State-level affiliate of Federação Nacional das APAEs, catalogued separately in this file."},{"id":"protoc-hc-fmusp","name":"PROTOC - Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Program","name_local":"Programa Transtorno do Espectro Obsessivo-Compulsivo (PROTOC)","summary":"Research, teaching and patient-care programme on the obsessive-compulsive spectrum run by the Psychiatry Institute of the University of São Paulo's Hospital das Clínicas, recruiting research volunteers and publishing patient-facing education.","type":"research","focus":["ocd","tourette"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"São Paulo, São Paulo","lat":-23.56,"lng":-46.67,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.protoc.com.br/","source_url":"https://www.protoc.com.br/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Hospital- and university-affiliated, not self-advocate led. Listed as a partner organisation by ASTOC, catalogued separately."},{"id":"feapaes-rn","name":"Rio Grande do Norte State Federation of APAEs","name_local":"Federação das APAEs do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (FEAPAES-RN)","summary":"Natal-based state federation coordinating APAE chapters across Rio Grande do Norte, providing educational programmes, social services and community-inclusion initiatives for people with intellectual and multiple disabilities.","type":"advocacy","focus":["intellectual-disability","down-syndrome"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Natal, Rio Grande do Norte","lat":-5.79,"lng":-35.21,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.apaern.org.br/","source_url":"https://www.apaern.org.br/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"State-level affiliate of Federação Nacional das APAEs, catalogued separately in this file."},{"id":"riostoc","name":"RIOSTOC","name_local":"Riostoc - Associação de familiares, amigos e pessoas com TOC e Síndrome de Tourette","summary":"Rio de Janeiro support association for people with OCD and Tourette syndrome and their families, coordinated by volunteer family members with input from mental-health professionals at UFRJ's IPUB and DPA. Holds free monthly online meetings and shares coping information.","type":"community","focus":["tourette","ocd"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"online","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro","lat":-22.93,"lng":-43.19,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://riostoc.org.br/","source_url":"https://riostoc.org.br/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founding year not stated on site. Explicitly coordinated by volunteer family members, advised by volunteer psychiatrists/psychologists; directs members to public healthcare rather than private practice."},{"id":"specialisterne-brasil","name":"Specialisterne Brasil","name_local":null,"summary":"São Paulo branch of the international Specialisterne network for autistic and neurodivergent employment. Trains autistic and neurodivergent jobseekers and places them with corporate clients including Itaú, IBM, and Carrefour, while advising companies on inclusive hiring and diversity training.","type":"work","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"São Paulo, São Paulo","lat":-23.53,"lng":-46.64,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://specialisternebrasil.com/en/","source_url":"https://specialisternebrasil.com/en/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founding year and leadership composition not stated on the Brazilian site; part of the international Specialisterne network founded in Denmark in 2004."},{"id":"coletivo-stim-ufpr","name":"Stim Collective (UFPR)","name_local":"Coletivo Stim - UFPR","summary":"Autistic student collective at the Federal University of Paraná in Curitiba, launched as a university extension project to build representation and peer support for autistic students on campus.","type":"community","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Curitiba, Paraná","lat":-25.45,"lng":-49.25,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://proafe.ufpr.br/inauguracao-do-coletivo-autista-na-ufpr/","source_url":"https://www.canalautismo.com.br/noticia/estudantes-da-ufpr-iniciam-coletivo-autista/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"No independent website found; UFPR's accessibility coordination (CAS) separately reports serving 677 autistic students as of the source article."},{"id":"bloco-loucura-suburbana","name":"Suburban Madness Carnival Bloc","name_local":"Bloco Carnavalesco Loucura Suburbana","summary":"Rio de Janeiro carnival bloc and cultural centre created in 2001 at the Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira, bringing mental-health service users, family members, staff and neighbours together for street carnival and, since 2010, year-round workshops in samba, music and costume-making.","type":"arts","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"physical","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro","lat":-22.9,"lng":-43.27,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.loucurasuburbana.org/","source_url":"https://www.loucurasuburbana.org/historia","founded":2001,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Rio's first mental-health Ponto de Cultura (Culture Point), 2010. Located on the same grounds as the Museum of Images of the Unconscious, catalogued separately."},{"id":"feapaes-to","name":"Tocantins State Federation of APAEs","name_local":"Federação das APAEs do Estado do Tocantins (FEAPAES-TO)","summary":"Palmas-based state federation coordinating APAE chapters across Tocantins, facilitating educational programmes, employment opportunities and cultural events for people with intellectual and multiple disabilities.","type":"advocacy","focus":["intellectual-disability","down-syndrome"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Palmas, Tocantins","lat":-10.18,"lng":-48.33,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.apaeto.org.br/","source_url":"https://www.apaeto.org.br/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"State-level affiliate of Federação Nacional das APAEs, catalogued separately in this file."},{"id":"ufpa-coordenadoria-acessibilidade","name":"UFPA Accessibility Coordination","name_local":"Coordenadoria de Acessibilidade (Coacess) - UFPA","summary":"Accessibility unit of the Federal University of Pará in Belém providing individualised pedagogical, psychological and occupational-therapy support to autistic and intellectually disabled students, alongside Libras and Braille services for other disabilities.","type":"education","focus":["autism","intellectual-disability"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"physical","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Belém, Pará","lat":-1.46,"lng":-48.5,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://portal.ufpa.br/index.php/ultimas-noticias2/11932-ufpa-apresenta-acoes-de-inclusao-para-as-pessoas-com-deficiencia","source_url":"https://portal.ufpa.br/index.php/ultimas-noticias2/11932-ufpa-apresenta-acoes-de-inclusao-para-as-pessoas-com-deficiencia","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Institutional support unit, not a student-run collective; reports serving 20 autistic and 8 intellectually disabled students as of the source article. No specific Indigenous or quilombola programme found despite searching."},{"id":"ufsc-neurodivergentes","name":"UFSC Neurodivergent Students Project","name_local":"Neurodivergentes: vivências de estudantes autistas no ensino superior (UFSC)","summary":"University extension project at the Federal University of Santa Catarina in Florianópolis, coordinated by education professor Wellington Oliveira dos Santos. Runs recurring online sessions where autistic students and community members discuss higher-education experiences, employment, and identity.","type":"education","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Florianópolis, Santa Catarina","lat":-27.6,"lng":-48.52,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://noticias.ufsc.br/2026/02/ufsc-abre-inscricoes-para-projeto-de-apoio-a-estudantes-de-graduacao-autistas/","source_url":"https://noticias.ufsc.br/2026/02/ufsc-abre-inscricoes-para-projeto-de-apoio-a-estudantes-de-graduacao-autistas/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Run as a recurring extension course (fourth edition as of February 2026); exact founding year and whether facilitators are themselves autistic are not stated in the source."},{"id":"coletivo-tea-ufu","name":"UFU Autism Spectrum Collective","name_local":"Coletivo de estudantes com TEA da UFU","summary":"Student collective at the Federal University of Uberlândia founded in April 2023, proposed by an autistic journalism student and supported by two professors, meeting regularly and communicating through Instagram.","type":"community","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Uberlândia, Minas Gerais","lat":-18.92,"lng":-48.28,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.instagram.com/coletivoteaufu/","source_url":"https://comunica.ufu.br/noticias/2024/01/coletivo-de-estudantes-com-transtorno-do-espectro-autista-da-ufu-da-inicio-sua","founded":2023,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Proposed by autistic student Paulo Félix with staff backing from professors Valéria Asnis and Nuno Manna; no independent website, only Instagram."},{"id":"nucleo-autismo-neurodiversidade-unb","name":"UnB Autism and Neurodiversity Nucleus","name_local":"Núcleo de Autismo e Neurodiversidade da UnB","summary":"Support nucleus at the University of Brasília created jointly by autistic and neurodivergent students and psychology staff, offering psychological care, guidance for professors and an annual Autism Visibility Week.","type":"education","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"BR","country_name":"Brazil","region":"Brasília, Distrito Federal","lat":-15.76,"lng":-47.87,"languages":["pt"],"url":"http://caep.unb.br/atendimentos-apenas-para-alunos-da-unb/nucleo-de-autismo-e-neurodiversidade-da-unb","source_url":"https://noticias.unb.br/112-extensao-e-comunidade/6466-unb-realiza-semana-da-visibilidade-autista","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Source article quotes autistic and neurodivergent students describing the nucleus as their own initiative, run jointly with psychology-service staff; linked to UnB's Center for Psychological Care and Studies (Caep)."},{"id":"autism-today-association-bulgaria","name":"Autism Today Association","name_local":"Сдружение Аутизъм Днес","summary":"A Bulgarian nonprofit founded in 2015, running four applied-behaviour-analysis therapy centres in Sofia, Pleven and Burgas for over 1,000 children a year, alongside training and policy-advocacy campaigns.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"BG","country_name":"Bulgaria","region":"Sofia","lat":42.7,"lng":23.32,"languages":["bg"],"url":"https://www.autismtoday-bg.eu/","source_url":"https://www.autismtoday-bg.eu/","founded":2015,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Established by ABA specialists, community members and parents. Primary activity is clinical ABA therapy delivery, which sits close to the ABA-provider category the brief flags for caution; kept because it also runs public-awareness and policy-advocacy work and is Bulgaria's Autism-Europe affiliated member. Flagged here for editorial review."},{"id":"auticon-canada","name":"auticon Canada","name_local":null,"summary":"Canadian branch of auticon, an IT and business consultancy employing autistic people as consultants and providing neuroinclusion training to client organisations.","type":"work","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"CA","country_name":"Canada","region":"Toronto, ON","lat":43.64,"lng":-79.4,"languages":["en","fr"],"url":"https://auticon.com/ca-en/","source_url":"https://auticon.com/ca-en/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Part of the international auticon network."},{"id":"autism-canada","name":"Autism Canada","name_local":null,"summary":"National Canadian charity, marking its 50th anniversary in 2026, running a support line, an inclusive-employment training program and a community assistance program, describing its approach as advocating alongside autistic people and families.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"CA","country_name":"Canada","region":"Guelph, ON","lat":43.54,"lng":-80.25,"languages":["en","fr"],"url":"https://autismcanada.org/","source_url":"https://autismcanada.org/","founded":1976,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founding year inferred from a stated 50th anniversary in 2026. Exact current headquarters city not confirmed on site (a Toronto-area phone number is listed); Guelph used per the organization's long-standing registered base."},{"id":"autism-nova-scotia","name":"Autism Nova Scotia","name_local":null,"summary":"Halifax-based community organization founded in October 2002 by parents of an autistic adult, building understanding, acceptance and inclusion for autistic people through advocacy, education and regional programming across Nova Scotia.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"CA","country_name":"Canada","region":"Halifax, NS","lat":44.65,"lng":-63.58,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.autismnovascotia.ca/","source_url":"https://www.autismnovascotia.ca/about-us","founded":2002,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founded by Joan and Jack Craig, parents of an adult son with autism; board chaired by an autism consultant rather than an autistic self-advocate."},{"id":"a4a-ontario","name":"Autistics 4 Autistics Ontario","name_local":null,"summary":"Collective of autistic adults formed in 2017 that advocates for Ontario's autism policy and funding to shift from a charity model to a disability-rights model. An international affiliate of ASAN.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"online","country":"CA","country_name":"Canada","region":"Toronto, ON","lat":43.64091,"lng":-79.35928,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://a4aontario.com/","source_url":"https://a4aontario.com/about/","founded":2017,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"International affiliate of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)."},{"id":"bc-hearing-voices-network","name":"BC Hearing Voices Network","name_local":null,"summary":"A Vancouver-based peer network supporting people who hear voices, see visions, or have other unique sensory experiences, listed by Intervoice as Canada's hearing-voices contact.","type":"community","focus":["hearing-voices","psychosis"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"CA","country_name":"Canada","region":"Vancouver, BC","lat":49.28,"lng":-123.12,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://bchvn.ca/","source_url":"https://www.intervoiceonline.org/national-networks","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"caddra","name":"Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance (CADDRA)","name_local":null,"summary":"Professional alliance of Canadian clinicians producing evidence-based ADHD practice guidelines, training materials and continuing education for healthcare providers, headquartered in the Toronto area.","type":"research","focus":["adhd"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"CA","country_name":"Canada","region":"Markham, ON","lat":43.86,"lng":-79.34,"languages":["en","fr"],"url":"https://www.caddra.ca/","source_url":"https://www.caddra.ca/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"A clinician-run professional organization, not a patient self-advocacy group; site returns 403 to automated fetch (bot-filtering), confirmed live via curl headers."},{"id":"mad-in-canada","name":"Mad in Canada","name_local":null,"summary":"Canadian affiliate of the Mad in the World network, publishing critical-psychiatry journalism, research summaries and lived-experience essays on science, psychiatry and social justice.","type":"media","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"CA","country_name":"Canada","region":"Toronto, ON (national scope; editorial base not stated)","lat":43.65,"lng":-79.38,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://madincanada.org/","source_url":"https://madincanada.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Part of the Mad in the World network (parent: Mad in America). Editorial team composition and founding year not stated on the site."},{"id":"mad-pride-toronto","name":"Mad Pride Toronto","name_local":null,"summary":"The organising collective behind Toronto's annual Mad Pride Week, tracing back to the 1993 'Psychiatric Survivor Pride Day', the founding event of the international Mad Pride movement.","type":"advocacy","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"CA","country_name":"Canada","region":"Toronto, ON","lat":43.66,"lng":-79.4,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://madpridetoronto.wordpress.com/","source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Pride","founded":1993,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Wikipedia identifies Toronto's Parkdale neighbourhood as the origin of the global Mad Pride movement, held annually except 1996."},{"id":"mad-studies-network","name":"Mad Studies Network","name_local":null,"summary":"International blog and network connecting scholars, psychiatric survivors and activists working in Mad Studies, sharing calls for papers, syllabi, and writing on madness from a critical, survivor-informed perspective.","type":"research","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"online","country":"CA","country_name":"Canada","region":"Toronto, ON","lat":43.68,"lng":-79.36,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://madstudies2014.wordpress.com/","source_url":"https://madstudies2014.wordpress.com/","founded":2014,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Blog/network associated with the Canadian Mad Studies scholarship tradition."},{"id":"federation-quebecoise-de-lautisme","name":"Quebec Federation of Autism (FQA)","name_local":"Fédération québécoise de l'autisme","summary":"Montreal-based Quebec federation providing resources, training and tools for autistic adults, families and professionals, publishing materials and advocating on implementation of autism-related policy in Quebec.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"CA","country_name":"Canada","region":"Montreal, QC","lat":45.5,"lng":-73.57,"languages":["fr"],"url":"https://www.autisme.qc.ca/","source_url":"https://www.autisme.qc.ca/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site does not indicate whether autistic people hold leadership roles within the federation itself, hence ally-led rather than nd-led."},{"id":"sinneave-family-foundation","name":"Sinneave Family Foundation","name_local":null,"summary":"Calgary-based Canadian operating foundation working with individuals, communities and organizations to reduce barriers to education, employment and housing for autistic youth and adults, running programs like NEUROinclusive Workforce Solutions and EmploymentWorks.","type":"work","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"CA","country_name":"Canada","region":"Calgary, AB","lat":51.04,"lng":-114.07,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.sinneavefoundation.org/","source_url":"https://www.sinneavefoundation.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Family-founded operating foundation; founding year not stated on site."},{"id":"taa-project-toronto","name":"The Autism Acceptance Project (TAAP)","name_local":null,"summary":"Toronto nonprofit founded in 2006 by autism advocate and parent Estée Klar, promoting autism acceptance through arts programming, publications, and public education framed around neurodiversity rather than cure.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"CA","country_name":"Canada","region":"Toronto, ON","lat":43.65091,"lng":-79.37928,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://taaproject.com/","source_url":"https://taaproject.com/","founded":2006,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founded by a parent rather than an autistic person, though the project centers autistic voices in its arts and education programming. Site is JS-rendered; verified live via curl (200) rather than full content fetch."},{"id":"tmu-school-of-disability-studies","name":"Toronto Metropolitan University School of Disability Studies","name_local":null,"summary":"University department offering disability studies degrees including a Mad Studies stream, taught from a critical, anti-oppressive perspective on disability and psychiatric survivor history.","type":"research","focus":["mad-pride","intellectual-disability","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"physical","country":"CA","country_name":"Canada","region":"Toronto, ON","lat":43.66,"lng":-79.38,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.torontomu.ca/disability-studies/","source_url":"https://www.torontomu.ca/disability-studies/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Formerly Ryerson University."},{"id":"fuan-autismo-neurodiversidad","name":"FUAN - Autism and Neurodiversity Union Foundation","name_local":"Fundación Unión Autismo y Neurodiversidad (FUAN)","summary":"A Chilean nonprofit combining autistic self-advocates and professionals that publishes public education on autism law, family mental health, and accessibility, and advocates on implementation of Chile's 2023 Autism Law.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"CL","country_name":"Chile","region":"Valparaíso Region, Chile","lat":-33.02,"lng":-71.55,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://fuan.cl/","source_url":"https://fuan.cl/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Exact headquarters city not confirmed on the public site; documented activity centers on the Valparaíso region. President Gabriela Verdugo Weinberger; team includes Chantal Garay Soto, also president of FENAUT (Federación Nacional de Autismo)."},{"id":"orgullo-loco-chile","name":"Mad Pride Chile (Orgullo Loco)","name_local":"Orgullo Loco Chile","summary":"A psychiatric survivor movement, active since 2015, that organizes Chile's annual Mad Pride marches and campaigns against practices like electroshock, reclaiming madness as an identity rather than an illness.","type":"advocacy","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"CL","country_name":"Chile","region":"Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region","lat":-33.45,"lng":-70.65,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://www.instagram.com/orgulloloco_chile/","source_url":"https://www.instagram.com/orgulloloco_chile/","founded":2015,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Grew out of the Colectivo Autogestión Libre-Mente (founded 2014), a peer-support group of psychiatric service users/survivors meeting weekly at the Ailanto cultural center in Santiago. Instagram bio: 'Celebramos el derecho a la locura desde el año 2015'; also documented in academic literature."},{"id":"nucleo-milenio-disca","name":"Millennium Nucleus on Disability and Citizenship (DISCA)","name_local":"Núcleo Milenio Discapacidad y Ciudadanía (DISCA)","summary":"A Chilean state-funded interdisciplinary research center at Universidad Diego Portales studying disability and citizenship, using participatory methods with an advisory council of people with lived disability experience.","type":"research","focus":["neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"CL","country_name":"Chile","region":"Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region","lat":-33.44,"lng":-70.64,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://nucleodisca.cl/","source_url":"https://nucleodisca.cl/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Scope is disability studies broadly (physical, sensory, intellectual, psychosocial), not neurodiversity-exclusive, but includes research on psychiatric institutionalization and disabled youth activism. ANID-funded Millennium Nucleus, director Florencia Herrera."},{"id":"beijing-stars-and-rain","name":"Beijing Stars and Rain Education Institute for Autism","name_local":"星星雨","summary":"China's first NGO dedicated to autistic children, founded in Beijing in 1993 by a parent, running an autism education and training programme for children and parents.","type":"education","focus":["autism","intellectual-disability"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"CN","country_name":"China","region":"Beijing","lat":39.9,"lng":116.41,"languages":["zh","en"],"url":"https://guduzh.org.cn/","source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_the_Stars","founded":1993,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site intermittently unreachable, verified via Wikipedia/British Council. Older autismchina.org domain is now dead."},{"id":"wabc-art-way-china","name":"WABC Art Way (World of Art Brut Culture)","name_local":"无障碍艺途","summary":"Shanghai foundation, established in 2016 from a project begun in 2010, running free art courses and exhibitions for people with intellectual disabilities and autism to challenge public stigma through their creative work.","type":"arts","focus":["intellectual-disability","autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"CN","country_name":"China","region":"Shanghai","lat":31.23,"lng":121.47,"languages":["zh","en"],"url":"https://www.wabcchina.org/en/","source_url":"https://www.wabcchina.org/en/","founded":2016,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founder Miao Shiming began the initiative in 2010; formalized as a private non-public foundation in 2016; reports projects across more than 10 countries. Site intermittently returns server errors to HEAD requests but loads normally via GET."},{"id":"autiscol-colombia","name":"AUTISCOL (Colombian Autistic People's Association)","name_local":"Asociación Autistas de Colombia","summary":"A Colombian association made up of adult autistic people that publishes self-advocacy writing on rights and neurodiversity, tracks pending autism-related legislation, and runs public petitions and reports.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"CO","country_name":"Colombia","region":"Bogotá, Cundinamarca","lat":4.71,"lng":-74.07,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://autiscol.my.canva.site/paginaweb","source_url":"https://autiscol.my.canva.site/paginaweb","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Explicitly self-describes as run by autistic people ('conformada por un grupo de autistas'). Also active on Substack (autiscol.substack.com) and Instagram (@autiscol). No fixed city/office found; coordinates approximate Bogotá as a placeholder for a national, largely online organization."},{"id":"disfam-colombia","name":"DISFAM Colombia","name_local":"Disfam Colombia (Dislexia y Familia)","summary":"The Colombian chapter of the international dyslexia/specific-learning-differences network DISFAM, doing advocacy and outreach for families and professionals and pushing regulation of Colombia's 2022 dyslexia law.","type":"advocacy","focus":["dyslexia"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"CO","country_name":"Colombia","region":"Bogotá, Cundinamarca","lat":4.65,"lng":-74.06,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://disfam.org/colombia/","source_url":"https://disfam.org/colombia/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Run by named regional representatives (Bogotá, Cali), not self-described as dyslexic-led. Most recent dated content is a December 2024 legislative working meeting on Colombia's dyslexia decree."},{"id":"barriletea-costa-rica","name":"BarrileTEA","name_local":"Asociación BarrileTEA","summary":"San José nonprofit founded in November 2018 that campaigns for autism rights and legislation in Costa Rica. Known for its annual kite-flying 'BarrileTEAda' awareness events and its advocacy role in Costa Rica's 2021 Autism Law and 2024 implementing regulation.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"CR","country_name":"Costa Rica","region":"San José, San José","lat":9.93,"lng":-84.08,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://www.facebook.com/BarrileTEAutismoCostaRica/","source_url":"https://elmundo.cr/costa-rica/familias-volaran-papalotes-para-pedir-una-ley-de-autismo-en-costa-rica/","founded":2018,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Official site barriletea.org was intermittently unresolvable on repeated checks, so the confirmed-live Facebook page is used as the primary url, with a 2024 elmundo.cr news article as source_url. Founder Jessica Varela's own neurodivergent status was not stated in available sources, so leadership is marked unknown rather than assumed."},{"id":"suzah-croatia","name":"Croatian Union of Associations for Autism (SUZAH)","name_local":"Savez udruga za autizam Hrvatske","summary":"A Zagreb-based umbrella body coordinating 13 Croatian autism associations, tracing its roots to a 1979 parent group, running a helpline and advisory service and advocating for autistic people and families nationally.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"HR","country_name":"Croatia","region":"Zagreb","lat":45.82,"lng":15.98,"languages":["hr"],"url":"https://www.autizam-suzah.hr/","source_url":"https://www.autizam-suzah.hr/","founded":1979,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Full member of Autism-Europe. Founding traced to the first Croatian parents-of-autistic-children group in 1979; current internal leadership composition not detailed on the site."},{"id":"autism-support-famagusta-cyprus","name":"Autism Support Famagusta","name_local":null,"summary":"A Cypriot charity founded by parents and friends of autistic people near Famagusta, running a Summer Club since 2014, outreach and parent coffee mornings, and teacher-training seminars.","type":"community","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"CY","country_name":"Cyprus","region":"Sotira","lat":35.03,"lng":33.94,"languages":["el","en"],"url":"https://www.autismsupportfamagusta.com/","source_url":"https://www.autismsupportfamagusta.com/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Autism-Europe affiliated member; participates in the Pan Cypriot Autism Support Committee. Founding year not stated, though its Summer Club has run since 2014."},{"id":"adventor-czechia","name":"Adventor (A-komunita)","name_local":null,"summary":"Prague community centre and self-help organisation for autistic children, teenagers and adults, running individualised support, an antiquarian bookshop, and inclusion projects with mixed autistic and non-autistic teams.","type":"community","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"CZ","country_name":"Czechia","region":"Prague 2","lat":50.073,"lng":14.426,"languages":["cs"],"url":"https://www.adventor.org/","source_url":"https://eucap.eu/members/","founded":2010,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Runs the KC Kopec community centre. Full member of EUCAP. Site blocks bare curl requests (403) but is reachable with a browser user agent and was read in full via fetch."},{"id":"akrasia-czechia","name":"Akrasia (Association for Adults with ADHD)","name_local":"Spolek pro dospělé s diagnózou ADHD","summary":"Czech association founded in 2022 by psychologists, some with personal ADHD experience, running a nationwide network of peer support groups, workshops and an online resource-navigation tool for adults with ADHD.","type":"community","focus":["adhd"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"CZ","country_name":"Czechia","region":"Prague","lat":50.1,"lng":14.46,"languages":["cs"],"url":"https://akrasia.cz","source_url":"https://adhdeurope.eu/members/","founded":2022,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"One of ADHD Europe's newest (2025) national member organisations. Also active in Brno and Pardubice."},{"id":"eucap","name":"European Council of Autistic People (EUCAP)","name_local":null,"summary":"An umbrella network of autistic-led organisations from across Europe that lobbies EU and national institutions, coordinates member groups, and represents autistic people in disability policy forums.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"online","country":"CZ","country_name":"Czechia","region":"Prague","lat":50.0755,"lng":14.4378,"languages":["en","fr","de","es"],"url":"https://eucap.eu/","source_url":"https://eucap.eu/about-eucap/","founded":2019,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Registered as 'European Council of Autistic People z.s.' in Prague, but is a pan-European body: 27 member organisations across 18 countries as of the source page. Prague is a legal registration address, not an operational hub; board and members are distributed across Europe."},{"id":"slyseni-hlasu-czech","name":"Hearing Voices Network Czech Republic","name_local":"Slyšení hlasu","summary":"The Czech national node of the international Hearing Voices Network, listed by Intervoice as the Czech Republic's hearing-voices contact.","type":"community","focus":["hearing-voices","psychosis"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"CZ","country_name":"Czechia","region":"Prague","lat":50.1,"lng":14.42,"languages":["cs"],"url":"https://slysenihlasu.cz/","source_url":"https://www.intervoiceonline.org/national-networks","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"nautis-czechia","name":"NAUTIS (National Institute for Autism)","name_local":"Národní ústav pro autismus, z.ú.","summary":"A Prague-based Czech national institute providing free counselling, diagnosis, therapy and training on autism, and running the AutismPort information portal, funded partly by EU and Czech government grants.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"CZ","country_name":"Czechia","region":"Prague","lat":50.1,"lng":14.4,"languages":["cs"],"url":"https://www.nautis.cz/","source_url":"https://www.nautis.cz/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Full member of Autism-Europe. Grew out of APLA Praha, the organisation that founded the Pasparta publishing social enterprise; exact founding year not stated on the current site."},{"id":"pasparta","name":"PASPARTA","name_local":"Nakladatelství Pasparta","summary":"A Czech publishing house and social enterprise, founded by the autism organisation APLA Praha, that creates adapted graphic-design and publishing jobs for people with autism.","type":"work","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"CZ","country_name":"Czechia","region":"Prague","lat":50.09,"lng":14.46,"languages":["cs"],"url":"https://www.pasparta.cz/","source_url":"https://docplayer.cz/928302-Nakladatelstvi-pasparta-o-p-s-fungovani-socialniho-podniku-praxe-v-cr-martin-marik.html","founded":2012,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founded December 2012 by APLA Praha (now part of NAUTIS); publishes psychology, autism and special-education titles and offers graphic design services, employing people with autism in adapted roles. Cited as a good-practice example at the UN."},{"id":"autisme-ungdom-denmark","name":"Autisme Ungdom","name_local":null,"summary":"Danish youth and disability organisation for autistic people aged 13-35, founded 2019 with a board composed entirely of young autistic people, running six regional chapters, a Discord community, and an annual summer camp.","type":"community","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"DK","country_name":"Denmark","region":"Copenhagen","lat":55.6761,"lng":12.5683,"languages":["da"],"url":"https://www.autismeungdom.dk/","source_url":"https://adhdeurope.eu/members/","founded":2019,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Associate member of EUCAP; found while cross-checking the EUCAP member list. Membership does not require a formal diagnosis."},{"id":"autisme-og-aspergerforeningen-denmark","name":"Autisme- og Aspergerforeningen","name_local":null,"summary":"Danish national association describing itself as 'autisternes egen forening' (autistic people's own association), running local meeting places across the country, an annual Aukon conference, and disability-policy advocacy.","type":"community","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"DK","country_name":"Denmark","region":"Denmark (national, meeting places nationwide)","lat":55.4038,"lng":10.4024,"languages":["da"],"url":"https://autisme-asperger.dk/","source_url":"https://eucap.eu/members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Full member of EUCAP. No fixed single office; placed at a central Denmark coordinate. Automated curl checks returned a non-standard 454 status from this network; content was independently confirmed via fetch."},{"id":"stemmehorernetvaerket-denmark","name":"Hearing Voices Network Denmark","name_local":"Stemmehørernetværket i Danmark","summary":"Denmark's national Hearing Voices Network, listed by Intervoice, offering peer information and groups for voice-hearers.","type":"community","focus":["hearing-voices","psychosis"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"DK","country_name":"Denmark","region":"Copenhagen","lat":55.7,"lng":12.55,"languages":["da"],"url":"https://stemmehoerer.dk/","source_url":"https://www.intervoiceonline.org/national-networks","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"mad-in-denmark","name":"Mad in Denmark","name_local":"Mad i Danmark","summary":"Danish affiliate of the Mad in the World network, launched around 2023, publishing critical-psychiatry articles and lived-experience accounts in Danish and English.","type":"media","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"DK","country_name":"Denmark","region":"Copenhagen (national scope; editorial base not stated)","lat":55.68,"lng":12.57,"languages":["da","en"],"url":"http://madindenmark.org/","source_url":"https://www.madintheuk.com/2023/07/with-the-launch-of-mad-in-denmark-a-global-network-for-radical-change-grows-stronger/","founded":2023,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Part of the Mad in the World network. Launch year drawn from a Mad in the UK announcement post, not the site itself."},{"id":"ordblindeforeningen-denmark","name":"Ordblindeforeningen i Danmark","name_local":null,"summary":"Danish dyslexia association based in Taastrup, giving free professional guidance to individuals, schools and employers, running regional and youth chapters, and publishing a member magazine on dyslexia.","type":"advocacy","focus":["dyslexia"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"DK","country_name":"Denmark","region":"Taastrup","lat":55.6497,"lng":12.2953,"languages":["da"],"url":"http://www.ordblindeforeningen.dk","source_url":"https://eda-info.eu/members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Effective member of the European Dyslexia Association. Patron since 2024 is Princess Marie of Denmark."},{"id":"specialisterne-foundation","name":"Specialisterne Foundation","name_local":null,"summary":"A Danish foundation, founded by the father of an autistic son, that places autistic and other neurodivergent people into paid jobs with partner companies through an assessment and training model.","type":"work","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"DK","country_name":"Denmark","region":"Ballerup","lat":55.7308,"lng":12.3606,"languages":["da","en"],"url":"https://www.specialisterne.com/","source_url":"https://european-social-fund-plus.ec.europa.eu/en/social-innovation-match/case-study/specialisterne-foundation-going","founded":2004,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founded by Thorkil Sonne; credited with creating roughly 10,000 jobs for autistic people globally through corporate partnerships (SAP, Microsoft, IBM and others). Included as a large, well-known anchor organisation; leadership is not itself predominantly neurodivergent-led."},{"id":"wnusp","name":"World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (WNUSP)","name_local":null,"summary":"An international organisation of psychiatric survivors, founded in 1991 (as the World Federation of Psychiatric Users, renamed WNUSP in 1997), advocating for the rights of people labelled with mental illness within the UN human-rights system.","type":"advocacy","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"online","country":"DK","country_name":"Denmark","region":"Odense","lat":55.4,"lng":10.39,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Network_of_Users_and_Survivors_of_Psychiatry","source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Network_of_Users_and_Survivors_of_Psychiatry","founded":1991,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Official domain wnusp.net is unreachable (connection refused) and wnusp.org now resolves to an unrelated retail site, so Wikipedia is used as both url and source_url. Wikipedia states WNUSP is based in Odense, Denmark since 2000 and is explicitly led by survivors of psychiatry."},{"id":"fundacion-dominicana-de-autismo","name":"Dominican Autism Foundation","name_local":"Fundación Dominicana de Autismo","summary":"Santo Domingo nonprofit founded in 1999 and made up of parents of autistic children. Provides autism awareness education, a professional training diploma in neurodevelopmental-disorder evaluation, and support services for families.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"DO","country_name":"Dominican Republic","region":"Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional","lat":18.49,"lng":-69.94,"languages":["es"],"url":"http://fundaciondominicanadeautismo.org/","source_url":"http://fundaciondominicanadeautismo.org/","founded":1999,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site lists training sessions scheduled into 2026, indicating current activity; returns HTTP 406 to bare requests without browser headers (bot-filtering quirk, not a dead site). Membership explicitly described as the children's own parents, hence ally-led rather than nd-led."},{"id":"egyptian-autistic-society","name":"Egyptian Autistic Society (EAS)","name_local":null,"summary":"Egyptian non-profit running four specialised centres offering education, therapy and workforce-training programmes, including a partnership with McDonald's Egypt, for autistic people and their families.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"physical","country":"EG","country_name":"Egypt","region":"Cairo","lat":30.04,"lng":31.24,"languages":["ar","en"],"url":"https://www.autismegypt.org/","source_url":"https://www.autismegypt.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Headquarters city not stated on site; Cairo used as a default for a nationally operating Egyptian NGO with four centres."},{"id":"learning-resource-center-egypt","name":"Learning Resource Center (LRC)","name_local":null,"summary":"Cairo centre founded in 1996 offering interdisciplinary diagnostic and therapeutic services for children with learning difficulties, developmental disorders and behavioural challenges, with a particular emphasis on autism and dyslexia.","type":"care","focus":["autism","dyslexia","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"physical","country":"EG","country_name":"Egypt","region":"New Maadi, Cairo","lat":29.96,"lng":31.26,"languages":["ar","en"],"url":"http://lrcegypt.org/","source_url":"http://lrcegypt.org/","founded":1996,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"One of Egypt's longer-running interdisciplinary learning-disability/autism service centres; leadership and ownership structure not stated on the site."},{"id":"estonian-autism-alliance","name":"Estonian Autism Alliance","name_local":"Eesti Autismiliit","summary":"An umbrella organisation based in Tartu coordinating regional autism associations across Estonia, providing training and counselling to network members and advocating for autistic people's rights.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"EE","country_name":"Estonia","region":"Tartu","lat":58.38,"lng":26.73,"languages":["et"],"url":"https://www.autismiliit.ee/","source_url":"https://www.autismiliit.ee/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Autism-Europe affiliated member. Founding year and leadership composition not stated on the site."},{"id":"mtu-autistid-estonia","name":"MTÜ Autistid","name_local":"Eesti Autistide Ühing","summary":"Estonian association, established 2019 as the Estonian Autistic Women's Association, that spreads information about autism and neurodiversity, builds community, and advocates to improve conditions for autistic people in Estonia.","type":"community","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"EE","country_name":"Estonia","region":"Estonia (national)","lat":59.437,"lng":24.7536,"languages":["et"],"url":"https://autistid.ee/","source_url":"https://eucap.eu/members/","founded":2019,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Full member of EUCAP, formerly Eesti Autistlike Naiste Ühing (Estonian Autistic Women's Association), founded 8 March 2019. Site notes it is under renovation. The EUCAP-listed URL (eany.ee) redirects to autistid.ee, used here. Leadership not explicitly stated on-site as autistic-led, so marked unknown despite the association's name and history."},{"id":"eoliitto-finland","name":"Association of Different Learners (FINDER)","name_local":"Erilaisten Oppijoiden Liitto","summary":"Helsinki-based Finnish association supporting people with dyslexia, dyscalculia and other learning difficulties in work and education, offering counselling, peer 'experience expert' activities and policy advocacy.","type":"advocacy","focus":["dyslexia","dyscalculia","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"FI","country_name":"Finland","region":"Helsinki","lat":60.1756,"lng":24.9227,"languages":["fi"],"url":"https://www.eoliitto.fi","source_url":"https://eda-info.eu/members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Effective member of the European Dyslexia Association."},{"id":"auticon-finland","name":"auticon Finland","name_local":null,"summary":"Finnish branch of auticon, an IT and business consultancy employing autistic people as consultants and providing neuroinclusion training to client organisations.","type":"work","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"FI","country_name":"Finland","region":"Helsinki","lat":60.16091,"lng":24.96072,"languages":["fi"],"url":"https://auticon.com/fi/","source_url":"https://auticon.com/fi/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Part of the international auticon network."},{"id":"autism-foundation-finland","name":"Autism Foundation Finland","name_local":"Autismisäätiö","summary":"A Helsinki-based Finnish foundation and KELA-approved service provider offering guidance, employment and education support, and 24-hour residential and supported housing for autistic people nationwide.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"FI","country_name":"Finland","region":"Helsinki","lat":60.2,"lng":24.96,"languages":["fi"],"url":"https://www.autismisaatio.fi/","source_url":"https://www.autismisaatio.fi/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Listed as an Autism-Europe affiliated member, distinct from the full-member Finnish Association for Autism and Asperger's Syndrome. Founding year and leadership composition not stated on the site."},{"id":"faaas-finland","name":"Finnish Association for Autism and Asperger's Syndrome","name_local":"Autismiliitto","summary":"Finland's national autism federation, coordinating member associations, publishing the quarterly Autismi-lehti magazine, and providing peer support, counselling and professional training nationwide.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"FI","country_name":"Finland","region":"Helsinki","lat":60.19,"lng":24.95,"languages":["fi"],"url":"https://www.autismiliitto.fi/","source_url":"https://www.autismiliitto.fi/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Full member of Autism-Europe. Founding year and leadership composition not stated on the site."},{"id":"mad-in-finland","name":"Mad in Finland","name_local":"Mad In Finland - Hulluna Suomessa","summary":"Finnish affiliate of the Mad in the World network, publishing critical mental-health journalism, event listings and a media-monitoring digest in Finnish.","type":"media","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"FI","country_name":"Finland","region":"Helsinki (national scope; editorial base not stated)","lat":60.17,"lng":24.94,"languages":["fi"],"url":"https://madinfinland.org/","source_url":"https://madinfinland.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Part of the Mad in the World network."},{"id":"steg-for-steg","name":"Steg for Steg","name_local":"Steg for Steg","summary":"Finland's only Swedish-language association for and with people with intellectual disabilities, running nine local chapters, training members as experience speakers and campaigning on employment and accessibility.","type":"advocacy","focus":["intellectual-disability","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"FI","country_name":"Finland","region":"Helsinki","lat":60.1699,"lng":24.9384,"languages":["sv"],"url":"https://stegforsteg.fi/pasvenska/start/","source_url":"https://www.inclusion-europe.eu/epsa-members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site states the organisation is marking 30 years, suggesting founding around the mid-1990s (not confirmed precisely). Also has a base in Vaasa. Member of Finnish disability federation FDUV and of EPSA."},{"id":"suomen-autismikirjon-yhdistys","name":"Suomen Autismikirjon Yhdistys (ASY)","name_local":null,"summary":"Helsinki-based Finnish association working for the wellbeing and equality of autistic people, running peer support groups, an autism-friendly certification programme, and summer and autumn community gatherings.","type":"community","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"FI","country_name":"Finland","region":"Helsinki","lat":60.172,"lng":24.941,"languages":["fi"],"url":"https://asy.fi/","source_url":"https://eucap.eu/members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Full member of EUCAP. Leadership composition not explicitly stated as autistic-led on the pages read, so marked unknown despite EUCAP full-member status."},{"id":"moniaaniset-finland","name":"Suomen Moniääniset (Finnish Hearing Voices Network)","name_local":"Suomen Moniääniset ry","summary":"Finland's national hearing-voices association, providing support to voice-hearers and their families and listed as Finland's Intervoice contact.","type":"community","focus":["hearing-voices","psychosis"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"FI","country_name":"Finland","region":"Helsinki","lat":60.19,"lng":24.96,"languages":["fi"],"url":"https://moniaaniset.fi/","source_url":"https://www.intervoiceonline.org/national-networks","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Registered association ('ry')."},{"id":"actions-autisme-asperger","name":"Actions pour l'Autisme Asperger","name_local":null,"summary":"A French association founded in 2012 that fills gaps in Asperger diagnosis and support; half its volunteers are autistic themselves, and it runs the Aspiejob employment programme and helped set up five French diagnostic centres.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"FR","country_name":"France","region":"La Ciotat, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur","lat":43.1748,"lng":5.6045,"languages":["fr"],"url":"https://www.actionsautismeasperger.org/","source_url":"https://www.actionsautismeasperger.org/decouvrir-l-association","founded":2012,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founded by Marie-Francoise Pere-Gaudio and Francine Stourdze; volunteers and board also active in Vincennes, Orleans, Alleins, Aix-en-Provence and Cassis."},{"id":"asperansa","name":"Asperansa","name_local":null,"summary":"A Brittany association created by parents of children and young adults with Asperger syndrome and high-functioning autism, running monthly meeting cafes, social-skills groups, theatre and computer workshops in Brest.","type":"community","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"FR","country_name":"France","region":"Brest, Brittany","lat":48.3904,"lng":-4.4861,"languages":["fr"],"url":"https://www.asperansa.org/","source_url":"https://www.cra.bzh/le-reseau/associations-d-usagers-et-de-familles/asperansa","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Direct verification via automated fetch was blocked by the site's Anubis bot-protection screen; existence and activity confirmed via Brittany's regional autism resource centre (CRA Bretagne) and the Ker'Aidants directory. Partner association of Autisme France."},{"id":"atypie-friendly","name":"Atypie-Friendly","name_local":"Atypie-Friendly (formerly Aspie-Friendly)","summary":"A French higher-education inclusion programme, coordinated since 2016 with Universite Grenoble Alpes among its founding members, supporting autistic and other neurodivergent students across a national network of partner universities.","type":"education","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"FR","country_name":"France","region":"Grenoble","lat":45.1885,"lng":5.7245,"languages":["fr"],"url":"https://atypie-friendly.fr/","source_url":"https://atypie-friendly.fr/","founded":2016,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Originally launched as 'Aspie-Friendly' in 2016, later renamed 'Atypie-Friendly'. Spans many French universities; Grenoble used as coordinating base since Universite Grenoble Alpes is a founding member (joined 2018 per the site's own open data)."},{"id":"auticon-france","name":"auticon France","name_local":null,"summary":"French branch of auticon, an IT and business consultancy employing autistic people as consultants and providing neuroinclusion training to client organisations.","type":"work","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"FR","country_name":"France","region":"Paris","lat":48.85,"lng":2.35,"languages":["fr"],"url":"https://auticon.com/fr/","source_url":"https://auticon.com/fr/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Part of the international auticon network."},{"id":"cle-autistes","name":"CLE Autistes","name_local":"Collectif pour la Liberté d'Expression des Autistes","summary":"A French self-advocacy collective, run entirely by autistic people, that organises peer support, training and campaigns and treats autism as a political identity rather than only a diagnosis.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"online","country":"FR","country_name":"France","region":"Paris","lat":48.84751,"lng":2.37292,"languages":["fr"],"url":"https://asso.cle-autistes.fr/","source_url":"https://asso.cle-autistes.fr/qui-sommes-nous/","founded":2018,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founded September 2018; over 130 members and 400 supporters nationally. Governed by a collegial leadership composed entirely of autistic people, renewed by co-optation."},{"id":"compagnie-oiseau-mouche","name":"Compagnie de l'Oiseau-Mouche","name_local":"Compagnie de l'Oiseau-Mouche","summary":"Roubaix theatre company founded in 1978 (professionalized 1981) as France's first artistic ESAT, with a permanent troupe of actors with intellectual/psychological disability directed by rotating outside stage directors.","type":"arts","focus":["intellectual-disability"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"physical","country":"FR","country_name":"France","region":"Roubaix, Hauts-de-France","lat":50.69,"lng":3.17,"languages":["fr"],"url":"https://www.oiseau-mouche.org/","source_url":"https://www.oiseau-mouche.org/le-projet/","founded":1978,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"General/artistic direction held by non-disabled staff; productions staged by guest directors. Permanent troupe of ~20-23 comédien·ne·s have intellectual/psychological disability."},{"id":"ffdys-france","name":"French Federation of Dys Disorders (FFDys)","name_local":"Fédération Française des Dys","summary":"French federation of regional associations for people with dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia and related developmental disorders, running an annual National Dys Day and professional training programme.","type":"advocacy","focus":["dyslexia","dyspraxia","dyscalculia","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"FR","country_name":"France","region":"Paris","lat":48.87,"lng":2.33,"languages":["fr"],"url":"http://www.ffdys.com","source_url":"https://eda-info.eu/members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Effective member of the European Dyslexia Association. Its 20th National Dys Day fell in 2026. Site describes mobilising 'parents and professionals throughout France,' hence marked ally-led."},{"id":"nous-aussi","name":"Nous Aussi","name_local":null,"summary":"A French self-advocacy association of and for people with intellectual disabilities, led by members themselves under the motto 'Rien pour nous, sans nous', training local delegates and producing easy-to-read civic material.","type":"advocacy","focus":["intellectual-disability","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"FR","country_name":"France","region":"Paris","lat":48.8566,"lng":2.3522,"languages":["fr"],"url":"https://nous-aussi.fr/","source_url":"https://www.inclusion-europe.eu/epsa-members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Member of the European Platform of Self-Advocates (EPSA). Held its 2025 general assembly in Paris and 2024 national congress in Dunkerque; no single confirmed HQ city, Paris used as anchor. Distinct from an unrelated same-named service provider at nousaussi.fr in Haute-Savoie."},{"id":"rev-france","name":"REV France (Hearing Voices Network France)","name_local":"Réseau français sur l'Entente de Voix","summary":"France's national Hearing Voices Network, coordinating peer support groups for voice-hearers and listed as France's Intervoice contact.","type":"community","focus":["hearing-voices","psychosis"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"FR","country_name":"France","region":"Paris","lat":48.88,"lng":2.33,"languages":["fr"],"url":"https://revfrance.org/","source_url":"https://www.intervoiceonline.org/national-networks","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"aspies-ev","name":"Aspies e.V.","name_local":null,"summary":"The oldest and largest German self-help association for autistic adults, run by an all-autistic board, offering local peer groups nationwide, a crisis helpline and an online self-help forum.","type":"community","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"online","country":"DE","country_name":"Germany","region":"Berlin","lat":52.52,"lng":13.405,"languages":["de"],"url":"https://aspies.de/","source_url":"https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspies","founded":2004,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Around 550 members, board of five autistic people, registered at Berlin-Charlottenburg district court. Member of EUCAP. Automated HTTPS checks from this session failed with a TLS renegotiation error against aspies.de specifically; live page content was independently confirmed via a fetch tool, so it is not treated as down."},{"id":"atelier-goldstein","name":"Atelier Goldstein","name_local":"Atelier Goldstein","summary":"An artist studio in Frankfurt, Germany, founded in 2001 as a project of Lebenshilfe Frankfurt, offering individual artistic assistance from professional artists to people with cognitive disabilities; work has shown at documenta fifteen and Schirn Kunsthalle.","type":"arts","focus":["intellectual-disability"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"DE","country_name":"Germany","region":"Frankfurt am Main, Hesse","lat":50.11,"lng":8.68,"languages":["de"],"url":"https://www.atelier-goldstein.de","source_url":"https://www.atelier-goldstein.de/about/","founded":2001,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site's WAF returns HTTP 500 on plain HEAD requests but 200 on GET (verified live via GET and WebFetch)."},{"id":"auticon-germany","name":"auticon Germany","name_local":null,"summary":"German headquarters of auticon, an IT and business consultancy that employs autistic people as consultants and provides workplace coaching and employer training on neuroinclusion.","type":"work","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"DE","country_name":"Germany","region":"Berlin","lat":52.51091,"lng":13.42072,"languages":["de"],"url":"https://auticon.com/de/","source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auticon","founded":2011,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founded by Dirk Müller-Remus, whose son is autistic; part of the international auticon network."},{"id":"autismus-kultur-germany","name":"Autismus-Kultur","name_local":null,"summary":"German website written from an autistic perspective on how autistic people can live well in a non-autistic world, offering practical guidance, tips and community discussion rather than clinical advice.","type":"media","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"online","country":"DE","country_name":"Germany","region":"Germany (online, no stated HQ)","lat":51.3127,"lng":9.4797,"languages":["de"],"url":"https://autismus-kultur.de/","source_url":"https://www.facebook.com/autismuskultur/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site self-describes as written from an autistic perspective. Returns 403 to automated fetches (bot-blocking); reachable and returns 200 to a plain curl with a browser user agent. No stated headquarters city; placed at a geographic-centre-of-Germany coordinate as a placeholder."},{"id":"autsocial-germany","name":"autSocial e.V.","name_local":null,"summary":"Hamburg-based German association run under the motto 'von Autist*innen für Autist*innen' (by autistic people for autistic people), operating self-help groups, online workshops on masking and workplace inclusion, and creative projects like autArt.","type":"community","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"online","country":"DE","country_name":"Germany","region":"Hamburg","lat":53.5511,"lng":9.9937,"languages":["de"],"url":"https://www.autsocial.de/","source_url":"https://eucap.eu/members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Full member of EUCAP; funded in part through Hamburg's social affairs authority."},{"id":"bvl-germany","name":"Federal Association for Dyslexia and Dyscalculia (BVL)","name_local":"Bundesverband Legasthenie und Dyskalkulie","summary":"German federal association, established around 1976, advocating for accommodations for people with dyslexia and dyscalculia in school, training and careers, with regional chapters and a therapist certification programme.","type":"advocacy","focus":["dyslexia","dyscalculia"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"DE","country_name":"Germany","region":"Bad Münstereifel","lat":50.5548,"lng":6.7594,"languages":["de"],"url":"http://www.bvl-legasthenie.de","source_url":"https://eda-info.eu/members/","founded":1976,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Effective member of the European Dyslexia Association. Founding year inferred from the site's own '50 years' anniversary claim."},{"id":"kunstwerkstatt-lebenshilfe-berlin","name":"Kunstwerkstatt der Lebenshilfe Berlin","name_local":"Kunstwerkstatt der Lebenshilfe Berlin","summary":"An inclusive art workshop run by Lebenshilfe Berlin in Berlin, Germany, active since at least 1999 (its first exhibition), where professional facilitators guide clients with intellectual disabilities in painting and other visual art.","type":"arts","focus":["intellectual-disability"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"DE","country_name":"Germany","region":"Berlin","lat":52.52,"lng":13.4,"languages":["de"],"url":"http://kunstwerkstatt-lebenshilfe-berlin.de","source_url":"http://kunstwerkstatt-lebenshilfe-berlin.de/ueber-uns/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Domain works reliably only over plain HTTP; HTTPS fails TLS handshake. Exact founding year not stated on-site — earliest documented activity is its 1999 exhibition."},{"id":"mad-in-germany","name":"Mad in Germany","name_local":"Mad in Deutschland","summary":"German affiliate of the Mad in the World network, publishing critical-psychiatry essays, translated international pieces and lived-experience accounts in German.","type":"media","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"DE","country_name":"Germany","region":"Berlin (national scope; editorial base not stated)","lat":52.5,"lng":13.38,"languages":["de"],"url":"https://www.madindeutschland.org/","source_url":"https://www.madindeutschland.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Part of the Mad in the World network."},{"id":"netzwerk-stimmenhoeren-germany","name":"Netzwerk Stimmenhören (German Hearing Voices Network)","name_local":"Netzwerk Stimmenhören e.V.","summary":"Germany's national Hearing Voices Network association, coordinating peer groups and information on hearing voices, listed as Germany's Intervoice contact.","type":"community","focus":["hearing-voices","psychosis"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"DE","country_name":"Germany","region":"Berlin","lat":52.54,"lng":13.42,"languages":["de"],"url":"https://stimmenhoeren.de/","source_url":"https://www.intervoiceonline.org/national-networks","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Registered association ('e.V.'). Old domain netzwerk-stimmenhoeren.de now redirects here."},{"id":"prinzhorn-collection","name":"Prinzhorn Collection","name_local":"Sammlung Prinzhorn","summary":"Collection of art by psychiatric patients assembled by Hans Prinzhorn at Heidelberg University's psychiatric clinic from 1919, with a dedicated museum inaugurated in 2001; now ~40,000 works from 1825 to today.","type":"arts","focus":["neurodiversity-general","psychosis"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"DE","country_name":"Germany","region":"Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg","lat":49.41,"lng":8.69,"languages":["de","en"],"url":"https://www.sammlung-prinzhorn.de/en","source_url":"https://www.sammlung-prinzhorn.de/en/museum/geschichte","founded":2001,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Part of Heidelberg University Hospital; a research/curatorial institution, not patient- or artist-run."},{"id":"theater-thikwa","name":"Theater Thikwa","name_local":"Theater Thikwa","summary":"Berlin theatre company founded in 1991, self-described as a company where artists 'with and without disability' make theatre together; artistic direction is currently shared by Nicole Hummel and Laura Besch.","type":"arts","focus":["intellectual-disability","learning-disabilities","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"physical","country":"DE","country_name":"Germany","region":"Berlin-Kreuzberg","lat":52.49,"lng":13.39,"languages":["de","en"],"url":"https://www.thikwa.de","source_url":"https://www.thikwa.de/en/about-thikwa/about-thikwa-profil/","founded":1991,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"autism-awareness-care-and-training-centre","name":"Autism Awareness Care and Training Centre (AACT)","name_local":null,"summary":"Accra-based centre for autistic children founded in 1998 by a nurse practitioner and parent, providing behaviour management, therapy, and individualized education plans.","type":"education","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"GH","country_name":"Ghana","region":"Haatso, Greater Accra","lat":5.68,"lng":-0.19,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://aactgh.org/","source_url":"https://aactgh.org/about.html","founded":1998,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Parent-led, professionally run. Site returns 406 to a bare curl user agent; needs a full browser-style header."},{"id":"basicneeds-ghana","name":"BasicNeeds-Ghana","name_local":null,"summary":"Ghanaian implementation of the BasicNeeds mental-health-and-development model, involving people with mental illness or epilepsy and their families directly in community mental-health services, livelihoods support, and policy advocacy.","type":"care","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"GH","country_name":"Ghana","region":"Accra (national scope)","lat":5.6,"lng":-0.19,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.basicneedsghana.org/","source_url":"https://www.basicneedsghana.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Operates across multiple Ghanaian communities beyond the capital; exact headquarters city and founding year not stated on the site. Sister programme to BasicNeeds/BNBR in Kenya."},{"id":"gspap-greece","name":"Greek Society for the Protection of Autistic People (GSPAP)","name_local":"Ελληνική Εταιρεία Προστασίας Αυτιστικών Ατόμων","summary":"Founded in Athens in November 1992 by 80 parents of autistic people from Athens, Piraeus and Crete, this national society runs residential and day-centre services in Attica, Macedonia and Ioannina.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"GR","country_name":"Greece","region":"Athens","lat":37.98,"lng":23.73,"languages":["el"],"url":"https://www.autismgreece.gr/","source_url":"https://www.autismgreece.gr/","founded":1992,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Full member of Autism-Europe. Explicitly parent-founded; current governance not detailed on the site."},{"id":"hearing-voices-network-greece","name":"Hearing Voices Network Greece","name_local":"Δίκτυο Ακοής Φωνών Ελλάδας","summary":"Greece's national Hearing Voices Network, offering peer information and groups for voice-hearers and listed as Greece's Intervoice contact.","type":"community","focus":["hearing-voices","psychosis"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"GR","country_name":"Greece","region":"Athens","lat":37.96,"lng":23.75,"languages":["el"],"url":"https://hearingvoices.gr/","source_url":"https://www.intervoiceonline.org/national-networks","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"mad-in-greece","name":"Mad in Greece","name_local":null,"summary":"Greek affiliate of the Mad in the World network, run by a volunteer contributor team publishing psychopharmaceutical-policy critique, personal narratives and art on psychiatric experience.","type":"media","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"online","country":"GR","country_name":"Greece","region":"Athens (national scope; editorial base not stated)","lat":37.96,"lng":23.71,"languages":["el"],"url":"http://madingreece.org/","source_url":"http://madingreece.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site names a volunteer team page ('Our Team') and invites contributions; individual members' lived-experience status not confirmed, hence 'mixed' rather than 'nd-led'."},{"id":"hong-kong-autism-institute","name":"Hong Kong Autism Institute","name_local":null,"summary":"Hong Kong non-profit company working on autism knowledge development and public engagement, including organising local World Autism Awareness Day activities.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"HK","country_name":"Hong Kong","region":"Hong Kong","lat":22.33,"lng":114.15,"languages":["en","zh"],"url":"https://www.autism-hk.org/","source_url":"https://www.autism-hk.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Limited public detail on founding date or leadership; site content centers on knowledge resources and World Autism Awareness Day."},{"id":"neurodiversity-association-hong-kong","name":"NeuroDiversity Association Hong Kong (NDAHK)","name_local":"香港腦力多元協會","summary":"Hong Kong advocacy organisation, established in 2024, promoting the value of neurodiversity through cross-sector partnerships, education, and conferences.","type":"advocacy","focus":["neurodiversity-general","autism","adhd"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"HK","country_name":"Hong Kong","region":"Hong Kong","lat":22.32,"lng":114.17,"languages":["en","zh"],"url":"https://www.ndahk.com/","source_url":"https://www.ndahk.com/about-us","founded":2024,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"snnhk-hong-kong","name":"Special Needs Network Hong Kong (SNNHK)","name_local":"香港特殊需要網絡","summary":"Volunteer-run peer network connecting parents and caregivers of children with neurodiversity and disabilities in Hong Kong through events, workshops and information sharing.","type":"community","focus":["neurodiversity-general","autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"HK","country_name":"Hong Kong","region":"Hong Kong","lat":22.31,"lng":114.18,"languages":["en","zh"],"url":"https://www.snnhk.org/","source_url":"https://www.snnhk.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Membership is exclusive to parents and caregivers; run by a volunteer committee, not a professional service provider."},{"id":"talos-foundation-hk","name":"Talos Foundation","name_local":null,"summary":"Hong Kong charity founded in 2021 running neurodiversity-awareness campaigns, corporate training and employment-inclusion programmes for autistic and other neurodivergent people.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism","adhd","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"HK","country_name":"Hong Kong","region":"Hong Kong","lat":22.28,"lng":114.16,"languages":["en","zh"],"url":"https://talos-foundation.org/","source_url":"https://talos-foundation.org/","founded":2021,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founded by Mary Schaus after her son's autism diagnosis, per South China Morning Post coverage; a Section 88 charitable organisation."},{"id":"aosz-hungary","name":"Hungarian Autistic Society (AOSZ)","name_local":"Autisták Országos Szövetsége","summary":"Hungary's national autism federation, based in Budapest, listed as a full member of Autism-Europe representing autistic people and their families in national advocacy.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"HU","country_name":"Hungary","region":"Budapest","lat":47.5,"lng":19.04,"languages":["hu"],"url":"https://www.aosz.hu/","source_url":"https://www.autismeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Members-associations-of-Autism-Europe_Aug2026.pdf","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"The live site is currently a bare landing page with no navigable content, so facts are drawn from Autism-Europe's official August 2026 member directory rather than the org's own site. Founding year and leadership composition unconfirmed."},{"id":"mars-foundation-hungary","name":"Mars Foundation","name_local":"Mars Autistákért Alapítvány","summary":"A Budapest foundation for autism awareness offering family and professional training, downloadable social-story resources, a parent support club, and urban life-skills training for autistic teenagers.","type":"education","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"HU","country_name":"Hungary","region":"Budapest","lat":47.51,"lng":19.05,"languages":["hu"],"url":"https://marsalapitvany.hu/","source_url":"https://marsalapitvany.hu/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Listed as an Autism-Europe affiliated member. Runs Erasmus+ international projects; founding year and leadership composition not stated on the site."},{"id":"einhverfusamtokin-iceland","name":"Einhverfusamtökin (Icelandic Autism Association)","name_local":"Einhverfusamtökin","summary":"Iceland's national autism association, based in Reykjavik, providing autism education resources, rights and benefits information, and social groups for autistic youth and adults in Reykjavik and Akureyri.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"IS","country_name":"Iceland","region":"Reykjavik","lat":64.13,"lng":-21.86,"languages":["is"],"url":"https://www.einhverfa.is/","source_url":"https://www.einhverfa.is/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Full member of Autism-Europe. Founding year and leadership composition not stated on the site."},{"id":"hugarafl-iceland","name":"Hugarafl","name_local":null,"summary":"A Reykjavik peer-run mental-health community offering recovery, empowerment and hearing-voices support groups run by and for its members; Iceland's Intervoice contact.","type":"community","focus":["hearing-voices","mad-pride","psychosis"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"IS","country_name":"Iceland","region":"Reykjavik","lat":64.15,"lng":-21.94,"languages":["is"],"url":"https://hugarafl.is/","source_url":"https://www.intervoiceonline.org/national-networks","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site describes itself as 'samfélag jafningja sem styðja hvert annað' (a community of peers who support one another); broader peer mental-health community whose activities include the Icelandic hearing-voices group."},{"id":"action-for-autism","name":"Action for Autism (AFA) - National Centre for Autism","name_local":null,"summary":"Delhi-based Indian non-profit, founded in 1991 as a parent support group, running assessment, education, therapy, employment, and self-advocacy services for autistic people.","type":"care","focus":["autism","intellectual-disability"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"IN","country_name":"India","region":"New Delhi","lat":28.61,"lng":77.21,"languages":["en","hi"],"url":"https://www.autism-india.org/","source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_for_Autism","founded":1991,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Runs a Self-Advocacy Programme, but it is professionally facilitated rather than self-advocate-run."},{"id":"autism-society-west-bengal","name":"Autism Society West Bengal","name_local":null,"summary":"Kolkata parent-initiated nonprofit, around 20 years old, providing early intervention, assessment and an RCI-certified special-educator training diploma for the autism community.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"IN","country_name":"India","region":"Kolkata, West Bengal","lat":22.51,"lng":88.41,"languages":["en","bn"],"url":"https://autismsocietywb.org/","source_url":"https://autismsocietywb.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site marks a 20th-anniversary milestone as of 2026, suggesting founding around 2006; not independently dated."},{"id":"bapu-trust","name":"Bapu Trust for Research on Mind & Discourse","name_local":null,"summary":"Pune-based trust doing non-coercive, community-based mental health work, including an urban community mental health and inclusion programme; founder was active in the international Hearing Voices movement.","type":"research","focus":["mad-pride","hearing-voices","intellectual-disability","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"IN","country_name":"India","region":"Pune, Maharashtra","lat":18.52,"lng":73.86,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://baputrust.com/","source_url":"https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/05/remembering-bhargavi-davar-a-global-leader-in-the-struggle-for-human-rights/","founded":1999,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"About page 404'd during verification; leadership framing not explicitly self-declared. Site returns 406 to a bare curl user agent."},{"id":"forum-for-autism-mumbai","name":"Forum For Autism","name_local":null,"summary":"Mumbai parent-support trust, founded in 2001, running a specialised library and peer network for families of autistic people, with about 350 members drawn from parents and professionals.","type":"community","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"IN","country_name":"India","region":"Colaba, Mumbai","lat":18.91,"lng":72.81,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.forumforautism.org/","source_url":"https://www.forumforautism.org/about-ffa/","founded":2001,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"india-autism-center","name":"India Autism Center (IAC)","name_local":null,"summary":"Section 8 non-profit near Kolkata founded by an entrepreneur whose son is autistic, building a residential campus alongside training and research divisions for autism support across India.","type":"care","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"IN","country_name":"India","region":"Sirakol, West Bengal","lat":22.7,"lng":88.3,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://indiaautismcenter.org/","source_url":"https://indiaautismcenter.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founder Suresh Kumar Somani; residential campus (Samaavesh) scheduled to open in early 2027."},{"id":"mad-in-south-asia","name":"Mad in South Asia","name_local":null,"summary":"Regional affiliate of the Mad in the World network covering India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Nepal, run by a core team of therapists, researchers, professors and psychiatric-service users who center survivors' own accounts.","type":"media","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"online","country":"IN","country_name":"India","region":"Pune, Maharashtra (approximate anchor; site states no single national HQ)","lat":18.5,"lng":73.88,"languages":["en"],"url":"http://madinsouthasia.org/","source_url":"http://madinsouthasia.org/about-us/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Regional, not single-country; India used only as an approximate map anchor given the site's connections to Pune-based Bapu Trust and lack of a stated HQ city. Site explicitly states service users/survivors are kept 'first' among contributors."},{"id":"madras-dyslexia-association","name":"Madras Dyslexia Association (MDA)","name_local":null,"summary":"Chennai non-profit founded in 1992 by parents, educationists and philanthropists that provides dyslexia assessment, remediation, teacher training and school resource-room support.","type":"education","focus":["dyslexia","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"IN","country_name":"India","region":"Chennai, Tamil Nadu","lat":13.04,"lng":80.24,"languages":["en","ta"],"url":"https://www.mdachennai.com/","source_url":"https://www.mdachennai.com/about-mda/about-mda","founded":1992,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"sethu-goa","name":"Sethu","name_local":null,"summary":"Goa trust, registered in 2005, running a neurodiversity-affirming child-development and family-guidance centre for children with autism, ADHD, dyslexia and other developmental disabilities.","type":"care","focus":["autism","adhd","dyslexia","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"physical","country":"IN","country_name":"India","region":"Saligao, Goa","lat":15.55,"lng":73.77,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://sethu.in/","source_url":"https://sethu.in/","founded":2005,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Describes its approach as neurodiversity-affirming and strengths-based rather than purely clinical; uses a family-centered 'Trifecta Model'."},{"id":"tci-global","name":"TCI Global (Transforming Communities for Inclusion)","name_local":null,"summary":"A global federation of organisations of persons with psychosocial disabilities, grown since 2012 from an Asia-Pacific network supported by Pune's Bapu Trust and the International Disability Alliance, campaigning to abolish coercive mental-health law.","type":"advocacy","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"IN","country_name":"India","region":"Pune, Maharashtra (originating hub; now a global federation)","lat":18.54,"lng":73.84,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://tci-global.org/","source_url":"https://tci-global.org/our-origins/","founded":2012,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Explicitly self-describes as 'a global Organisation of persons with psychosocial disabilities [an OPD]'. Originated as the 'TransAsian strategy group' (2012-2014) working with Bapu Trust, already in the atlas. The domain tci-asia.org, once its Asia-Pacific site, now resolves to an unrelated gambling site and should not be used."},{"id":"ummeed-child-development-center","name":"Ummeed Child Development Center","name_local":null,"summary":"Mumbai-based non-profit founded in 2001 by a developmental pediatrician, providing trans-disciplinary clinical services, training, and research for children with developmental disabilities.","type":"care","focus":["autism","down-syndrome","intellectual-disability","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"IN","country_name":"India","region":"Lower Parel, Mumbai","lat":19,"lng":72.83,"languages":["en","hi"],"url":"https://www.ummeed.org/about-us","source_url":"https://www.mhinnovation.net/organisations/ummeed-child-development-center","founded":2001,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"vidya-sagar-chennai","name":"Vidya Sagar","name_local":null,"summary":"Chennai disability organisation, formerly the Spastic Society of India, with over 40 years of early intervention, education, therapy, vocational training and rights advocacy across disability types including autism.","type":"care","focus":["autism","intellectual-disability","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"IN","country_name":"India","region":"Kotturpuram, Chennai","lat":13.02,"lng":80.24,"languages":["en","ta"],"url":"https://www.vidyasagar.co.in/","source_url":"https://www.vidyasagar.co.in/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Renamed from the Spastic Society of India; frames itself around 'disability is a part of human diversity' rather than a purely medical model."},{"id":"rumah-autis-indonesia","name":"Rumah Autis","name_local":null,"summary":"Indonesian foundation founded in 2004 providing low-cost or free therapy and schooling for autistic children and other children with special needs, now operating multiple branches.","type":"education","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"ID","country_name":"Indonesia","region":"Bekasi, West Java","lat":-6.24,"lng":106.99,"languages":["id"],"url":"https://rumahautis.org/","source_url":"https://rumahautis.org/","founded":2004,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Operates under Yayasan Cahaya Keluarga Fitrah; headquarters city drawn from secondary reporting, not independently reconfirmed on the site itself this session."},{"id":"yayasan-mpati","name":"Yayasan MPATI (Masyarakat Peduli Autis Indonesia)","name_local":"Yayasan Masyarakat Peduli Autis Indonesia","summary":"Indonesian national foundation, evolved from a 1998 parent community, focused on training and empowering parents of autistic children and advocating for government autism support policy.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism","adhd"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"ID","country_name":"Indonesia","region":"Jakarta","lat":-6.21,"lng":106.85,"languages":["id","en"],"url":"https://autismindonesia.org/en/","source_url":"https://autismindonesia.org/en/tentangkami/","founded":1998,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Evolved from KOMPAA (Komunitas Peduli Autis dan ADHD), founded in 1998."},{"id":"iran-autism-association","name":"Anjoman Autism Iran (Iran Autism Association)","name_local":"انجمن اتیسم ایران","summary":"Tehran-based NGO and Iran's only nationally licensed autism association, running 23 regional offices that provide diagnosis, rehabilitation, family counselling and policy advocacy for autistic people.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"IR","country_name":"Iran","region":"Tehran","lat":35.75,"lng":51.42,"languages":["fa"],"url":"https://irautism.org/","source_url":"https://irautism.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Holds UN ECOSOC consultative status and government-ministry licensing per its own site."},{"id":"asiam-ireland","name":"AsIAm","name_local":null,"summary":"Ireland's national autism charity, founded in 2014 by autistic CEO Adam Harris, working on autism-friendly community certification, policy and self-advocacy, with a stated policy of at least half its board being autistic.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"IE","country_name":"Ireland","region":"Dublin","lat":53.36,"lng":-6.24,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://asiam.ie/","source_url":"https://asiam.ie/who-we-are/our-story","founded":2014,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Registered as a Disabled Persons' Organisation; runs the Autism Friendly Towns programme."},{"id":"autistic-doctors-international","name":"Autistic Doctors International","name_local":null,"summary":"International peer network of autistic physicians and medical students founded by an autistic consultant anaesthetist, supporting members and publishing research on autistic doctors' experiences.","type":"research","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"online","country":"IE","country_name":"Ireland","region":"Dublin","lat":53.34091,"lng":-6.23928,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://autisticdoctorsinternational.com/","source_url":"https://autisticdoctorsinternational.com/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founder is an autistic physician; group is explicitly by and for autistic doctors."},{"id":"dyslexia-ireland","name":"Dyslexia Ireland","name_local":null,"summary":"Dublin-based Irish charity providing dyslexia and dyscalculia assessments, tutoring, training for parents and teachers, and policy advocacy, funded in part by the Department of Education.","type":"advocacy","focus":["dyslexia","dyscalculia"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"IE","country_name":"Ireland","region":"Dublin","lat":53.3437,"lng":-6.2371,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.dyslexia.ie","source_url":"https://eda-info.eu/members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Effective member of the European Dyslexia Association. Site returns 403 to some automated fetch tools (bot-blocking) but was read in full via a different fetch and confirmed live with a browser-header curl."},{"id":"hearing-voices-network-ireland","name":"Hearing Voices Network Ireland","name_local":null,"summary":"Ireland's national Hearing Voices Network, coordinating local peer groups and training, historically linked to academics Harry Gijbels and Lydia Sapouna at University College Cork.","type":"community","focus":["hearing-voices","psychosis"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"IE","country_name":"Ireland","region":"Cork","lat":51.9,"lng":-8.47,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://hearingvoicesnetworkireland.ie/","source_url":"https://hearingvoicesnetworkireland.ie/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Distinct from the editorial site Mad in Ireland (madinireland.com), already in the atlas; both trace to the same UCC-linked circle of academics and voice-hearers."},{"id":"mad-in-ireland","name":"Mad in Ireland","name_local":null,"summary":"An Irish collective of psychiatric survivors, peer workers, academics and practitioners that publishes critical commentary and organises events challenging the dominant diagnostic model in mental health care.","type":"advocacy","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"online","country":"IE","country_name":"Ireland","region":"Dublin","lat":53.3498,"lng":-6.2603,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://madinireland.com/","source_url":"https://madinireland.com/2022/08/mad-in-ireland-a-new-affiliate-of-mad-in-america/","founded":2021,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"An affiliate of the international Mad in the World network. Governing team includes psychiatric survivors/peer support leaders alongside mental health practitioners and academics."},{"id":"alut-israel","name":"ALUT - The Israeli Society for Autistic Children and Adults","name_local":null,"summary":"Israel's national autism association, providing lifelong therapeutic, educational and residential services for autistic people through a nationwide network of centres.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"IL","country_name":"Israel","region":"Tel Aviv","lat":32.06,"lng":34.78,"languages":["he","en"],"url":"https://www.alut.org.il/","source_url":"https://www.alut.org.il/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site blocked automated content extraction during verification; live status confirmed via direct HTTP check (200) only, so founding year and details are left unconfirmed."},{"id":"beit-issie-shapiro","name":"Beit Issie Shapiro","name_local":"בית איזי שפירא","summary":"Israeli nonprofit that develops, researches, and scales disability service models such as early intervention and assistive technology, and shares them internationally.","type":"research","focus":["intellectual-disability","learning-disabilities","autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"IL","country_name":"Israel","region":"Ra'anana","lat":32.18,"lng":34.87,"languages":["he","en","ar"],"url":"https://beitissie.org.il/en/","source_url":"https://beitissie.org.il/en/","founded":1980,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Holds UN ECOSOC consultative status."},{"id":"bizchut","name":"Bizchut - The Israel Human Rights Center for People with Disabilities","name_local":"בזכות","summary":"Independent legal-advocacy and watchdog organisation advancing the rights of people with all disability types in Israel through litigation, policy work, and a public inquiries hotline.","type":"advocacy","focus":["intellectual-disability","mad-pride","neurodiversity-general","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"IL","country_name":"Israel","region":"Jerusalem","lat":31.78,"lng":35.22,"languages":["he","en","ar"],"url":"https://www.bizchut.org.il/bizchut-english","source_url":"https://www.bizchut.org.il/bizchut-english","founded":1992,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Cross-disability, not neurodiversity-specific; board combines disabled people, parents, professionals, and academics."},{"id":"enosh-israel","name":"Enosh - The Israeli Mental Health Association","name_local":null,"summary":"Israeli non-profit operating roughly 96 centres nationwide offering mental-health rehabilitation, housing, employment and family-support services for people living with mental illness.","type":"care","focus":["neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"IL","country_name":"Israel","region":"Ramat Gan","lat":32.08,"lng":34.82,"languages":["he","en"],"url":"https://www.enosh.org.il/","source_url":"https://www.enosh.org.il/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Primarily a large-scale service-delivery organisation rather than a self-advocacy movement group; included for its national scale in Israeli mental-health rehabilitation and family support."},{"id":"shutaf-inclusion-programs","name":"Shutaf Inclusion Programs","name_local":null,"summary":"Jerusalem-based \"reverse inclusion\" nonprofit running year-round camps and youth-leadership programs where disabled and non-disabled children and teens participate together.","type":"community","focus":["autism","adhd","intellectual-disability","down-syndrome"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"IL","country_name":"Israel","region":"Jerusalem","lat":31.8,"lng":35.24,"languages":["he","en"],"url":"https://shutafinclusionprograms.org/","source_url":"https://shutafinclusionprograms.org/","founded":2007,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Direct page fetch was blocked by a bot filter; verified live via curl (200 OK) and secondary sources."},{"id":"intervoice-italia","name":"ARCI Intervoice Italia","name_local":"ARCI Intervoice Italia APS (formerly Rete Italiana Noi e le Voci)","summary":"Italy's national Hearing Voices association, offering information and peer exchange for voice-hearers, professionals and relatives, treating hearing voices as a human experience rather than a symptom.","type":"community","focus":["hearing-voices","psychosis"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"IT","country_name":"Italy","region":"Italy (national association; HQ city not stated)","lat":41.92,"lng":12.48,"languages":["it"],"url":"https://www.intervoiceitalia.it/","source_url":"https://www.intervoiceitalia.it/chi-siamo/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Rebranded from 'Rete Italiana Noi e le Voci' (parlaconlevoci.it, now a redirect page) to ARCI Intervoice Italia APS. Registered as an Italian APS (Associazione di Promozione Sociale)."},{"id":"aspergeronline","name":"Aspergeronline","name_local":null,"summary":"An Italian association founded by an autistic designer that offers self-screening tools, peer community, a podcast and resources for autistic people and professionals, built with an autistic development team.","type":"community","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"online","country":"IT","country_name":"Italy","region":"Turin","lat":45.07,"lng":7.69,"languages":["it"],"url":"https://aspergeronline.org/","source_url":"https://aspergeronline.org/libro-autismo-neurodivergenza-by-autistic-for-autistics/","founded":2023,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founded January 2023 by Simone Favarin, an autistic designer and communicator; became a formal association (ETS) in December 2023. Reports 356,817 unique users and 60,000+ RAADS-R screenings completed in 2024."},{"id":"auticon-italy","name":"auticon Italy","name_local":null,"summary":"Italian branch of auticon, an IT and business consultancy employing autistic people as consultants and providing neuroinclusion training to client organisations.","type":"work","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"IT","country_name":"Italy","region":"Milan","lat":45.46,"lng":9.19,"languages":["it"],"url":"https://auticon.com/it/","source_url":"https://auticon.com/it/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Part of the international auticon network."},{"id":"gruppo-asperger-aps","name":"Gruppo Asperger APS","name_local":null,"summary":"An Italian association founded in 2003, with volunteers described as predominantly autistic themselves, that supports autistic people nationally and helped found regional Asperger groups in eight Italian regions.","type":"community","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"IT","country_name":"Italy","region":"Milan","lat":45.4685,"lng":9.1824,"languages":["it"],"url":"https://www.asperger.it/","source_url":"https://www.asperger.it/chi-siamo/","founded":2003,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Became an APS (association of social promotion) in July 2025, after founding as an Onlus in 2003. Distinct from the Rome-based Spazio Asperger. Helped establish regional groups in Abruzzo, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardia, Piemonte and Veneto."},{"id":"gruppo-asperger-campania","name":"Gruppo Asperger Campania","name_local":null,"summary":"A Naples-based nonprofit, registered in Italy's national third-sector register, that is the Campania regional partner of Gruppo Asperger APS supporting autistic people and families.","type":"community","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"IT","country_name":"Italy","region":"Naples","lat":40.8518,"lng":14.2681,"languages":["it"],"url":"https://www.aspergercampania.it/","source_url":"https://www.aspergercampania.it/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Registered in RUNTS (Registro Unico Nazionale del Terzo Settore) under number 36578. Founding date and leadership composition not stated on-site."},{"id":"gruppo-asperger-lazio","name":"Gruppo Asperger Lazio","name_local":"Gruppo Asperger Lazio ODV","summary":"A Rome-region volunteer association for autistic people and families, running school-inclusion projects, parent coaching, film festivals and the decade-old Autistic Football Club, a regional partner of Gruppo Asperger APS.","type":"community","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"IT","country_name":"Italy","region":"Rome, Lazio","lat":41.88,"lng":12.49,"languages":["it"],"url":"https://www.aspergerlazio.it/","source_url":"https://www.aspergerlazio.it/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Activity dates back to at least 2014; also active in Viterbo, Ferentino and Colonna. Distinct organisation from the Rome-based Spazio Asperger."},{"id":"gruppo-asperger-veneto","name":"Gruppo Asperger Veneto","name_local":null,"summary":"A Verona-based volunteer organisation, founded in 2016, focused on level-1 ('Asperger') autism, running school and workplace training, post-diagnosis guidance and support networks for families across the Veneto region.","type":"community","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"IT","country_name":"Italy","region":"Verona","lat":45.4425,"lng":10.995,"languages":["it"],"url":"https://www.aspergerveneto.it/","source_url":"https://www.aspergerveneto.it/","founded":2016,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Runs 'Progetto Decollo' post-diagnosis guidance and dedicated projects for girls/women and fathers. A regional partner of Gruppo Asperger APS."},{"id":"aid-italy","name":"Italian Dyslexia Association (AID)","name_local":"Associazione Italiana Dislessia","summary":"Bologna-based Italian association, founded 1997, supporting people with specific learning disorders across their lifespan through teacher and family training, the LibroAID digital textbook platform, and school/workplace advocacy.","type":"advocacy","focus":["dyslexia","dyscalculia","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"IT","country_name":"Italy","region":"Bologna","lat":44.4949,"lng":11.3426,"languages":["it"],"url":"http://www.aiditalia.org","source_url":"https://eda-info.eu/members/","founded":1997,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Effective member of the European Dyslexia Association."},{"id":"la-collina-cooperativa","name":"La Collina","name_local":"Cooperativa Sociale La Collina","summary":"A Trieste work-integration cooperative founded in 1988 out of Franco Basaglia's psychiatric reform movement, employing people excluded from the labour market in restaurants, a hotel, museum and administrative services.","type":"work","focus":["mad-pride","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"physical","country":"IT","country_name":"Italy","region":"Trieste","lat":45.652,"lng":13.78,"languages":["it"],"url":"https://www.lacollina.org/","source_url":"https://www.itineraribasagliani.org/en/history-and-evolution-of-the-social-cooperatives-in-italy-what-happened-in-trieste-job-placement-strategies-in-social-cooperation/","founded":1988,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"A type A+B social cooperative; manages Radio Fragola among its cultural projects. Still active in 2026 per its own news page."},{"id":"mad-in-italy","name":"Mad in Italy","name_local":null,"summary":"Italian affiliate of the Mad in the World network, founded in 2018 and run by a mixed board of a psychiatrist, a pharmacology researcher and two psychiatric-survivor advocates.","type":"media","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"online","country":"IT","country_name":"Italy","region":"Rome (national scope; editorial base not stated)","lat":41.9,"lng":12.5,"languages":["it"],"url":"https://mad-in-italy.com/","source_url":"https://mad-in-italy.com/chi-siamo/","founded":2018,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Board includes Susanna Brunelli and Cristina Paderi, both self-described psychiatric-survivor advocates, alongside a psychiatrist and a pharmacology researcher."},{"id":"neuropeculiar-italy","name":"Neuropeculiar","name_local":"Associazione Neuro-Peculiar","summary":"Italian association founded and directed by autistic people that campaigns for self-representation and self-determination under a neurodiversity and Disability Studies framework, and organises the annual AUTcamp gathering.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"IT","country_name":"Italy","region":"Rome","lat":41.9028,"lng":12.4964,"languages":["it"],"url":"https://neuropeculiar.com/","source_url":"https://eucap.eu/members/","founded":2018,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Full member of EUCAP. No single stated headquarters; located at Rome, where its 2026 AUTcamp event is held."},{"id":"radio-fragola-trieste","name":"Radio Fragola","name_local":null,"summary":"A community radio station broadcasting since 1984 from the former San Giovanni psychiatric hospital in Trieste, run by the social cooperative La Collina in the lineage of Franco Basaglia's psychiatric reform.","type":"media","focus":["mad-pride","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"IT","country_name":"Italy","region":"Trieste","lat":45.6495,"lng":13.7768,"languages":["it"],"url":"https://www.radiofragola.com/","source_url":"https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Fragola_Trieste","founded":1984,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Grew out of Italy's free-radio movement following the 1978 Basaglia Law that closed psychiatric hospitals; managed by Cooperativa Sociale La Collina; founded the 'Larghe Vedute' mental-health radio network in 2015."},{"id":"radio-fragola-gorizia","name":"Radio Fragola Gorizia","name_local":null,"summary":"A sister station to Trieste's Radio Fragola, launched in 2016 in Gorizia's Parco Basaglia, producing documentaries, audio dramas and community radio events in the same psychiatric-reform lineage.","type":"media","focus":["mad-pride","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"IT","country_name":"Italy","region":"Gorizia","lat":45.941,"lng":13.6205,"languages":["it"],"url":"https://www.radiofragola.com/radio-fragola-gorizia/","source_url":"https://www.radiofragola.com/radio-fragola-gorizia/","founded":2016,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Operates from 'Area 174' in Gorizia's Parco Basaglia, extending the Trieste model; hosts the 'Frontiere dei lunatici' festival programme."},{"id":"spazio-asperger","name":"Spazio Asperger","name_local":"Associazione Spazio Asperger ONLUS","summary":"A Rome-based nonprofit for neurodivergent people running a weekly film club, theatre productions, a listening/support service and publishing, under the motto 'embrace neurodiversity'.","type":"arts","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"IT","country_name":"Italy","region":"Rome","lat":41.92,"lng":12.515,"languages":["it"],"url":"https://www.spazioasperger.it/","source_url":"https://www.cuorementelab.it/portfolio/associazione-spazio-asperger/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Runs 'Aspie Saturday Film' weekly screenings and is linked to CuoreMenteLab, a clinical centre for neurodiversity."},{"id":"able-art-japan","name":"Able Art Japan","name_local":"エイブル・アート・ジャパン","summary":"Able Art Japan is a Tokyo NPO founded in 1995 that supports people with disabilities in creating, exhibiting, and selling art; it co-founded the affiliated Able Art Company (2007), an agency licensing disabled artists' work commercially.","type":"arts","focus":["intellectual-disability","learning-disabilities","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"JP","country_name":"Japan","region":"Tokyo","lat":35.65,"lng":139.75,"languages":["ja","en"],"url":"https://ableart.org/","source_url":"https://ableart.org/aaj.html","founded":1995,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Related entity Able Art Company (https://ableartcom.jp/, curl 200 OK) is an artist agency founded 2007 by three Japanese NPOs including Able Art Japan, HQ in Nara with a Tokyo office. Neither site explicitly claims artist-led governance; language is 'together with people with disabilities.'"},{"id":"atelier-incurve","name":"Atelier Incurve","name_local":"アトリエインカーブ","summary":"Atelier Incurve (renamed INCURVE in April 2024) is a licensed day-service art facility in Osaka operated by the Social Welfare Corporation Sou-kai for adults with intellectual disabilities under Japan's disability-support law.","type":"arts","focus":["intellectual-disability","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"JP","country_name":"Japan","region":"Osaka","lat":34.69,"lng":135.5,"languages":["ja","en"],"url":"https://incurve.jp/","source_url":"https://incurve.jp/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site confirms operation by Social Welfare Corporation Sou-kai and the 2024 rename to INCURVE, but does not state the studio's original founding year on pages checked."},{"id":"edge-japan-dyslexia","name":"EDGE (Japan Dyslexia Society)","name_local":"特定非営利活動法人エッジ","summary":"Tokyo NPO founded in 2001 to promote correct understanding of dyslexia in Japan, training teachers, publishing guidance and running instructional courses for people with reading and writing difficulties.","type":"advocacy","focus":["dyslexia","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"JP","country_name":"Japan","region":"Tokyo","lat":35.7,"lng":139.71,"languages":["ja"],"url":"https://npo-edge.jp/","source_url":"https://npo-edge.jp/whats-dyslexia/","founded":2001,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Name is an acronym for 'Japan Dyslexia Society'; runs teacher-training courses and public education on developmental dyslexia."},{"id":"hattatsu-kyokai-japan","name":"Hattatsu Kyokai (Developmental Disorders Association)","name_local":"公益社団法人発達協会","summary":"Tokyo public-interest association, incorporated in 1982 out of an earlier parent and therapist self-help group, running a clinic, therapeutic programmes and publications for children and adults with developmental disabilities.","type":"care","focus":["autism","learning-disabilities","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"JP","country_name":"Japan","region":"Kita, Tokyo","lat":35.77,"lng":139.73,"languages":["ja"],"url":"https://www.hattatsu.or.jp/","source_url":"https://www.hattatsu.or.jp/","founded":1982,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Grew out of an earlier therapeutic self-help group; runs the Oji Clinic and a monthly magazine."},{"id":"jddnet","name":"Japan Developmental Disabilities Network (JDDnet)","name_local":"日本発達障害ネットワーク","summary":"Tokyo-based umbrella network of about 57 affiliated parent groups, academic societies, and professional bodies covering autism, ADHD, and learning disabilities nationally in Japan.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism","adhd","learning-disabilities","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"JP","country_name":"Japan","region":"Sumida, Tokyo","lat":35.71,"lng":139.8,"languages":["ja"],"url":"https://jddnet.jp/","source_url":"https://jddnet.jp/about-jddnet/","founded":2005,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founded following Japan's 2004 Developmental Disabilities Support Law."},{"id":"jdda-japan","name":"Japan Developmental Disability Advocates Association (JDDA)","name_local":"発達障害当事者協会","summary":"Peer-led Japanese association founded in 2015 that advocates on policy affecting people with developmental disabilities, including ADHD medication shortages, and trains peer-support group leaders.","type":"advocacy","focus":["adhd","autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"JP","country_name":"Japan","region":"Tokyo","lat":35.68,"lng":139.69,"languages":["ja"],"url":"https://jdda.or.jp/","source_url":"https://jdda.or.jp/","founded":2015,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Distinct from the larger ally/professional umbrella network JDDnet; describes itself as working through the voices of people with developmental disabilities themselves, including lobbying Japan's health ministry on Concerta access."},{"id":"tojisha-kenkyu-network","name":"Tojisha-Kenkyu Network","name_local":"当事者研究ネットワーク","summary":"Japanese network coordinating tojisha-kenkyu, a method in which people with disabilities, mental illness or addiction research and theorize their own experience collaboratively rather than being studied by outsiders.","type":"research","focus":["neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"online","country":"JP","country_name":"Japan","region":"Tokyo","lat":35.67091,"lng":139.71072,"languages":["ja"],"url":"http://toukennet.jp/","source_url":"http://toukennet.jp/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Tojisha-kenkyu ('research by the person concerned') originated at Bethel House and is associated with researcher Shin'ichiro Kumagaya at the University of Tokyo."},{"id":"urakawa-bethel-house","name":"Urakawa Bethel House","name_local":"浦河べてるの家","summary":"Social welfare corporation in Hokkaido founded in 1984 by former psychiatric patients and a social worker, practicing \"Tojisha-Kenkyu\" (self-directed peer research) into members' own psychiatric experiences.","type":"community","focus":["mad-pride","hearing-voices","psychosis","intellectual-disability"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"JP","country_name":"Japan","region":"Urakawa, Hokkaido","lat":42.16,"lng":142.78,"languages":["ja"],"url":"https://bethel-net.jp/","source_url":"https://aeon.co/essays/japans-radical-alternative-to-psychiatric-diagnosis","founded":1984,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Explicitly by-and-for psychiatric survivors (tojisha); runs an annual 'Bethel Festival' and cooperative small businesses."},{"id":"adhd-jersey","name":"ADHD Jersey","name_local":null,"summary":"Jersey (Channel Islands) not-for-profit combining lived ADHD experience with professional expertise, running adult and youth ADHD support programmes, awareness talks and a community hub in St Helier.","type":"community","focus":["adhd"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"JE","country_name":"Jersey","region":"St Helier","lat":49.1805,"lng":-2.1049,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://adhd.je","source_url":"https://adhdeurope.eu/members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"One of ADHD Europe's newest (2025) national member organisations. Site states it was 'built by people who truly understand ADHD because we've lived it,' combined with professional expertise."},{"id":"autism-kazakhstan","name":"Autism in Kazakhstan (information platform)","name_local":"Аутизм в РК","summary":"Kazakhstani information and analysis platform, launched around 2020-2021, publishing material on autism diagnosis, genetics and interventions for families.","type":"media","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"KZ","country_name":"Kazakhstan","region":"Almaty","lat":43.24,"lng":76.91,"languages":["ru","kk"],"url":"https://www.autism.kz/","source_url":"https://www.autism.kz/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Primarily an informational/media platform rather than a direct-service or advocacy organisation; headquarters city not stated on site, Almaty used as a default for a national online project."},{"id":"basic-needs-basic-rights-kenya","name":"Basic Needs Basic Rights Kenya (BNBR Kenya)","name_local":null,"summary":"Nairobi-headquartered mental-health and psychosocial-disability organisation, roughly two decades old, running the community-based BasicNeeds mental-health-and-development model across several Kenyan counties and campaigning for policy change.","type":"care","focus":["mad-pride","intellectual-disability"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"KE","country_name":"Kenya","region":"Kilimani, Nairobi","lat":-1.29,"lng":36.79,"languages":["en","sw"],"url":"https://www.basicneedskenya.org/","source_url":"https://www.basicneedskenya.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Explicitly aims to 'directly involve people with mental illness or epilepsy, and their families and communities' in programme design. Also runs offices in Bungoma and Kilifi counties; part of the wider BasicNeeds network also active in Ghana."},{"id":"dyslexia-organisation-kenya","name":"Dyslexia Organisation Kenya (DOK)","name_local":null,"summary":"Nairobi nonprofit founded in 2010 advancing inclusive education through dyslexia screening, formal assessment, teacher training and neurodiversity awareness; operates the Rare Gem Talent School for neurodivergent children.","type":"education","focus":["dyslexia","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"KE","country_name":"Kenya","region":"Upper Milimani, Nairobi","lat":-1.3,"lng":36.78,"languages":["en","sw"],"url":"https://dyslexiakenya.org/","source_url":"https://dyslexiakenya.org/","founded":2010,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Directed by Nancy Munyi via the affiliated Rare Gem Talent School; not stated as dyslexic-led."},{"id":"kaih-kenya","name":"Kenya Association of the Intellectually Handicapped (KAIH)","name_local":null,"summary":"Nairobi rights organisation promoting human rights of people with intellectual disabilities and their families through self-advocacy programmes, access-to-justice work, and evidence-based policy advocacy.","type":"advocacy","focus":["intellectual-disability"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"KE","country_name":"Kenya","region":"Buruburu, Nairobi","lat":-1.28,"lng":36.87,"languages":["en","sw"],"url":"https://kaihid.org/","source_url":"https://kaihid.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site current as of November 2024 news posts; partners with the Government of Kenya and the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights. Note: the shorter domain kaih.co.ke serves only a private care-dashboard login, kaihid.org is the informational site."},{"id":"latvian-autism-association","name":"Latvian Autism Association","name_local":"Latvijas Autisma apvienība","summary":"A Riga-based association founded on 1 October 2006 to protect the rights and interests of autistic people in Latvia, running a psychosocial rehabilitation programme for children and joining Autism-Europe in 2013.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"LV","country_name":"Latvia","region":"Riga","lat":56.95,"lng":24.11,"languages":["lv"],"url":"https://www.autisms.lv/","source_url":"https://www.autisms.lv/","founded":2006,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Listed as an Autism-Europe affiliated member (joined 2013). Chaired by Līga Bērziņa as of the source page; leadership composition (parent-led vs. self-advocate) not explicitly stated."},{"id":"lebanese-autism-society","name":"Lebanese Autism Society (LAS)","name_local":null,"summary":"Beirut-based membership NGO founded by parents and professionals, running educational, vocational, and consultancy programs for autistic children and teens.","type":"education","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"LB","country_name":"Lebanon","region":"Beirut","lat":33.89,"lng":35.5,"languages":["en","fr","ar"],"url":"https://www.autismlebanon.org/","source_url":"https://www.autismlebanon.org/","founded":1999,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Runs a Technical School for Adolescents with Autism."},{"id":"lietaus-vaikai-lithuania","name":"Rain Children","name_local":"Lietaus vaikai","summary":"A Vilnius-based Lithuanian nonprofit uniting families of autistic children, autistic adults and professionals, running a resource directory, peer-support groups for autistic youth, and a community handmade-goods shop.","type":"community","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"LT","country_name":"Lithuania","region":"Vilnius","lat":54.69,"lng":25.28,"languages":["lt"],"url":"https://www.lietausvaikai.lt/","source_url":"https://www.lietausvaikai.lt/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Full member of Autism-Europe. Site references '10 years' of operation without giving an exact founding date; unites families, adults with autism, and professionals rather than being purely parent-led."},{"id":"fondation-autisme-luxembourg","name":"Fondation Autisme Luxembourg (FAL)","name_local":null,"summary":"A Luxembourg foundation, marking its 30th anniversary in 2026, providing residential care at five sites for 39 autistic residents, family support to about 650 families, and professional training on autism.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"LU","country_name":"Luxembourg","region":"Capellen","lat":49.65,"lng":5.99,"languages":["fr","de"],"url":"https://www.fal.lu/","source_url":"https://www.fal.lu/","founded":1996,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Full member of Autism-Europe. Founding year (1996) inferred from a 30th-anniversary reference on the site in 2026."},{"id":"marf-malaysia","name":"Malaysian Autism Resource Foundation (MARF)","name_local":null,"summary":"Malaysian foundation providing resources, caregiver empowerment and advocacy for autistic individuals and their families, including autism-friendly community initiatives.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"MY","country_name":"Malaysia","region":"Kuala Lumpur","lat":3.15,"lng":101.71,"languages":["en","ms"],"url":"https://marf.org.my/","source_url":"https://marf.org.my/autism-friendly-communities/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"nasom","name":"National Autism Society of Malaysia (NASOM)","name_local":null,"summary":"Malaysia's longest-running national autism body, founded in 1986, running early intervention, therapy, vocational training, and residential independent-living programmes nationwide.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"MY","country_name":"Malaysia","region":"Petaling Jaya, Selangor","lat":3.11,"lng":101.65,"languages":["en","ms"],"url":"https://www.nasom.org.my/","source_url":"https://www.nasom.org.my/get-involved/","founded":1986,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"united-voice-malaysia","name":"United Voice","name_local":"Persatuan Advokasi Diri Orang Bermasalah Pembelajaran Selangor & Kuala Lumpur","summary":"The first Malaysian society run by persons with learning disabilities themselves, founded in 2005, delivering self-advocacy training and a supported-employment project for its members.","type":"advocacy","focus":["intellectual-disability","learning-disabilities","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"MY","country_name":"Malaysia","region":"Selangor & Kuala Lumpur","lat":3.14,"lng":101.65,"languages":["en","ms"],"url":"https://www.unitedvoice.com.my/","source_url":"https://www.unitedvoice.com.my/our-history/","founded":2005,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Members include people with Down syndrome, autism, ADHD and other learning disabilities; registered with Malaysia's Registrar of Societies in July 2005."},{"id":"autism-parents-association-malta","name":"Autism Parents Association (APA)","name_local":null,"summary":"A Maltese voluntary organisation of over 450 member families of autistic children, running a private peer-support network, an autism handbook, seminars, and the SIPT sensory-integration youth programme.","type":"community","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"MT","country_name":"Malta","region":"Marsa","lat":35.87,"lng":14.49,"languages":["mt","en"],"url":"http://www.autismparentsassociation.com/","source_url":"http://www.autismparentsassociation.com/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Full member of Autism-Europe, registered as voluntary organisation VO802. Founded by parents of autistic children; founding year not stated on the site."},{"id":"hearing-voices-malta","name":"Hearing Voices Network Malta","name_local":null,"summary":"Malta's national Hearing Voices peer group, listed by Intervoice as the country's national contact for hearing-voices support.","type":"community","focus":["hearing-voices","psychosis"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"MT","country_name":"Malta","region":"Valletta","lat":35.9,"lng":14.51,"languages":["en","mt"],"url":"https://hearingvoicesmalta.wixsite.com/hearingvoicesmalta","source_url":"https://www.intervoiceonline.org/national-networks","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Only public presence is this Wix site; no separate domain found."},{"id":"autisme-maurice","name":"Autisme Maurice","name_local":null,"summary":"Mauritian NGO, registered in 2010 (founded 2009) as successor to the Autism Intervention Association, providing counselling, needs assessment, diagnostic services via SEDAM at Wellkin Hospital, and professional training on autism.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"MU","country_name":"Mauritius","region":"Quatre Bornes","lat":-20.27,"lng":57.48,"languages":["en","fr"],"url":"https://www.autismemaurice.org/","source_url":"https://www.autismemaurice.org/","founded":2009,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Registered as an approved NGO by Mauritius's National Empowerment Foundation. Committee-governed; not stated as autistic-led."},{"id":"autistas-de-mexico-ac","name":"Autistas de México","name_local":"Autistas de México A.C.","summary":"Mexico City organization that describes itself as the first association in Mexico created by and for autistic people. Offers autism/ADHD differential diagnosis, therapy and coaching delivered by autistic staff, plus community support groups, reaching clients nationwide online.","type":"community","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"MX","country_name":"Mexico","region":"Mexico City, CDMX","lat":19.45,"lng":-99.15,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://autistasdemexico.org/","source_url":"https://autistasdemexico.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Self-description confirmed verbatim on site: 'la primera asociación en México creada por y para autistas.' Also participates in the Marcha del Orgullo Loco. Founding year not stated precisely, left null rather than guessed. Charges for clinical/diagnostic services alongside its community/advocacy work."},{"id":"colectivo-chuhcan-mx","name":"Colectivo Chuhcan","name_local":"Colectivo Chuhcan A.C.","summary":"Mexico City civil association founded in 2011 and run entirely by people with lived experience of psychiatric diagnosis. Provides peer support, human-rights advocacy against forced institutionalization, and helped organize Mexico's first Mad Pride march.","type":"advocacy","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"MX","country_name":"Mexico","region":"Mexico City, CDMX","lat":19.43,"lng":-99.13,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://madinmexico.org/conversacion-con-colectivo-chuhcan-a-c/","source_url":"https://madinmexico.org/conversacion-con-colectivo-chuhcan-a-c/","founded":2011,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"No independent Chuhcan website or confirmed social-media handle was found; url/source_url point to a Mad in Mexico interview with founder Raúl Montoya. Also active in Red Orgullo Loco México's annual Marcha del Orgullo Loco alongside other user-led collectives (SinColectivo, Colectiva Meteorita) that could not be independently verified."},{"id":"yo-tambien-mexico","name":"Yo También","name_local":null,"summary":"Mexican civil association working on educational and labor inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities, including Down syndrome, through training and workplace-integration programmes.","type":"work","focus":["intellectual-disability","down-syndrome"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"MX","country_name":"Mexico","region":"Mexico City","lat":19.42091,"lng":-99.10928,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://yotambien.mx/","source_url":"https://yotambien.mx/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"sos-autism-moldova","name":"SOS Autism Moldova","name_local":"Asociația Obștească «SOS AUTISM»","summary":"A Chișinău-based Moldovan association founded in May 2008 by parents of autistic children, offering ABA, speech and art therapy, and acting as the main advocate to national authorities on autism policy.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"MD","country_name":"Moldova","region":"Chișinău","lat":47.01,"lng":28.86,"languages":["ro"],"url":"http://autismmoldova.md/","source_url":"http://autismmoldova.md/","founded":2008,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Autism-Europe affiliated member. Explicitly founded by a group of parents of autistic children."},{"id":"autism-association-namibia","name":"Autism Association of Namibia","name_local":null,"summary":"Windhoek-based volunteer association of parents, autistic adults and professionals promoting the wellbeing of people with autism spectrum conditions in Namibia through support, training and awareness activities.","type":"community","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"NA","country_name":"Namibia","region":"Windhoek","lat":-22.56,"lng":17.07,"languages":["en"],"url":"http://www.autism-namibia.org/","source_url":"http://www.autism-namibia.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Explicitly describes itself as run by 'parents, their children with ASC, adults with ASC and professionals' on a volunteer basis. Seeking funding for an assessment centre."},{"id":"autismcare-nepal-society","name":"AutismCare Nepal Society (ACNS)","name_local":null,"summary":"Parent-run Nepali NGO, founded on World Autism Awareness Day 2008, providing diagnosis, early intervention, schooling and vocational training for autistic people from its Lalitpur base.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"NP","country_name":"Nepal","region":"Lalitpur","lat":27.66,"lng":85.32,"languages":["en","ne"],"url":"https://autismnepal.org/","source_url":"https://autismnepal.org/about","founded":2008,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"awan-nepal","name":"Autistic Welfare Association Nepal (AWAN)","name_local":null,"summary":"Kathmandu non-profit with over 15 years of operation providing behavioural training, financial assistance and educational support to children and adults with autism and intellectual disabilities.","type":"care","focus":["autism","intellectual-disability"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"physical","country":"NP","country_name":"Nepal","region":"Kathmandu","lat":27.72,"lng":85.33,"languages":["en","ne"],"url":"https://awan.org.np/","source_url":"https://awan.org.np/about-us/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"atelier-herenplaats","name":"Atelier Herenplaats","name_local":"Galerie Atelier Herenplaats","summary":"An art studio and gallery in Rotterdam, Netherlands, founded in 1991, providing studio space and training for about 35 artists with intellectual disabilities or psychiatric backgrounds, supervised by professional artists and art teachers.","type":"arts","focus":["intellectual-disability"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"NL","country_name":"Netherlands","region":"Rotterdam, South Holland","lat":51.92,"lng":4.48,"languages":["nl","en"],"url":"https://www.herenplaats.nl","source_url":"https://www.herenplaats.nl/en/about-herenplaats/","founded":1991,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"autminds-netherlands","name":"Autminds","name_local":null,"summary":"Dutch congress for and by autistic people, run for eleven years out of Delft, bringing autistic adults together for talks, workshops and networking; its final edition is scheduled for October 2026.","type":"community","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"physical","country":"NL","country_name":"Netherlands","region":"Delft","lat":52.0116,"lng":4.3571,"languages":["en","nl"],"url":"https://www.autminds.nl","source_url":"https://eucap.eu/members/","founded":2015,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Associate member of EUCAP. Founding year inferred from the site's own '11 years' claim ahead of its announced final October 2026 congress; included despite the planned wind-down because it is still active as of verification."},{"id":"enusp","name":"European Network of (Ex-)Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (ENUSP)","name_local":null,"summary":"A grassroots umbrella organisation, founded in 1990 by Dutch psychiatric survivors, uniting national and local user/survivor organisations across Europe to advocate directly on human rights in mental health.","type":"advocacy","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"online","country":"NL","country_name":"Netherlands","region":"Netherlands (founding country; no fixed current HQ stated)","lat":52.09,"lng":5.1,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://enusp.org/","source_url":"https://enusp.org/who-are-we/","founded":1990,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site states: 'We directly represent the views of people who are or have been on the receiving end of psychiatric services' and describes itself as the only grassroots umbrella working across Europe on this basis. No current registered-office city found; located here at its 1990 founding country only."},{"id":"lfb-netherlands","name":"LFB","name_local":"Belangenvereniging van mensen met een verstandelijke beperking","summary":"The Dutch national advocacy organisation by and for people with intellectual disabilities, based in Utrecht with offices in twelve cities, training members as paid 'experience experts' and advising policymakers.","type":"advocacy","focus":["intellectual-disability","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"NL","country_name":"Netherlands","region":"Utrecht","lat":52.0907,"lng":5.1214,"languages":["nl"],"url":"https://www.lfb.nu/","source_url":"https://www.inclusion-europe.eu/epsa-members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Member of the European Platform of Self-Advocates (EPSA). Runs the STERKopleiding training programme and STERKplaatsen community centres; regional offices also in Assen, Emmeloord, Goes, Groningen, Haarlem, Heerlen, Leeuwarden, Nijmegen, Rotterdam, Twente and Wolvega."},{"id":"mad-in-the-netherlands","name":"Mad in the Netherlands","name_local":"Mad in the Netherlands","summary":"Dutch affiliate of the Mad in the World network, launched 1 February 2022 as the tenth national affiliate, making international critical-psychiatry and psychopharmacology knowledge accessible in Dutch.","type":"media","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"NL","country_name":"Netherlands","region":"Amsterdam (national scope; editorial base not stated)","lat":52.37,"lng":4.9,"languages":["nl"],"url":"https://madinthenetherlands.org/","source_url":"https://www.madinamerica.com/2022/02/profile-mad-netherlands/","founded":2022,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Part of the Mad in the World network."},{"id":"pas-nederland","name":"PAS Nederland","name_local":"Personen uit het Autisme Spectrum","summary":"A Dutch peer-run association for people with autism and average-to-high intelligence, mostly staffed by autistic board members and volunteers, running local groups in several Dutch cities.","type":"community","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"NL","country_name":"Netherlands","region":"The Hague","lat":52.0705,"lng":4.3007,"languages":["nl"],"url":"https://pasnederland.nl/","source_url":"https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personen_uit_het_Autisme_Spectrum","founded":2001,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Activities run in multiple cities including Alkmaar, Utrecht, Nijmegen, Weert, 's-Hertogenbosch, Leiden and Zwolle; The Hague used as the organisation's registered base."},{"id":"stichting-weerklank-netherlands","name":"Stichting Weerklank","name_local":null,"summary":"The Dutch national Hearing Voices foundation, supporting people who hear voices, see visions or have other unusual perceptions, and their relatives, and listed as the Netherlands' Intervoice contact.","type":"community","focus":["hearing-voices","psychosis"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"NL","country_name":"Netherlands","region":"Utrecht","lat":52.09,"lng":5.12,"languages":["nl"],"url":"https://stichtingweerklank.nl/","source_url":"https://stichtingweerklank.nl/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"adhd-new-zealand","name":"ADHD New Zealand","name_local":null,"summary":"New Zealand charity, funded entirely by donations with no government funding, providing information, self-screening tools, webinars and peer support for people with ADHD and their whanau.","type":"community","focus":["adhd"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"NZ","country_name":"New Zealand","region":"Auckland","lat":-36.86,"lng":174.75,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.adhd.org.nz/","source_url":"https://www.adhd.org.nz/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"altogether-autism","name":"Altogether Autism","name_local":null,"summary":"Free, government-funded nationwide autism information and advisory service for autistic people, whanau, and professionals in New Zealand.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"NZ","country_name":"New Zealand","region":"Hamilton","lat":-37.79,"lng":175.28,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.altogetherautism.org.nz/","source_url":"https://www.altogetherautism.org.nz/about/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Run in partnership between Your Way | Kia Roha and Parent to Parent New Zealand; includes an autistic-led peer offshoot, 'By Autistics for Autistics'."},{"id":"autism-new-zealand","name":"Autism New Zealand","name_local":null,"summary":"National New Zealand charity supporting autistic people and their families through a Board of Trustees and nationwide services.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"NZ","country_name":"New Zealand","region":"Wellington","lat":-41.29,"lng":174.78,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://autismnz.org.nz/","source_url":"https://autismnz.org.nz/meet-the-team/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"At least one board member is autistic and also a parent of an autistic adult; overall composition reads as ally-led/mixed."},{"id":"dyslexia-foundation-new-zealand","name":"Dyslexia Foundation of New Zealand","name_local":null,"summary":"New Zealand charitable trust, established in 2006, running a dyslexia knowledge hub with practical guidance and lived-experience accounts for homes, classrooms and workplaces.","type":"advocacy","focus":["dyslexia","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"NZ","country_name":"New Zealand","region":"New Zealand (national, no fixed HQ city stated)","lat":-36.85,"lng":174.76,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.dfnz.org.nz/","source_url":"https://www.dfnz.org.nz/","founded":2006,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"hearing-voices-aotearoa-nz","name":"Hearing Voices Network Aotearoa New Zealand","name_local":null,"summary":"New Zealand's national Hearing Voices Network, providing information and peer group support for voice-hearers and listed as the country's Intervoice contact.","type":"community","focus":["hearing-voices","psychosis"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"NZ","country_name":"New Zealand","region":"Wellington","lat":-41.30791,"lng":174.7798,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://hearingvoices.org.nz/","source_url":"https://www.intervoiceonline.org/national-networks","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"tourettes-association-new-zealand","name":"Tourette's Association of New Zealand","name_local":null,"summary":"New Zealand charity raising Tourette syndrome awareness and running public-education campaigns, including Tourette's Awareness Month activities.","type":"advocacy","focus":["tourette"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"NZ","country_name":"New Zealand","region":"New Zealand (national, no fixed HQ city stated)","lat":-41.29909,"lng":174.80072,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.tourettes.org.nz/","source_url":"https://www.tourettes.org.nz/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Headquarters city not stated on site."},{"id":"dyslexia-foundation-nigeria","name":"Dyslexia Foundation Nigeria","name_local":null,"summary":"Nigerian nonprofit founded in 2015 by a couple who sought dyslexia services abroad for their child. Offers the country's first comprehensive dyslexia assessment and diagnosis service, plus training for educators, administrators and parents.","type":"education","focus":["dyslexia","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"NG","country_name":"Nigeria","region":"Ikeja, Lagos","lat":6.6,"lng":3.35,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.dyslexiafoundation.org.ng/","source_url":"https://www.dyslexiafoundation.org.ng/about-us","founded":2015,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Co-founders Felicia and Ben Arikpo serve as Executive Director and Executive Chairman. Offices in both Lagos and Abuja."},{"id":"ike-foundation-autism-nigeria","name":"Ike Foundation for Autism (IFA)","name_local":null,"summary":"Abuja-based foundation providing an early-intervention centre, a healthcare centre, and professional training for caregivers, parents and therapists of autistic children.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"physical","country":"NG","country_name":"Nigeria","region":"Garki, Abuja","lat":9.02,"lng":7.49,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://ikefoundationforautism.org/","source_url":"https://ikefoundationforautism.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Leadership composition and founding year not stated on the site."},{"id":"mani-nigeria","name":"Mentally Aware Nigeria Initiative (MANI)","name_local":null,"summary":"Lagos-headquartered, youth-run mental-health network founded in 2015 by Dr Victor Ugo after his own depression diagnosis. Runs free counselling, a helpline, and mental-health training across 18 chapters and reports direct support to over 70,000 people.","type":"community","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"NG","country_name":"Nigeria","region":"Magodo, Lagos","lat":6.62,"lng":3.39,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://mentallyaware.org/","source_url":"https://mentallyaware.org/","founded":2015,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Describes itself as 'youth-run and youth-focused'; largest youth mental-health network in West Africa per its own materials. Won a 2017 Nelson Mandela-Graca Machel Innovation Award."},{"id":"nigerian-autistic-society","name":"Nigerian Autistic Society","name_local":null,"summary":"Abuja-based NGO registered in 1993, one of Nigeria's oldest autism organisations, run by parents, professionals and students, providing education and welfare support and running conferences and training on autism.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"NG","country_name":"Nigeria","region":"Wuse, Abuja","lat":9.06,"lng":7.47,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://nigerianautisticsociety.org/","source_url":"https://autismawarenesscentre.com/resources/nigerian-autistic-society-nigeria/","founded":1993,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"STALE/DEAD SITE: nigerianautisticsociety.org and the alternate nigerianautisticsociety.com both fail to resolve (DNS errors) as of September 2026. Existence, history and current centres (Wuse, Apo, Gwagwalada, Utako) confirmed via a third-party autism-awareness directory used here as source_url; could not confirm continued day-to-day activity."},{"id":"patrick-speech-and-languages-centre","name":"Patrick Speech and Languages Centre (PSLC)","name_local":null,"summary":"Nigeria's first dedicated autism centre, opened in Lagos in 2006, offering speech and language therapy, vocational training, and a professional training academy.","type":"education","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"NG","country_name":"Nigeria","region":"Ikeja, Lagos","lat":6.59091,"lng":3.37072,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://pslcautism-ng.org/","source_url":"https://pslcautism-ng.org/","founded":2006,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Parent-founded, professionally run; operates two centres in Ikeja and Lekki."},{"id":"she-writes-woman-nigeria","name":"She Writes Woman","name_local":null,"summary":"Lagos-based mental-health advocacy organisation founded by Hauwa Ojeifo in 2016, running a 24-hour toll-free helpline staffed by therapists and counsellors and campaigning on mental-health rights and policy under the mantra 'Nothing about us without us.'","type":"advocacy","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"NG","country_name":"Nigeria","region":"Lagos, Lagos State","lat":6.52,"lng":3.38,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.shewriteswoman.org/","source_url":"https://www.shewriteswoman.org/blog/meet-the-woman-mental-health-nigeria","founded":2016,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founder has publicly discussed her own mental-health diagnosis as a motivation; the organisation is not explicitly self-described as survivor-led, so leadership is marked 'mixed' rather than 'nd-led'."},{"id":"zeebah-foundation-nigeria","name":"The Zeebah Foundation","name_local":null,"summary":"Abuja nonprofit running The Zeebah Place, a therapy and preparatory-education centre for autistic children, offering ABA, speech and occupational therapy, and life-skills training.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"NG","country_name":"Nigeria","region":"Maitama, Abuja","lat":9.09,"lng":7.5,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://zeebahfoundation.com/","source_url":"https://zeebahfoundation.com/about-us/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Corporate social responsibility arm of the Levene Energy Group; has served over 100 autistic children. Not stated as autistic-led."},{"id":"auticon-norway","name":"auticon Norway","name_local":null,"summary":"Norwegian branch of auticon, an IT and business consultancy employing autistic people as consultants, formed after auticon acquired Norwegian IT-testing firm Unicus.","type":"work","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"NO","country_name":"Norway","region":"Oslo","lat":59.90091,"lng":10.77072,"languages":["no"],"url":"https://auticon.com/no/","source_url":"https://auticon.com/no/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"unicus.no now redirects to this page."},{"id":"autismenyheter-no","name":"Autismenyheter","name_local":"Autismenyheter.no","summary":"A Norwegian-language news and commentary site about autism, written by a single autistic author from a neurodiversity perspective, covering research and autistic first-person experience.","type":"media","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"online","country":"NO","country_name":"Norway","region":"Bergen area","lat":60.3913,"lng":5.3221,"languages":["no"],"url":"https://autismenyheter.no/","source_url":"https://autismenyheter.no/velkommen-til-autismenyheter-no/","founded":2018,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Run by a single autistic author who publishes under the name 'Soda' and lives on an island near Bergen; launched 3 June 2018 to fill a gap in Norwegian-language autism coverage."},{"id":"mad-in-norway","name":"Mad in Norway","name_local":null,"summary":"Norwegian affiliate of the Mad in the World network, launched in 2019 under editor-in-chief Birgit Valla, publishing critical-psychiatry commentary and research.","type":"media","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"NO","country_name":"Norway","region":"Oslo (national scope; editorial base not stated)","lat":59.91,"lng":10.75,"languages":["no"],"url":"https://www.madinnorway.org/","source_url":"https://www.madinamerica.com/2022/08/the-mad-in-the-world-network-a-global-voice-for-change/","founded":2019,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Editor-in-chief Birgit Valla is a psychologist by training; site does not state the outlet is survivor-led, hence leadership marked unknown rather than assumed."},{"id":"nfu-norway","name":"NFU","name_local":"Norsk Forbund for Utviklingshemmede","summary":"A Norwegian association for people with intellectual disabilities and their families, based in Oslo, providing legal advice and disability-rights advocacy, with an internal self-advocacy group registered with the European Platform of Self-Advocates.","type":"advocacy","focus":["intellectual-disability","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"NO","country_name":"Norway","region":"Oslo","lat":59.9139,"lng":10.7522,"languages":["no"],"url":"https://nfunorge.org/","source_url":"https://www.inclusion-europe.eu/epsa-members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"NFU is a long-running parent-and-self-advocate federation; listed here specifically for its self-advocacy group, an EPSA member. Leadership marked 'mixed' rather than 'nd-led' because the parent body's overall governance was not confirmed to be self-advocate-led on the pages checked."},{"id":"autism-society-of-pakistan","name":"Autism Society of Pakistan (ASP)","name_local":null,"summary":"National umbrella non-profit registered in 2010, running Autism Resource Centres in Rawalpindi and Islamabad offering diagnosis, therapy, school-integration support, and parent training.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"physical","country":"PK","country_name":"Pakistan","region":"Rawalpindi","lat":33.6,"lng":73.07,"languages":["en"],"url":"http://autismpak.com/autism-society-of-pakistan-asp/","source_url":"https://autismpak.com/who-we-are/","founded":2010,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Board of Governors composed of professionals and affected parents. Site returns 403 to a bare curl user agent; resolves 200 with full browser headers."},{"id":"karachi-down-syndrome-program","name":"Karachi Down Syndrome Program (KDSP)","name_local":null,"summary":"Karachi-founded nonprofit, registered in 2014, delivering family support, healthcare, education, and skills programmes for people with Down syndrome, with chapters in four other Pakistani cities.","type":"care","focus":["down-syndrome"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"PK","country_name":"Pakistan","region":"Karachi","lat":24.86,"lng":67.01,"languages":["ur","en"],"url":"https://www.kdsp.org.pk/","source_url":"https://zeroproject.org/view/organization/89937584-9004-eb11-a813-000d3ab9bc3d","founded":2014,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Registered as a Section 42 nonprofit company; also runs chapters in Faisalabad, Islamabad, Hyderabad, and North Nazimabad."},{"id":"aso-tea-paraguay","name":"ASO TEA Paraguay","name_local":"Asociación de Padres y/o Tutores de Personas con Trastorno del Espectro Autista (ASO TEA)","summary":"A Paraguayan parent-and-guardian association for people with autism, active since 2019, that advocates for public policy, runs family support and training, and organizes the annual 'Paraguay Runs for Autism' event.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"PY","country_name":"Paraguay","region":"Asunción, Central","lat":-25.3,"lng":-57.64,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://asoteapy.org.py/home/","source_url":"https://asoteapy.org.py/home/","founded":2019,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Parent/guardian-led, not self-advocate-led. Affiliated with the Autism Latin America Federation (ALaFe). President as of 2024-2026: Diana Villalba."},{"id":"apeau-peru","name":"Peruvian Autistic People's Association (APEAU)","name_local":"Asociación Peruana de Autistas","summary":"A Lima-based nonprofit founded in 2023 and composed exclusively of autistic members, advocating for autistic people's rights under the motto 'nada sobre nosotros sin nosotros' and organizing community events in Peru.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"PE","country_name":"Peru","region":"Lima, Lima","lat":-12.05,"lng":-77.04,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://www.instagram.com/asociacionperuanadeautistas/","source_url":"https://www.instagram.com/asociacionperuanadeautistas/","founded":2023,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"The domain asociacionperuanadeautistas.com surfaced in search results but did not resolve on repeated checks; using their active Instagram (posts through late 2025, includes Hispanoamerican Autism Congress participation) as url/source_url instead. Also active on Facebook."},{"id":"teatro-la-plaza","name":"Teatro La Plaza","name_local":"Teatro La Plaza","summary":"Theatre in Lima, Peru, founded in 2003 by a group of artists including director Chela De Ferrari (non-disabled); internationally known for productions 'Hamlet' (2021) and 'Ricardo III' (2023), which cast actors with Down syndrome.","type":"arts","focus":["down-syndrome"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"PE","country_name":"Peru","region":"Miraflores, Lima","lat":-12.12,"lng":-77.03,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://laplaza.com.pe","source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teatro_La_Plaza","founded":2003,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"General theatre venue directed by non-disabled founder; Down-syndrome casting applies to specific acclaimed productions, not a standing disabled ensemble. Site blocks some browser user-agents (403 on one UA, 200 on another) — confirmed live either way."},{"id":"autism-society-philippines","name":"Autism Society Philippines (ASP)","name_local":null,"summary":"National nonprofit founded in 1989 with about 16,000 members across 106 local chapters, working toward social acceptance and self-reliance for autistic Filipinos.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"PH","country_name":"Philippines","region":"Quezon City","lat":14.68,"lng":121.04,"languages":["en","tl"],"url":"http://www.autismsocietyphilippines.org/","source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism_Society_Philippines","founded":1989,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"porozumienie-autyzm-polska","name":"Autism-Poland Coalition","name_local":"Porozumienie AUTYZM-POLSKA","summary":"A Warsaw-based coalition of Polish autism organisations doing national advocacy, running an information centre and legal support, and promoting supported-housing 'Home Communities' for autistic adults.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"PL","country_name":"Poland","region":"Warsaw","lat":52.23,"lng":21.01,"languages":["pl"],"url":"https://autyzmpolska.org.pl/","source_url":"https://autyzmpolska.org.pl/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Listed as 'Autism Poland Association' in Autism-Europe's August 2026 member directory; office shares an address with the Synapsis Foundation in Warsaw. Founding year and leadership composition not stated on the site."},{"id":"fundacja-adhd-poland","name":"Fundacja ADHD","name_local":null,"summary":"Polish foundation providing psychological consultations, ADHD and autism diagnostic assessments, crisis support and public education for neurodivergent people nationwide.","type":"care","focus":["adhd","autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"PL","country_name":"Poland","region":"Poland (national)","lat":52.22091,"lng":21.03072,"languages":["pl"],"url":"https://fundacja-adhd.pl","source_url":"https://adhdeurope.eu/members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"One of ADHD Europe's newest (2025) national member organisations. No single headquarters city stated."},{"id":"fundacja-autism-team-poland","name":"Fundacja Autism Team","name_local":null,"summary":"Łódź-based Polish foundation, founded 2016, combining autistic people, families, experts and therapists to run youth and parent support clubs, crisis intervention, school inclusion programmes and creative 'Artegracja' projects.","type":"community","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"PL","country_name":"Poland","region":"Łódź","lat":51.7592,"lng":19.455,"languages":["pl"],"url":"https://autismteam.pl/","source_url":"https://autismteam.pl/o-fundacji/","founded":2016,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site describes staff as 'osoby w spektrum autyzmu, ich rodziny, eksperci i terapeuci' (autistic people, their families, experts and therapists), hence marked mixed rather than nd-led."},{"id":"jasna-strona-spektrum-poland","name":"Jasna Strona Spektrum","name_local":null,"summary":"Polish autism information and support website for diagnosed and undiagnosed autistic children and adults, publishing articles on daily life, self-advocacy and diagnosis and running parent workshops.","type":"media","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"PL","country_name":"Poland","region":"Poland (national)","lat":52.24,"lng":21.03,"languages":["pl"],"url":"https://jasnastronaspektrum.pl/","source_url":"https://eucap.eu/members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Associate member of EUCAP. Leadership not stated on the site; no fixed city given."},{"id":"jim-foundation-poland","name":"JiM Foundation","name_local":"Fundacja JiM","summary":"A Łódź-based Polish foundation running diagnostic and therapy clinics and schools for autistic and ADHD children, offering free screening, legal aid, and public campaigns such as 'Quiet Hours'.","type":"care","focus":["autism","adhd"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"PL","country_name":"Poland","region":"Łódź","lat":51.77,"lng":19.46,"languages":["pl"],"url":"https://jim.org/","source_url":"https://jim.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Registered in Poland's National Court Register (KRS 0000127075). Listed as an Autism-Europe affiliated member. Founding year and leadership composition not stated on the site."},{"id":"ptd-poland","name":"Polish Dyslexia Society (PTD)","name_local":"Polskie Towarzystwo Dysleksji","summary":"Polish learned society on dyslexia running regional branches, an advisory clinic, and courses and training on specific learning difficulties, with an active branch in Gdańsk.","type":"education","focus":["dyslexia"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"PL","country_name":"Poland","region":"Gdańsk","lat":54.352,"lng":18.6466,"languages":["pl"],"url":"http://www.ptd.edu.pl","source_url":"https://eda-info.eu/members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Effective member of the European Dyslexia Association. Site is mostly navigation/image-based; national headquarters not clearly stated, so located at its documented Gdańsk branch."},{"id":"fundacja-synapsis","name":"Synapsis Foundation","name_local":"Fundacja Synapsis","summary":"A Warsaw foundation running diagnostic and therapy centres for autistic children and adults, plus Poland's first social enterprise and training home for autistic adults, and training for specialists and parents.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"PL","country_name":"Poland","region":"Warsaw","lat":52.25,"lng":21.03,"languages":["pl"],"url":"https://synapsis.org.pl/","source_url":"https://synapsis.org.pl/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"The domain listed for Synapsis in Autism-Europe's official directory (synapsis.waw.pl) is now a dead placeholder page; synapsis.org.pl is the current live site. Site references a 20th-anniversary milestone in 2026 for one of its centres, but the foundation's own founding year is not directly confirmed."},{"id":"appda-coimbra","name":"APPDA Coimbra","name_local":"Associacao Portuguesa para as Perturbacoes do Desenvolvimento e Autismo de Coimbra","summary":"A regional Portuguese autism association running a job-insertion social microenterprise (a kiosk inside Coimbra's paediatric hospital since 2018), a laundry training scheme and a university cafe for employing autistic adults.","type":"work","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"PT","country_name":"Portugal","region":"Coimbra","lat":40.2033,"lng":-8.4103,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://appdacoimbra.pt/","source_url":"https://appdacoimbra.pt/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"One of several autonomous regional APPDA associations (Lisboa, Norte/Porto, Coimbra) formed after the original national body split in 2002; included specifically for its employment microenterprise programmes, distinct from any national federation entry."},{"id":"brainstorm-phda","name":"Brainstorm","name_local":"Brainstorm - Associação Portuguesa de PHDA","summary":"A Portuguese self-advocacy association founded by and for people with ADHD (PHDA) that runs peer WhatsApp communities and campaigns for a more informed, neuro-inclusive society.","type":"advocacy","focus":["adhd"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"online","country":"PT","country_name":"Portugal","region":"Lisbon (national, online)","lat":38.7223,"lng":-9.1393,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://brainstormphda.pt/","source_url":"https://brainstormphda.pt/quem-somos/","founded":2024,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founded 2024, publicly launched 2025. No confirmed physical headquarters was found; it operates nationally online, so Lisbon is used only as an approximate anchor point."},{"id":"dislex-portugal","name":"Dislex","name_local":"Dislex - Associação Portuguesa de Dislexia","summary":"A Portuguese association founded by academics and clinicians that researches dyslexia, provides adult self-assessment tools and resources for families, and campaigns for teacher training on dyslexia.","type":"education","focus":["dyslexia"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"PT","country_name":"Portugal","region":"Porto","lat":41.1579,"lng":-8.6291,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://www.dislex.co.pt/","source_url":"https://www.dislex.co.pt/","founded":2000,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founded by researchers and clinicians including Vítor da Fonseca; run by a professional board rather than by dyslexic people themselves. Has publicly criticised lack of teacher training for dyslexia support."},{"id":"mad-in-portugal","name":"Mad in Portugal","name_local":null,"summary":"Portuguese affiliate of the Mad in the World network, publishing critical-psychiatry journalism and lived-experience writing in Portuguese.","type":"media","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"PT","country_name":"Portugal","region":"Lisbon (national scope; editorial base not stated)","lat":38.72,"lng":-9.14,"languages":["pt"],"url":"http://madinportugal.org/","source_url":"http://madinportugal.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Part of the Mad in the World network."},{"id":"movimento-ouvir-vozes-portugal","name":"Ouvir Vozes Movement Portugal","name_local":"Movimento Ouvir Vozes - Portugal","summary":"Portugal's national hearing-voices movement, publishing peer information and coping strategies via a WordPress blog, listed as Portugal's Intervoice contact.","type":"community","focus":["hearing-voices","psychosis"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"PT","country_name":"Portugal","region":"Lisbon","lat":38.74,"lng":-9.16,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://ouvirvozes.wordpress.com/","source_url":"https://www.intervoiceonline.org/national-networks","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Distinct from the editorial site Mad in Portugal, also in this file."},{"id":"voz-do-autista-portugal","name":"Voz do Autista (APVA)","name_local":"Associação Portuguesa Voz do Autista","summary":"Aveiro-based self-advocacy association of autistic adults, parents and autistic health/education professionals, running an online rights-guidance service, employment support projects and free resources for autistic people.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"PT","country_name":"Portugal","region":"Aveiro","lat":40.6405,"lng":-8.6538,"languages":["pt"],"url":"https://vozdoautista.pt/","source_url":"https://eucap.eu/members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Full member of EUCAP. Describes itself as 'an association of autists, for autists.'"},{"id":"mad-in-puerto-rico","name":"Mad in Puerto Rico","name_local":null,"summary":"Puerto Rican affiliate of the Mad in the World network, publishing critical-psychiatry journalism and lived-experience writing in Spanish for a Puerto Rican audience.","type":"media","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"PR","country_name":"Puerto Rico","region":"San Juan (national scope; editorial base not stated)","lat":18.47,"lng":-66.11,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://madinpuertorico.org/","source_url":"https://madinpuertorico.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Part of the Mad in the World network; distinct from the older Mad in America Hispanohablante / Mad in (S)pain lineage."},{"id":"shafallah-center-qatar","name":"Shafallah Center for Persons with Disabilities","name_local":null,"summary":"Doha center founded in 1999, now under the Qatar Social Work Foundation, providing education, rehabilitation and community-integration services for people with intellectual disabilities and autism under age 21.","type":"care","focus":["intellectual-disability","autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"QA","country_name":"Qatar","region":"Doha","lat":25.29,"lng":51.53,"languages":["ar","en"],"url":"https://www.shafallah.org.qa/","source_url":"https://www.shafallah.org.qa/","founded":1999,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"help-autism-romania","name":"Help Autism","name_local":"Asociația Help Autism","summary":"Romania's largest autism organisation, founded around 2010 and based in Bucharest, running eight therapy centres nationwide, a digital platform for specialists and families, and inclusive camps and sports programmes.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"RO","country_name":"Romania","region":"Bucharest","lat":44.43,"lng":26.1,"languages":["ro"],"url":"https://www.helpautism.ro/","source_url":"https://www.helpautism.ro/","founded":2010,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founded and led by Daniela Bololoi; run by professionals and specialists rather than a self-advocacy model. Listed as an Autism-Europe affiliated member. Founding year inferred from a '16 years' reference on the site as of February 2026."},{"id":"suntautist-romania","name":"suntAutist","name_local":"Asociația suntAutist","summary":"Romanian association publishing 'autism explained by autistics' articles by autistic contributors, opposing ABA and conversion-style therapies and offering resources for autistic children, women and men.","type":"media","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"online","country":"RO","country_name":"Romania","region":"Romania (national)","lat":44.4268,"lng":26.1025,"languages":["ro"],"url":"http://www.suntautist.ro","source_url":"https://eucap.eu/members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Associate member of EUCAP. Tagline 'Autismul explicat de autiști' (autism explained by autistics); named autistic contributors write the site's articles. No fixed city stated."},{"id":"prostor-serbia","name":"Prostor","name_local":null,"summary":"A Serbian mental-health NGO running peer creative workshops, mental-health campaigns and volunteering programmes with people who use psychiatric services; Serbia's node of the Balkan Voices hearing-voices network.","type":"community","focus":["hearing-voices","psychosis","mad-pride"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"RS","country_name":"Serbia","region":"Novi Sad (approximate; exact city not stated on site)","lat":45.27,"lng":19.83,"languages":["sr"],"url":"https://prostor.org.rs/","source_url":"https://nasglas.org/o-nasoj-mrezi/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"City is an approximation from general knowledge of the organisation, not confirmed on its own about page; a moderator should verify."},{"id":"serbian-society-for-autism","name":"Union of Serbian Autism Associations","name_local":"Savez udruženja Srbije za pomoć osobama sa autizmom","summary":"A Belgrade-based union of member associations from across Serbia that raises public awareness of autism and seeks systemic legal and policy solutions for autistic people's rights.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"RS","country_name":"Serbia","region":"Belgrade","lat":44.82,"lng":20.46,"languages":["sr"],"url":"https://www.autizam.org.rs/","source_url":"https://www.autizam.org.rs/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Listed as 'Serbian Society for Autism' in Autism-Europe's August 2026 member directory. Founding year and leadership composition not stated on the site."},{"id":"autism-resource-centre-singapore","name":"Autism Resource Centre (Singapore)","name_local":null,"summary":"Singapore charity registered in 2000 providing lifelong services for autistic people, including Pathlight School, early intervention, employment support, and caregiver training.","type":"education","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"SG","country_name":"Singapore","region":"Ang Mo Kio, Singapore","lat":1.37,"lng":103.85,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.autism.org.sg/","source_url":"https://www.autism.org.sg/about-us/overview","founded":2000,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Runs Pathlight School, Singapore's first autism-focused school."},{"id":"dyslexia-association-singapore","name":"Dyslexia Association of Singapore","name_local":null,"summary":"Singapore social enterprise and International Dyslexia Association Global Partner providing assessment, specialist tutoring and teacher training for people with dyslexia and other specific learning differences.","type":"education","focus":["dyslexia","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"SG","country_name":"Singapore","region":"Jurong West","lat":1.34,"lng":103.71,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://das.org.sg/","source_url":"https://das.org.sg/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"a-centrum-slovakia","name":"A Centrum","name_local":null,"summary":"Slovak organisation running education, conferences and a self-advocacy programme ('Kľúče k sebaobhajobe') on autism, Asperger syndrome and neurodiversity, involving neurodivergent young people as volunteers and advocates.","type":"education","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"SK","country_name":"Slovakia","region":"Bratislava","lat":48.1486,"lng":17.1077,"languages":["sk"],"url":"https://www.a-centrum.net/","source_url":"https://eucap.eu/members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Associate member of EUCAP. Leads courses/podcasts through Viera Hincová; not explicitly stated whether the organisation itself is autistic-led."},{"id":"sposa-slovakia","name":"S.P.O.S.A. (Slovak Autism Society)","name_local":"Spoločnosť na pomoc osobám s autizmom","summary":"A Bratislava-based Slovak national association offering autism education, counselling, a virtual-reality autism simulator, and the 'Autists at Work' employment training programme.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"SK","country_name":"Slovakia","region":"Bratislava","lat":48.15,"lng":17.11,"languages":["sk"],"url":"https://www.sposa.sk/","source_url":"https://www.sposa.sk/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Full member of Autism-Europe. Site footer shows a 2016 copyright year, which may not reflect the organisation's actual founding date; leadership composition not stated."},{"id":"zveza-nvo-avtizem-slovenije","name":"Association of NGOs for Autism Slovenia","name_local":"Zveza NVO za avtizem Slovenije","summary":"A Slovenian national association bringing together NGOs working on autism, listed as an Autism-Europe affiliated member representing the country's autism community.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"SI","country_name":"Slovenia","region":"Žalec","lat":46.25,"lng":15.16,"languages":["sl"],"url":"https://www.zveza-avtizem.eu/","source_url":"https://www.autismeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Members-associations-of-Autism-Europe_Aug2026.pdf","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"The site returns an automated bot-verification page to scripted requests, so it could not be read directly; its existence and role are confirmed via Autism-Europe's official August 2026 member directory. Founding year and leadership composition unconfirmed."},{"id":"mad-in-slovenia","name":"Mad in Slovenia","name_local":null,"summary":"Slovenian affiliate of the Mad in the World network, launched in spring 2025, publishing critical-psychiatry articles, professional contributions and a resource page for relatives; grew to over 70 members by December 2025.","type":"media","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"SI","country_name":"Slovenia","region":"Ljubljana (national scope; editorial base not stated)","lat":46.06,"lng":14.51,"languages":["sl"],"url":"https://www.madinslovenia.org/","source_url":"https://www.madinamerica.com/","founded":2025,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"One of the newest Mad in the World affiliates as of this writing."},{"id":"autism-somalia-center","name":"Autism Somalia Center","name_local":"Hay'ada Daryeelka Caruurta Baahiyaha Gaarka Qaba","summary":"Founded in 2019 in Garowe, Puntland, the first specialised centre in the region providing assessment, special education, occupational and physiotherapy, and family support for children with autism, Down syndrome and cerebral palsy.","type":"care","focus":["autism","down-syndrome","intellectual-disability"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"physical","country":"SO","country_name":"Somalia","region":"Garowe, Puntland","lat":8.41,"lng":48.48,"languages":["so","en"],"url":"https://autismsomaliacenter.org/","source_url":"https://autismsomaliacenter.org/","founded":2019,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Not in the original country list for this batch but included as a verified, active organisation extending African-continent coverage. Leadership not stated."},{"id":"autism-south-africa","name":"Autism South Africa","name_local":null,"summary":"National non-profit providing information, guidance, training, and advocacy for autistic people and their families across South Africa's nine provinces.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"ZA","country_name":"South Africa","region":"Parkwood, Johannesburg","lat":-26.16,"lng":28.04,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.aut2know.co.za/","source_url":"https://www.aut2know.co.za/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Registered Public Benefit Organisation; leadership structure not stated on site."},{"id":"cara-uct-south-africa","name":"Centre for Autism Research in Africa (CARA)","name_local":null,"summary":"University of Cape Town interdisciplinary clinical research programme studying autism across the African context, offering African research training fellowships and hosting international conferences.","type":"research","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"physical","country":"ZA","country_name":"South Africa","region":"Rondebosch, Cape Town","lat":-33.96,"lng":18.47,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://health.uct.ac.za/cara/","source_url":"https://health.uct.ac.za/cara/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Based in UCT's Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; set to host the INSAR 2027 annual meeting in Cape Town. Original short URL cara.uct.ac.za redirects here; academically run, not autistic-led."},{"id":"down-syndrome-south-africa","name":"Down Syndrome South Africa (DSSA)","name_local":null,"summary":"National umbrella body founded in 1986 with 12 regional associations, working to improve quality of life, independence and rights for people with Down syndrome and other intellectual disabilities across South Africa.","type":"advocacy","focus":["down-syndrome","intellectual-disability"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"ZA","country_name":"South Africa","region":"Centurion, Gauteng","lat":-25.86,"lng":28.19,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://downsyndrome.org.za/","source_url":"https://downsyndrome.org.za/","founded":1986,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Umbrella of 12 regional associations; leadership team structure given but no single named executive."},{"id":"neurodiversity-foundation-south-africa","name":"Neurodiversity Foundation","name_local":null,"summary":"Cape Town foundation founded in 2017 that brings specialists into underserved rural South African communities to identify children with neurodevelopmental differences and trains teachers and community leaders to support them.","type":"care","focus":["neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"ZA","country_name":"South Africa","region":"Cape Town, Western Cape","lat":-33.92,"lng":18.42,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://neurodiversity.org.za/","source_url":"https://neurodiversity.org.za/","founded":2017,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Co-founded by a clinical researcher and a counselling psychologist; not stated as neurodivergent-led despite the name."},{"id":"safmh-south-africa","name":"South African Federation for Mental Health (SAFMH)","name_local":null,"summary":"National mental-health human-rights federation describing a roughly century-long history of advocacy in South Africa, running public education, youth advocacy, and policy and legislation work on mental health.","type":"advocacy","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"ZA","country_name":"South Africa","region":"Johannesburg, Gauteng","lat":-26.2,"lng":28.05,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.safmh.org/","source_url":"https://www.safmh.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site describes 'a 100-year track record of advocacy in South Africa' but does not give an exact founding year; headquarters city inferred from an 011 (Johannesburg) contact number."},{"id":"the-key-school-south-africa","name":"The Key School","name_local":null,"summary":"Johannesburg special-needs school founded in 1975, one of the city's oldest, providing specialised autism education addressing cognitive, communication, sensory and social development for children aged 2-12.","type":"education","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"ZA","country_name":"South Africa","region":"Parktown, Johannesburg","lat":-26.19,"lng":28.04,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.thekeyschool.org/","source_url":"https://www.thekeyschool.org/","founded":1975,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Original domain thekeyschool.co.za redirects to thekeyschool.org."},{"id":"autism-society-korea","name":"Autism Society of Korea","name_local":"한국자폐인사랑협회","summary":"Seoul national association representing autistic people and their families in Korea, working on rights advocacy, welfare policy and social-integration programmes since gaining Ministry recognition in 2006.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"KR","country_name":"South Korea","region":"Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul","lat":37.52,"lng":126.92,"languages":["ko"],"url":"https://www.autismkorea.kr/","source_url":"https://grhp.or.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=WelfareInfo&wr_id=7","founded":2006,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site returns 403 to automated bot checks; live operation confirmed via its active YouTube channel and a public-hospital welfare-directory listing."},{"id":"estas-korea","name":"estas","name_local":"에스타스","summary":"Self-advocacy group of adult autistic people in South Korea, founded in 2013, campaigning on rights issues such as involuntary tracking devices and diagnostic classification, and taking part in international autism policy forums.","type":"community","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"online","country":"KR","country_name":"South Korea","region":"Seoul","lat":37.55,"lng":126.99,"languages":["ko"],"url":"https://www.facebook.com/estasKorea","source_url":"https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estas","founded":2013,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"No independent website; organizes and publishes via Facebook. Explicitly independent of welfare centres and parent-led organisations; corroborated by Korean Wikipedia and Ablenews coverage."},{"id":"amatdah","name":"AMATDAH","name_local":"Asociación Madrileña de Adultos con TDAH","summary":"A Madrid association run by and for adults diagnosed with ADHD, which grew out of patient meetings at a specialty clinic, offering peer support and pressing institutions on adult ADHD rights.","type":"community","focus":["adhd"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"ES","country_name":"Spain","region":"Madrid","lat":40.40771,"lng":-3.68308,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://amatdah.org/","source_url":"https://sid-inico.usal.es/centros_servicios/asociacion-madrilena-de-adultos-con-tdah-amatdah/","founded":2013,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Grew out of peer meetings among patients at Madrid's Centro de Especialidades Argüelles from 2012. amatdah.org returned HTTP 429 (rate-limited) on repeated automated checks in this session; existence and current activity were confirmed via the SID-INICO and SOM360 directories instead."},{"id":"asperger-catalunya","name":"Asperger Catalunya","name_local":"Associacio Espectre Autista - Asperger de Catalunya","summary":"A Barcelona-based family association for autistic people, with satellite offices in Viladecans, Granollers, Cornella and Igualada, offering diagnosis support, social-skills groups and leisure activities.","type":"community","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"ES","country_name":"Spain","region":"Barcelona, Catalonia","lat":41.4,"lng":2.15,"languages":["ca","es"],"url":"https://asperger.cat/","source_url":"https://asperger.cat/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site describes itself as formed by families with one or more autistic members; no language of autistic self-leadership found."},{"id":"asperger-madrid","name":"Asperger Madrid","name_local":null,"summary":"A Madrid association founded in 2003 by parents of children with Asperger syndrome, now staffed by clinical professionals, offering diagnosis, therapy, social-skills groups and employment support.","type":"community","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"ES","country_name":"Spain","region":"Madrid","lat":40.4168,"lng":-3.7038,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://aspergermadrid.eu/","source_url":"https://aspergermadrid.eu/nosotros/","founded":2003,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Board is parent-led with professional clinical staff; ISO 9001 certified. Not to be confused with a similarly named aspergermadrid.org domain."},{"id":"autismo-diario","name":"Autismo Diario","name_local":null,"summary":"A Spanish-language autism information portal, active since 2007, publishing research summaries, education and therapy guidance, and running a free online course platform, edited mainly by Daniel Comin.","type":"media","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"online","country":"ES","country_name":"Spain","region":"Spain (online; no confirmed physical base)","lat":40.4,"lng":-3.72,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://autismodiario.com/","source_url":"https://autismodiario.com/","founded":2007,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"No fixed physical headquarters confirmed on-site; located at a generic Spain anchor point since it operates as a national online publication. Domain moved from autismodiario.org (redirects) to autismodiario.com."},{"id":"cepama-spain","name":"CEPAMA (Committee for the Promotion and Support of Autistic Girls and Women)","name_local":"Comité para la Promoción y Apoyo de las Niñas y Mujeres Autistas","summary":"Spanish association of autistic women working on the rights, visibility and research access of autistic girls and women, including a participatory research project with the University of Lisbon on employment, education and healthcare.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"ES","country_name":"Spain","region":"Valdemorillo, Madrid","lat":40.509,"lng":-4.061,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://cepama.es/","source_url":"https://eucap.eu/members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Full member of EUCAP. Site states 'somos mujeres autistas' (we are autistic women) and describes governance by autistic women."},{"id":"debajo-del-sombrero","name":"Debajo del Sombrero","name_local":"Debajo del Sombrero","summary":"Debajo del Sombrero is a Madrid nonprofit platform, active since 2007, running an assisted art studio and gallery where professional staff accompany artists with intellectual disabilities in creating, exhibiting, and selling contemporary art.","type":"arts","focus":["intellectual-disability","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"ES","country_name":"Spain","region":"Madrid","lat":40.42,"lng":-3.7,"languages":["es","en"],"url":"https://debajodelsombrero.es/","source_url":"https://debajodelsombrero.es/","founded":2007,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"debajodelsombrero.org (alternate domain) timed out on curl (20s connection timeout) and was not used; debajodelsombrero.es returned 200 OK. 2007 founding date is from third-party arts-press coverage (masdearte.com, mediacionartistica.org) found before search quota ran out, not an explicit dated claim on the official site itself."},{"id":"fundacion-cadah","name":"Fundación CADAH","name_local":null,"summary":"Spanish online resource and training organisation on ADHD, publishing guidance for families and teachers and running courses on classroom support for children with ADHD.","type":"education","focus":["adhd"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"ES","country_name":"Spain","region":"Madrid","lat":40.40209,"lng":-3.7002,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://fundacioncadah.org/","source_url":"https://fundacioncadah.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"fundacion-prodis","name":"Fundación PRODIS","name_local":null,"summary":"Madrid foundation providing vocational training and job placement for young people and adults with intellectual disabilities, working with employers on workplace inclusion.","type":"work","focus":["intellectual-disability"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"physical","country":"ES","country_name":"Spain","region":"Madrid","lat":40.44,"lng":-3.68,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://fundacionprodis.org/","source_url":"https://fundacionprodis.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"gautena","name":"Gautena","name_local":"Gautena – Asociación Guipuzcoana de Autismo","summary":"Basque autism association based in San Sebastián providing diagnosis, schooling and vocational training for autistic people across Gipuzkoa province.","type":"education","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"physical","country":"ES","country_name":"Spain","region":"San Sebastián","lat":43.32,"lng":-1.98,"languages":["es","eu"],"url":"https://www.gautena.org/","source_url":"https://www.gautena.org/","founded":1976,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"orgullo-loco-madrid","name":"Mad Pride Madrid (Orgullo Loco)","name_local":"Orgullo Loco Madrid","summary":"A Madrid psychiatric-survivor collective organising around Mad Pride, publishing a blog on mental-health activism, deinstitutionalization and reclaiming madness as identity rather than illness.","type":"advocacy","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"ES","country_name":"Spain","region":"Madrid","lat":40.41091,"lng":-3.67928,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://orgullolocomadrid.wordpress.com/","source_url":"https://orgullolocomadrid.wordpress.com/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Part of the same Latin/Iberian Orgullo Loco movement as the Buenos Aires and Chile entries already in the atlas."},{"id":"radio-nikosia","name":"Radio Nikosia","name_local":null,"summary":"A Barcelona association producing a weekly radio programme made entirely by people with psychiatric diagnoses, broadcast on the free station Radio Contrabanda from the Ateneu Enciclopedic Popular in Raval.","type":"media","focus":["mad-pride","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"ES","country_name":"Spain","region":"Barcelona, Catalonia","lat":41.3874,"lng":2.1686,"languages":["es","ca"],"url":"https://radionikosia.org/","source_url":"https://www.som360.org/es/recursos/radio-nikosia","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"radionikosia.org returned HTTP 403 to automated checks in this session (likely bot-blocking); existence and current activity confirmed via SOM360, Coop57's entity registry and the newspaper Diagonal. Registered as Associacio Socio Cultural Radio Nikosia in Barcelona; participants are people in mental-health treatment producing their own media."},{"id":"csaat-sri-lanka","name":"CSAAT - Sri Lankan Collaborative for Autism Assistive Technology","name_local":null,"summary":"Research group at SLIIT university in Sri Lanka developing technology-enabled tools and assessments for autism spectrum disorder.","type":"research","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"LK","country_name":"Sri Lanka","region":"Malabe","lat":6.91,"lng":79.97,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://csaat.sliit.lk/","source_url":"https://csaat.sliit.lk/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"University-affiliated academic/professional group, not a self-advocacy or community organisation."},{"id":"autism-sverige","name":"Autism Sverige","name_local":null,"summary":"Sweden's national autism federation, based in Stockholm and organised into district associations, providing information, an ombudsman service, policy advocacy, and a training centre for professionals and families.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"SE","country_name":"Sweden","region":"Stockholm","lat":59.33,"lng":18.06,"languages":["sv"],"url":"https://www.autism.se/","source_url":"https://www.autism.se/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Full member of Autism-Europe. Founding year and leadership composition not stated on the site."},{"id":"dyslexiforbundet-sweden","name":"Dyslexiförbundet","name_local":null,"summary":"Swedish national federation for people with dyslexia and dyscalculia, based in Stockholm, offering educational and workplace guidance, a writing-support helpline, assistive-technology information and a member magazine.","type":"advocacy","focus":["dyslexia","dyscalculia"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"SE","country_name":"Sweden","region":"Stockholm","lat":59.3096,"lng":18.1042,"languages":["sv"],"url":"http://www.dyslexi.org","source_url":"https://eda-info.eu/members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Effective member of the European Dyslexia Association. Patron is Prince Carl Philip of Sweden."},{"id":"inre-ringen","name":"Inre Ringen Sverige","name_local":null,"summary":"A nationwide Swedish self-advocacy network within the disability federation FUB for people with intellectual disabilities, publishing the magazine UNIK and holding member assemblies where self-advocates issue policy statements.","type":"advocacy","focus":["intellectual-disability","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"SE","country_name":"Sweden","region":"Stockholm","lat":59.3293,"lng":18.0686,"languages":["sv"],"url":"https://www.inreringen.se/","source_url":"https://www.inclusion-europe.eu/epsa-members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Operates as the self-advocate-led wing of the parent-founded federation FUB, present in municipalities across Sweden; Stockholm used as FUB's national base. Member of EPSA."},{"id":"karolinska-kind","name":"KIND – Center of Neurodevelopmental Disorders at Karolinska Institutet","name_local":"KIND – Kompetenscentrum för neuropsykiatri","summary":"Karolinska Institutet research and clinical centre in Stockholm studying autism, ADHD and other neurodevelopmental conditions, combining outpatient assessment with academic research programmes.","type":"research","focus":["autism","adhd","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"physical","country":"SE","country_name":"Sweden","region":"Stockholm","lat":59.32091,"lng":18.09072,"languages":["sv","en"],"url":"https://ki.se/en/kind","source_url":"https://ki.se/en/kind","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"mad-in-sweden","name":"Mad in Sweden","name_local":null,"summary":"Swedish affiliate of the Mad in the World network, publishing critical-psychiatry journalism, research summaries and therapy-policy commentary in Swedish.","type":"media","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"SE","country_name":"Sweden","region":"Stockholm (national scope; editorial base not stated)","lat":59.33,"lng":18.07,"languages":["sv"],"url":"http://madinsweden.org/","source_url":"https://www.madinamerica.com/2022/03/profile-mad-sweden/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Part of the Mad in the World network."},{"id":"organiserade-autister-sweden","name":"Organiserade Autister","name_local":null,"summary":"Swedish interest association of and for autistic people (formerly known as Organiserade Aspergare), running discussion groups and community activities and promoting neurodiversity and self-determination.","type":"community","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"SE","country_name":"Sweden","region":"Sweden (national)","lat":59.32021,"lng":18.08932,"languages":["sv"],"url":"https://autister.org/","source_url":"https://eucap.eu/members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Full member of EUCAP. Site describes itself as 'an interest association of and for autists.' Likely the current name of the organisation previously known as Organiserade Aspergare; no fixed city stated."},{"id":"unicus-sweden","name":"Unicus Sweden","name_local":null,"summary":"Swedish IT-testing consultancy employing autistic consultants, part of a Nordic company model that trains and places autistic professionals with client businesses.","type":"work","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"SE","country_name":"Sweden","region":"Stockholm","lat":59.35,"lng":18.05,"languages":["sv"],"url":"https://unicus.se/","source_url":"https://unicus.se/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"The Norwegian branch (unicus.no) has since become auticon Norway."},{"id":"auticon-switzerland","name":"auticon Switzerland","name_local":null,"summary":"Swiss branch of auticon, an IT and business consultancy employing autistic people as consultants and providing neuroinclusion training to client organisations.","type":"work","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"CH","country_name":"Switzerland","region":"Zurich","lat":47.36091,"lng":8.56072,"languages":["de","fr"],"url":"https://auticon.com/ch/","source_url":"https://auticon.com/ch/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Part of the international auticon network."},{"id":"autismus-schweiz","name":"Autism Switzerland","name_local":"autismus schweiz","summary":"A Zurich-based Swiss network organisation providing an autism information platform, a nationwide directory of specialised services by canton, therapeutic training, and public-awareness campaigns.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"CH","country_name":"Switzerland","region":"Zurich","lat":47.3769,"lng":8.5417,"languages":["de","fr","it"],"url":"https://www.autismus.ch/","source_url":"https://www.autismus.ch/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Full member of Autism-Europe. Operates alongside partner organisations for French- and Italian-speaking Switzerland (including Autisme Suisse Romande). Founding year and leadership composition not stated on the site."},{"id":"collection-de-lart-brut","name":"Collection de l'Art Brut","name_local":"Collection de l'Art Brut","summary":"The founding art brut museum, opened 1976 in Château de Beaulieu, Lausanne, from Jean Dubuffet's 1971 donation of ~5,000 works to the city; now holds over 60,000 pieces.","type":"arts","focus":["neurodiversity-general","psychosis"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"CH","country_name":"Switzerland","region":"Lausanne, Vaud","lat":46.53,"lng":6.63,"languages":["fr","en"],"url":"https://artbrut.ch/en/the-museum","source_url":"https://artbrut.ch/en/history","founded":1976,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Curatorial institution run by the City of Lausanne, not artist-led. Many original works came from psychiatric patients, but the collection deliberately spans self-taught/marginal creators beyond that population."},{"id":"netzwerk-stimmenhoeren-schweiz","name":"Netzwerk Stimmenhören Schweiz (Swiss Hearing Voices Network)","name_local":null,"summary":"Switzerland's national Hearing Voices Network, coordinating peer groups and information for voice-hearers and listed as Switzerland's Intervoice contact.","type":"community","focus":["hearing-voices","psychosis"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"CH","country_name":"Switzerland","region":"Zurich","lat":47.37,"lng":8.55,"languages":["de"],"url":"https://netzwerk-stimmenhoeren.ch/","source_url":"https://www.intervoiceonline.org/national-networks","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"theater-hora","name":"Theater HORA","name_local":"Theater HORA","summary":"Zurich ensemble theatre founded in 1993 by Michael Elber, part of Stiftung Züriwerk since 2002; all ensemble actors have a certified cognitive/learning disability, while artistic and overall direction is held by non-disabled staff.","type":"arts","focus":["intellectual-disability","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"physical","country":"CH","country_name":"Switzerland","region":"Zurich","lat":47.37,"lng":8.54,"languages":["de"],"url":"https://hora.ch/","source_url":"https://hora.ch/hora-identitaet/","founded":1993,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"18 full-time ensemble actors are IV-certified with cognitive disability; overall/artistic direction is non-disabled. 'Freie Republik HORA' lab (since 2013) lets ensemble members direct/choreograph their own work."},{"id":"autism-society-of-taiwan","name":"Autism Society of Taiwan","name_local":"中華民國自閉症總會","summary":"National civic association based in Taipei serving autistic people and families, running vocational and social training as well as diagnostic and employment support.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism","intellectual-disability"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"TW","country_name":"Taiwan","region":"Zhongzheng District, Taipei","lat":25.03,"lng":121.52,"languages":["zh","en"],"url":"https://www.autism.org.tw/","source_url":"https://autism.org.tw/pagedetail.php?IDno=485","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Runs the 'Star Kids Workshop' vocational and social training programme."},{"id":"fact-taiwan-autism-foundation","name":"FACT - Autism Foundation of the Republic of China","name_local":"中華民國自閉症基金會","summary":"Taipei foundation of about 35 years' standing running training courses, group homes and workshops for autistic people, plus free public lectures on autism.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"TW","country_name":"Taiwan","region":"Shilin, Taipei","lat":25.1,"lng":121.53,"languages":["zh"],"url":"https://www.fact.org.tw/","source_url":"https://www.fact.org.tw/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site references a '35th anniversary' celebration, placing founding around 1990-1991; not independently confirmed."},{"id":"association-of-parent-for-thai-persons-with-autism","name":"The Association of Parent for Thai Persons with Autism","name_local":"สมาคมผู้ปกครองบุคคลออทิซึม (ไทย)","summary":"Bangkok-based nonprofit working alongside the Autistic Thai Foundation on quality-of-life programmes for autistic people, including sports, digital learning, and IT skills training.","type":"care","focus":["autism","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"TH","country_name":"Thailand","region":"Bang Kok Noi, Bangkok","lat":13.76,"lng":100.48,"languages":["th","en"],"url":"https://autism.autisticthai.com/","source_url":"https://www.ryt9.com/en/prg/281223","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Parent association; partners with the government-accredited Autistic Thai Foundation."},{"id":"denizli-autism-association-turkey","name":"Denizli Autism Association (DOD)","name_local":"Denizli Otizm Derneği","summary":"A rights-based Turkish civil-society organisation in Denizli, founded around 2016, publishing reports on discrimination against autistic people, offering family counselling, and sitting on the Turkish Autism Council.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"TR","country_name":"Turkey","region":"Denizli","lat":37.77,"lng":29.09,"languages":["tr"],"url":"https://www.denizliotizm.org/","source_url":"https://www.denizliotizm.org/","founded":2016,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Autism-Europe affiliated member; its General Secretary sits on the Autism-Europe Board of Directors. A regional rather than national body, distinct from the Turkish national anchor organisation Tohum Otizm already in this dataset. Founding year inferred from a '10th anniversary' reference in recent site news."},{"id":"otizm-vakfi-turkey","name":"Otizm Vakfi (Autism Foundation)","name_local":"Otizm Vakfı","summary":"Ankara foundation established mainly by parents in 2010 to run a life and care centre for autistic children, offering early intervention, education, sports and vocational programmes.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"TR","country_name":"Turkey","region":"Gölbaşı, Ankara","lat":39.79,"lng":32.8,"languages":["tr"],"url":"https://www.otizmvakfi.org.tr/","source_url":"https://www.otizmvakfi.org.tr/","founded":2010,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Distinct from the larger Tohum Otizm Vakfi already in the dataset."},{"id":"tohum-otizm-vakfi","name":"Tohum Otizm Vakfı (Tohum Autism Foundation)","name_local":"Tohum Otizm Vakfı","summary":"Istanbul-based public-benefit foundation focused on early diagnosis and special education for autistic children, and on national autism screening and awareness campaigns.","type":"education","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"TR","country_name":"Turkey","region":"Istanbul","lat":41.06,"lng":28.99,"languages":["tr","en"],"url":"https://tohumotizm.org.tr/","source_url":"https://tohumotizm.org.tr/","founded":2003,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"autism-awareness-uganda","name":"Autism Awareness Uganda","name_local":null,"summary":"Kampala-based community organisation of parents, professionals, and volunteers running caregiver training, awareness campaigns, and referral support for autistic people.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"UG","country_name":"Uganda","region":"Kamwokya, Kampala","lat":0.34,"lng":32.58,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://autismawarenessuganda.com/","source_url":"https://autismawarenessuganda.com/","founded":2020,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"save-children-autism-uganda","name":"Save Children with Autism Uganda (SCAU)","name_local":null,"summary":"Kampala-based organisation providing childcare support, awareness campaigns, training and a proposed support centre for children with autism, run by director Ismail Jamada.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"UG","country_name":"Uganda","region":"Kisaasi, Kampala","lat":0.37,"lng":32.62,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.autismuganda.org/","source_url":"https://www.autismuganda.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site states over 3 years of activity as of its most recent copy, suggesting founding around 2018 or earlier; not precisely stated."},{"id":"usdc-uganda","name":"Uganda Society for Disabled Children (USDC)","name_local":null,"summary":"Kampala-headquartered organisation founded in 1985 promoting inclusive healthcare, education and social-inclusion services for Ugandan children and youth with disabilities across 14 core districts.","type":"care","focus":["intellectual-disability","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"UG","country_name":"Uganda","region":"Mulago, Kampala","lat":0.35,"lng":32.58,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.usdc.or.ug/","source_url":"https://www.usdc.or.ug/","founded":1985,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Broad childhood-disability organisation rather than neurodiversity-exclusive; included for its intellectual-disability and learning-disability work. Not stated as disabled-led."},{"id":"child-with-future-ukraine","name":"Child With Future","name_local":"Дитина з майбутнім","summary":"A Kyiv-based Ukrainian foundation, active since around 2011, running a developmental kindergarten and international autism conferences, and representing Ukraine on Autism-Europe's board since 2012.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"UA","country_name":"Ukraine","region":"Kyiv","lat":50.45,"lng":30.52,"languages":["uk"],"url":"https://www.cwf.com.ua/","source_url":"https://www.cwf.com.ua/","founded":2011,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Autism-Europe affiliated member. Founding year inferred from a '15 years' reference on the site; leadership composition not stated."},{"id":"dubai-autism-center","name":"Dubai Autism Center","name_local":"مركز دبي للتوحد","summary":"UAE nonprofit established by government decree providing assessment, intervention, rehabilitation, and community-awareness programs for autistic children.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"AE","country_name":"United Arab Emirates","region":"Garhoud, Dubai","lat":25.25,"lng":55.33,"languages":["en","ar"],"url":"https://www.dubaiautismcenter.ae/","source_url":"https://www.dubaiautismcenter.ae/","founded":2001,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"all-wales-people-first","name":"All Wales People First","name_local":null,"summary":"The united voice of local self-advocacy groups for people with learning disabilities in Wales, led entirely by people with a learning disability, campaigning nationally and coordinating local groups.","type":"advocacy","focus":["intellectual-disability","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"Newport, Wales","lat":51.5842,"lng":-2.9977,"languages":["en","cy"],"url":"https://www.allwalespeople1st.co.uk/","source_url":"https://www.allwalespeople1st.co.uk/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site states it is 'the only national member-led organisation that represents the voice of people with a learning disability' in Wales."},{"id":"ambitious-about-autism","name":"Ambitious about Autism","name_local":null,"summary":"UK charity running TreeHouse School and Ambitious College for autistic children and young people, alongside campaigning and information services for autistic students and families.","type":"education","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"London","lat":51.59,"lng":-0.19,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/","source_url":"https://www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founded by parents; runs schools and a college rather than solely campaigning."},{"id":"argh-scotland","name":"ARGH Scotland","name_local":null,"summary":"Scottish charitable incorporated organisation based in the Highlands whose committee and full voting members are all autistic, doing collective advocacy, lobbying and campaigning on autism services across Scotland.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"Inverness, Highlands, Scotland","lat":57.4778,"lng":-4.2247,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://arghscotland.org/","source_url":"https://eucap.eu/members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Full member of EUCAP. The listed EUCAP URL (arghscotland.co.uk) now redirects permanently to arghscotland.org, used here. Partners with the Scottish Government on autism strategy."},{"id":"aucademy","name":"Aucademy","name_local":null,"summary":"A UK community interest company run by autistic educators that trains NHS trusts and professionals from an autistic perspective, publishes educational content, and runs the Kent and Medway autism community of practice.","type":"education","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"Chatham, Kent","lat":51.3809,"lng":0.5225,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://aucademy.co.uk/","source_url":"https://aucademy.co.uk/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Registered as Aucademy CIC (Community Interest Company); run by autistic educators including Dr Chloe Farahar and David Gray-Hammond. Operates the NeuroConnect Hub community platform."},{"id":"auticon-uk","name":"auticon UK","name_local":null,"summary":"UK branch of auticon, an IT and business consultancy employing autistic people as consultants and providing neuroinclusion training to client organisations.","type":"work","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"London","lat":51.53,"lng":-0.11,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://auticon.com/uk/","source_url":"https://auticon.com/uk/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Part of the international auticon network."},{"id":"autism-research-centre-cambridge","name":"Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge","name_local":null,"summary":"University research centre studying the causes and experience of autism across the lifespan, running studies on cognition, biology, and support needs and publishing openly accessible resources.","type":"research","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"physical","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"Cambridge","lat":52.2,"lng":0.12,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.autismresearchcentre.com/","source_url":"https://www.autismresearchcentre.com/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"amase-edinburgh","name":"Autistic Mutual Aid Society Edinburgh (AMASE)","name_local":null,"summary":"Edinburgh-based Autistic People's Organisation whose full members are all autistic, running peer support, an online 'My Autism Story' event series, Autistic Pride and Weird Pride Day gatherings, and policy statements.","type":"community","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"online","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"Edinburgh, Scotland","lat":55.9533,"lng":-3.1883,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://amase.org.uk/","source_url":"https://eucap.eu/members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Full member of EUCAP. Site states 'all full members are autistic.' Most events run online."},{"id":"autistic-uk","name":"Autistic UK","name_local":null,"summary":"A community interest company run by autistic adults across Wales, England and Scotland that campaigns on policy, publishes position statements, and builds peer networks for autistic people.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"online","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"Caernarfon, Wales","lat":53.14,"lng":-4.27,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.autisticuk.org/","source_url":"https://www.autisticuk.org/about-us","founded":2009,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Operated as an unincorporated voluntary organisation from 2009, then incorporated as a CIC in 2019 (registered office Caernarfon, Wales, per Companies House)."},{"id":"autistica","name":"Autistica","name_local":null,"summary":"UK autism research charity that funds and commissions studies, sets research priorities with autistic people and families, and campaigns for evidence-based support and services.","type":"research","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"London","lat":51.49209,"lng":-0.1302,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.autistica.org.uk/","source_url":"https://www.autistica.org.uk/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"States it involves autistic people in setting research priorities."},{"id":"autscape","name":"Autscape","name_local":null,"summary":"An annual multi-day conference run by and for autistic people, with workshops, social time and sensory-considered spaces, organised by a UK registered charity.","type":"community","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire","lat":51.77,"lng":-0.01,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.autscape.org/","source_url":"https://www.autscape.org/about/","founded":2005,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Registered UK charity since 2011; most organisers are autistic. Venue varies by year, recently High Leigh in Hoddesdon; some years run as an online-only edition."},{"id":"bethlem-museum-of-the-mind","name":"Bethlem Museum of the Mind","name_local":null,"summary":"Museum of mental health history and patient art on the grounds of Bethlem Royal Hospital (Beckenham), opened in its current Art Deco building in March 2015 as the public face of the Bethlem Art and History Collections Trust (est. 1970).","type":"arts","focus":["psychosis","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"Beckenham, London","lat":51.38,"lng":-0.04,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://museumofthemind.org.uk/","source_url":"https://museumofthemind.org.uk/about","founded":2015,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Run by the hospital-linked charitable trust; archive/collection roots go back to 1970. Distinct from the separate Bethlem Gallery, which is more directly artist-facing."},{"id":"blue-apple-theatre","name":"Blue Apple Theatre","name_local":null,"summary":"Winchester, UK theatre company founded in 2005 by Jane Jessop, producing theatre, dance, singing and film with performers who have learning disabilities; operates as a working name of the Minstead Trust charity.","type":"arts","focus":["learning-disabilities","intellectual-disability","down-syndrome"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"physical","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"Winchester, Hampshire, England","lat":51.06,"lng":-1.31,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://blueappletheatre.com","source_url":"https://blueappletheatre.com/our-mission-1","founded":2005,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founded by Jane Jessop (non-disabled), mother of company member Tommy Jessop, who has Down syndrome; site separates 'Performers' from 'Staff/Facilitators/Trustees'."},{"id":"buns-bristol","name":"Bristol University Neurodiversity Society","name_local":"BUNS","summary":"A student society at the University of Bristol run for and by neurodivergent students, holding weekly drop-ins and credited with helping establish four sensory rooms on campus.","type":"community","focus":["neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"physical","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"Bristol, England","lat":51.4585,"lng":-2.6033,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.bristolsu.org.uk/groups/bristol-university-neurodiversity-society-buns-8024","source_url":"https://www.bristolsu.org.uk/groups/bristol-university-neurodiversity-society-buns-8024","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Achieved Gold Bristol SU Accreditation in 2024-25 and 2025-26. Distinct from the Neurodiversity Society at UWE Bristol, a separate institution in the same city."},{"id":"bda-uk","name":"British Dyslexia Association (BDA)","name_local":null,"summary":"English registered charity providing dyslexia and dyscalculia assessments, teacher training and accreditation, a helpline, and a Dyslexia Friendly Quality Mark for schools and workplaces.","type":"advocacy","focus":["dyslexia","dyscalculia"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"Bracknell, England","lat":51.4136,"lng":-0.7538,"languages":["en"],"url":"http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk","source_url":"https://eda-info.eu/members/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Effective member of the European Dyslexia Association. Registered charity 289243."},{"id":"dadafest","name":"DaDaFest","name_local":null,"summary":"Biennial disability and Deaf arts festival in Liverpool produced by DaDa, a self-described disability-controlled/disability-led arts organisation with roots to 1984; the festival launched in 2001.","type":"arts","focus":["neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"physical","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"Liverpool, England","lat":53.41,"lng":-2.98,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.dadafest.co.uk/","source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DaDaFest","founded":2001,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Parent org DaDa traces roots to 1984 (as Arts Integrated Merseyside/North West Disability Arts Forum); DaDaFest festival itself began 2001."},{"id":"exceptional-individuals","name":"Exceptional Individuals","name_local":null,"summary":"UK recruitment and workplace-support agency specialising in placing neurodivergent candidates and providing coaching and access-to-work support once they are hired.","type":"work","focus":["neurodiversity-general","autism","adhd","dyslexia"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"London","lat":51.49,"lng":-0.09,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://exceptionalindividuals.com/","source_url":"https://exceptionalindividuals.com/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"flow-observatorium","name":"Flow Observatorium","name_local":null,"summary":"An equality and diversity charity and creative hub for neurodivergent artists in Portsmouth, running free co-creation sessions and training arts organisations to be neurodivergent-enabling.","type":"arts","focus":["neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"Portsmouth, England","lat":50.81,"lng":-1.09,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://flowobsad.wixsite.com/flow-observatorium","source_url":"https://www.newtheatreroyal.com/news/funding-flow-observatorium/","founded":2017,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founded with Arts Council England funding, led by neurodivergent artist Jon Adams with Donna Bish. Runs 'KoCreate' sessions with Portsmouth Autism Community Forum. Site is hosted on Wix and may change address."},{"id":"genius-within","name":"Genius Within","name_local":null,"summary":"UK community interest company providing coaching, assessment and training for neurodivergent adults in work and job-seeking, and consulting with employers on inclusive practice.","type":"work","focus":["neurodiversity-general","adhd","dyslexia","dyspraxia","autism"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"Guildford","lat":51.24,"lng":-0.57,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://geniuswithin.org/","source_url":"https://geniuswithin.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Community interest company; describes services as co-produced drawing on staff lived experience."},{"id":"hearing-voices-network-england","name":"Hearing Voices Network (England)","name_local":null,"summary":"A small national charity, run mostly by volunteers, that supports and connects local peer-support groups across England for people who hear voices, see visions or have other unusual perceptions.","type":"community","focus":["hearing-voices"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"London, England","lat":51.5265,"lng":-0.0863,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.hearing-voices.org/","source_url":"https://www.hearing-voices.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Does not run local groups directly, only supports and networks them; work is carried out mostly by volunteers including trustees. Exact founding year not confirmed on-site."},{"id":"heart-n-soul","name":"Heart n Soul","name_local":null,"summary":"South East London arts organisation making music and performance work, originating from 1984 creative sessions in Lewisham and formally founded 1987; explicitly led by people with and without learning disabilities and autistic people.","type":"arts","focus":["learning-disabilities","autism"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"physical","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"Deptford/New Cross, London","lat":51.48,"lng":-0.03,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.heartnsoul.co.uk/","source_url":"https://www.heartnsoul.co.uk/who-we-are-page","founded":1987,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founding date varies across sources (1984 workshops, 1986 performance company, 1987 per Shape Arts timeline); leadership language ('led by people with and without learning disabilities and autistic people') is the org's own self-description."},{"id":"hijinx-theatre","name":"Hijinx Theatre","name_local":null,"summary":"Cardiff-based inclusive theatre company founded in 1981 by Gaynor Lougher and Richard Berry; centers learning disabled and/or autistic artists as its core ensemble, currently under co-CEOs Ben Pettitt-Wade and Eloise Tong.","type":"arts","focus":["autism","learning-disabilities","intellectual-disability","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"physical","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"Cardiff, Wales","lat":51.46,"lng":-3.16,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.hijinx.org.uk","source_url":"https://www.hijinx.org.uk/meet-the-team/","founded":1981,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founders and current leadership are not disclosed as disabled; org's own language centers learning disabled/autistic artists as creative contributors without stating they hold governance roles."},{"id":"limpsfield-grange-school","name":"Limpsfield Grange School","name_local":null,"summary":"State day and residential special school in Surrey for autistic girls and girls with communication and interaction needs, known for co-authoring books on autistic girls' experience with its students.","type":"education","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"physical","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"Oxted, Surrey","lat":51.26,"lng":0.01,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://limpsfieldgrange.co.uk","source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpsfield_Grange_School","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"mad-in-the-uk","name":"Mad in the UK","name_local":null,"summary":"British affiliate of the Mad in the World network, publishing critical-psychiatry journalism, blogs and 'around the web' roundups since 2018, distinct from the earlier-founded Mad in Ireland.","type":"media","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"London, England (national scope; editorial base not stated)","lat":51.50091,"lng":-0.10928,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.madintheuk.com/","source_url":"https://www.madintheuk.com/2018/09/welcome-to-mad-in-the-uk/","founded":2018,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"About page returned 403 to automated requests; founding confirmed instead via the site's own 2018 welcome post."},{"id":"mind-the-gap","name":"Mind the Gap","name_local":null,"summary":"Bradford-based learning disability and autism performance and live-arts company founded in 1988 by Tim Wheeler and Susan Brown; learning disabled and autistic artists co-create productions and help steer the company's creative work.","type":"arts","focus":["learning-disabilities","autism"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"physical","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"Bradford, West Yorkshire","lat":53.79,"lng":-1.75,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.mind-the-gap.org.uk/","source_url":"https://www.mind-the-gap.org.uk/about/","founded":1988,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site states artists 'directly influence and steer' the work and its vision is a world where 'learning disabled and autistic voices lead the way' — aspirational/future-tense, not a present-tense 'led by' claim. Current joint CEOs show no disability disclosure."},{"id":"national-autistic-taskforce-uk","name":"National Autistic Taskforce (NAT)","name_local":null,"summary":"British autistic-run body, founded 2018, that campaigns for better services for autistic people with high support needs, publishing independent care-quality guides and running the EQUALS Project on decision-making support.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"online","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"United Kingdom (national)","lat":51.5074,"lng":-0.1278,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://nationalautistictaskforce.org.uk/","source_url":"https://eucap.eu/members/","founded":2018,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Associate member of EUCAP. Describes itself as 'an innovative autistic-run body' focused on autistic people less able to self-advocate. No single headquarters city stated; placed at London as a national placeholder."},{"id":"nsun","name":"National Survivor User Network (NSUN)","name_local":null,"summary":"England's national lived-experience-led mental health charity, connecting and amplifying people with lived experience of mental distress and user-led grassroots groups, based in London.","type":"advocacy","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"London, England","lat":51.61,"lng":-0.1,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.nsun.org.uk/","source_url":"https://www.nsun.org.uk/about-us/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Self-describes as 'England's only lived experience-led national mental health charity'. Registered address: 483 Green Lanes, London N13 4BS."},{"id":"neuk-collective","name":"Neuk Collective","name_local":null,"summary":"Scotland-wide community and advocacy network for neurodivergent artists, run under Door in the Wall Arts Access CIC (a disabled-led organisation) and founded by neurodivergent textile artist Tzipporah Johnston.","type":"arts","focus":["neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"Scotland (Edinburgh & Glasgow)","lat":55.95,"lng":-3.19,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://neukcollective.co.uk/","source_url":"https://neukcollective.co.uk/about/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Exact founding year not stated on the site (its own 'Our story'/'history' subpages 404'd during verification); currently active with a directory, membership, and a 2026 Glasgow exhibition."},{"id":"neurodiversity-in-business","name":"Neurodiversity in Business (NiB)","name_local":null,"summary":"UK charity and membership network helping employers build neuroinclusive workplaces through research, training and a community of practice for HR and diversity professionals.","type":"work","focus":["neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"London","lat":51.5,"lng":-0.1,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://neurodiversity.org/","source_url":"https://neurodiversity.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Formerly at neurodiversityinbusiness.org, which now redirects here."},{"id":"oska-bright-film-festival","name":"Oska Bright Film Festival","name_local":null,"summary":"Biennial film festival in Brighton founded in 2004 by learning-disabled filmmakers, screening only films made by or featuring learning-disabled and/or autistic people, run today by a learning-disabled programming team under Carousel.","type":"arts","focus":["intellectual-disability","learning-disabilities","autism"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"Brighton, England","lat":50.82,"lng":-0.14,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://oskabright.org/","source_url":"https://oskabright.org/about-us","founded":2004,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"parc-participatory-autism-research","name":"Participatory Autism Research Collective (PARC)","name_local":null,"summary":"A voluntary UK network, started at London South Bank University, that brings autistic scholars and activists together with early-career researchers to promote autistic involvement in autism research.","type":"research","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"London, England","lat":51.4996,"lng":-0.118,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://participatoryautismresearch.wordpress.com/","source_url":"https://kar.kent.ac.uk/64500/","founded":2015,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Co-founded by Damian Milton and Nicola Martin; first meeting April 2015. Now spans several UK institutions including Birmingham, Sheffield Hallam and Nottingham. Active in 2026 per site events listing."},{"id":"raw-vision","name":"Raw Vision","name_local":null,"summary":"Quarterly print and online magazine devoted to outsider art and art brut, founded by John Maizels in London in 1989 and now headquartered in Radlett, Hertfordshire.","type":"arts","focus":["neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"Radlett, Hertfordshire","lat":51.68,"lng":-0.32,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://rawvision.com/","source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_Vision","founded":1989,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Edited/founded by art historian John Maizels, not by neurodivergent or disabled staff explicitly."},{"id":"recovery-in-the-bin","name":"Recovery in the Bin (RITB)","name_local":null,"summary":"A UK critical-theorist and activist collective that critiques mainstream 'recovery' models in mental health, publishing survivor-led frameworks like the '#Neorecovery' critique and the Unrecovery Star.","type":"advocacy","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"online","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"United Kingdom (online collective; no fixed city stated)","lat":51.49,"lng":-0.14,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.recoveryinthebin.org/","source_url":"https://www.recoveryinthebin.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site explicitly publishes a piece titled '#Neorecovery: A Survivor Led Conceptualisation and Critique', supporting the nd-led designation."},{"id":"scottish-adhd-coalition","name":"Scottish ADHD Coalition","name_local":null,"summary":"Scottish charity, founded 2017 out of a 2016 Dundee meeting of local groups, coordinating voluntary organisations across Scotland that support adults and children with ADHD, including youth groups, parent training and referral information.","type":"advocacy","focus":["adhd"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"Dundee, Scotland","lat":56.462,"lng":-2.9707,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://scottishadhdcoalition.org","source_url":"https://adhdeurope.eu/members/","founded":2017,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"One of ADHD Europe's newest (2025) national member organisations, though the coalition itself dates to 2017. Registered Scottish charity SC047320."},{"id":"scottish-autism","name":"Scottish Autism","name_local":null,"summary":"Scotland's largest autism-specific service provider, founded in 1968 by a group of parents, running residential and day support, an advice line, family support and participatory research through its Centre for Practice, Policy and Research.","type":"care","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"Alloa, Scotland","lat":56.1189,"lng":-3.7896,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.scottishautism.org/","source_url":"https://www.scottishautism.org/","founded":1968,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Included as a large, well-known ally-led anchor organisation for Scotland, in contrast to the autistic-led ARGH Scotland and AMASE entries in this batch."},{"id":"soteria-network-uk","name":"Soteria Network UK","name_local":null,"summary":"A UK network of service users, survivors, carers, activists and professionals promoting the drug-free or minimum-medication Soteria House model for people experiencing psychosis.","type":"advocacy","focus":["mad-pride","psychosis"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"online","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"United Kingdom (online network; no fixed city stated)","lat":51.53,"lng":-0.08,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.soterianetwork.org.uk/","source_url":"https://www.soterianetwork.org.uk/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Self-describes as part of 'an international movement of service users, survivors, activists, carers, academics and professionals'."},{"id":"survivor-researcher-network","name":"Survivor Researcher Network","name_local":null,"summary":"A UK network for and by psychiatric-survivor and service-user researchers, hosted by the National Survivor User Network (NSUN), supporting peer-led mental-health research and skill-sharing.","type":"research","focus":["mad-pride"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"online","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"London, England","lat":51.5,"lng":-0.12,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.nsun.org.uk/support/survivor-researcher-network/","source_url":"https://www.nsun.org.uk/support/survivor-researcher-network/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Operates as a programme of NSUN, also in this file, rather than as a separately incorporated organisation."},{"id":"museum-of-everything","name":"The Museum of Everything","name_local":null,"summary":"UK registered charity and travelling museum for self-taught, art brut and outsider art, founded by James Brett in London in 2009; operates the Gallery of Everything, its commercial space on Chiltern Street.","type":"arts","focus":["neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"London, England","lat":51.52,"lng":-0.16,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.museumofeverything.com","source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Museum_of_Everything_(museum)","founded":2009,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site 301-redirects to musevery.com (HTTP 200). Curated by founder James Brett, not by ND/disabled people themselves. Touring model plus fixed Gallery of Everything retail space; recent (2025/26) exhibition dates not independently confirmed."},{"id":"unlimited-uk","name":"Unlimited","name_local":null,"summary":"UK commissioning body backing new work by disabled artists since 2012, delivered in partnership by disability-led charity Shape Arts and producer Artsadmin, staging periodic festivals in London.","type":"arts","focus":["neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"physical","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"London, England","lat":51.51,"lng":-0.13,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://weareunlimited.org.uk/","source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlimited_(arts_initiative)","founded":2012,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Originally conceived by Arts Council England for the 2012 Cultural Olympiad; delivery partnership pairs disability-led Shape Arts with Artsadmin, which is not disability-led per available sources — hence 'mixed' rather than 'nd-led'."},{"id":"uwe-neurodiversity-society","name":"UWE Bristol Neurodiversity Society","name_local":null,"summary":"A student-led society at the University of the West of England for autistic, ADHD, dyslexic, dyspraxic and dyscalculic students, running social events, guest speakers and a monthly 'Special Interest Saturday'.","type":"community","focus":["neurodiversity-general","autism","adhd","dyslexia","dyspraxia","dyscalculia"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"physical","country":"GB","country_name":"United Kingdom","region":"Bristol (Frenchay Campus), England","lat":51.5061,"lng":-2.5479,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.thestudentsunion.co.uk/organisation/neurodiversity/","source_url":"https://www.thestudentsunion.co.uk/organisation/neurodiversity/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Described on its own page as shaped by its members as well as its elected committee; a separate institution from the University of Bristol's BUNS."},{"id":"aaspire","name":"Academic Autism Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education","name_local":null,"summary":"Community-based participatory research partnership, based at Portland State University, in which autistic adults are equal partners with academics. Known for work on healthcare access and other autistic-adult priorities.","type":"research","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"online","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Portland, OR","lat":45.52,"lng":-122.68,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://aaspire.org/","source_url":"https://aaspire.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Long-standing partner of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network and Autism Society of Oregon; the /about-us/ page returned a 404 during this check, verified instead via the homepage and third-party coverage."},{"id":"aheadd","name":"AHEADD","name_local":null,"summary":"US organisation coaching college students with autism, ADHD and learning disabilities on academic, social and career skills, and consulting with universities on support services.","type":"education","focus":["autism","adhd","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Pittsburgh, PA","lat":40.44,"lng":-79.99,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://aheadd.org/","source_url":"https://aheadd.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"arts-of-life-chicago","name":"Arts of Life","name_local":null,"summary":"Chicago nonprofit founded in 2000 providing studio space, art supplies, and exhibition and sales support to artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities, with additional studios on Chicago's North Shore.","type":"arts","focus":["intellectual-disability","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"physical","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Chicago, IL","lat":41.9,"lng":-87.68,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://artsoflife.org/","source_url":"https://artsoflife.org/","founded":2000,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"aspiritech","name":"Aspiritech","name_local":null,"summary":"Illinois nonprofit social enterprise that trains and employs autistic adults as software testers and quality-assurance analysts for outside clients.","type":"work","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Highland Park, IL","lat":42.18,"lng":-87.8,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://aspiritech.org/","source_url":"https://aspiritech.org/","founded":2008,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"auticon-us","name":"auticon US","name_local":null,"summary":"US division of auticon, a technology consulting company describing itself as the largest majority-autistic company in the world, with over 75% of its workforce neurodivergent, offering software, data and QA services alongside corporate neuroinclusion training.","type":"work","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Sacramento, CA","lat":38.57091,"lng":-121.46928,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://auticon.com/us/","source_url":"https://auticon.com/us/about-us/","founded":2009,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"auticon was founded by an ally in Germany in 2009; the workforce is majority autistic but company leadership is not exclusively so, hence 'mixed.' Sacramento is the registered US office address."},{"id":"autism-in-black","name":"Autism in Black","name_local":null,"summary":"Organization founded by Maria Davis-Pierre providing coaching, training and community support to Black parents raising autistic children, with an annual conference and podcast addressing racial disparities in autism diagnosis and services.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"online","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"West Palm Beach, FL","lat":26.72,"lng":-80.05,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://autisminblack.org/","source_url":"https://autisminblack.org/about/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founder Maria Davis-Pierre is a parent of an autistic child, not stated as autistic herself, so classified ally-led despite being explicitly Black-led. Exact HQ city approximated from founder's public South Florida base."},{"id":"autism-science-foundation","name":"Autism Science Foundation","name_local":null,"summary":"US nonprofit that funds autism research grants and fellowships and publishes plain-language summaries of autism science for families and clinicians.","type":"research","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"New York, NY","lat":40.74091,"lng":-73.95928,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://autismsciencefoundation.org/","source_url":"https://autismsciencefoundation.org/","founded":2009,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"asan-autistic-self-advocacy-network","name":"Autistic Self Advocacy Network","name_local":null,"summary":"National advocacy organization run by and for autistic people, founded in 2006. Works on disability policy, public education, and community organizing around autism rights in the United States.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Washington, DC","lat":38.89091,"lng":-77.01928,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://autisticadvocacy.org/","source_url":"https://autisticadvocacy.org/about-asan/who-we-are/","founded":2006,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"awn-autistic-women-nonbinary-network","name":"Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network","name_local":null,"summary":"Peer network and resource hub for autistic women, transgender, and nonbinary people, run by and for autistic people. Provides community support, publications, and advocacy from its base in Lincoln, Nebraska.","type":"community","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"online","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Lincoln, NE","lat":40.81,"lng":-96.68,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://awnnetwork.org/","source_url":"https://awnnetwork.org/about/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"camphill-association-of-north-america","name":"Camphill Association of North America","name_local":null,"summary":"Umbrella association for a network of about 15 intentional 'life-sharing' communities across the US and Canada where people with and without intellectual/developmental disabilities live together, also running the Camphill Academy and volunteer service programs.","type":"care","focus":["intellectual-disability"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"physical","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Kimberton, PA (network spans multiple US states and Canadian provinces)","lat":40.11,"lng":-75.59,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://camphill.org/","source_url":"https://camphill.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Network includes communities in California, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Ontario and British Columbia; no single centralized headquarters confirmed, so Kimberton (a long-established community) is used as a representative location."},{"id":"chadd-adhd","name":"CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)","name_local":null,"summary":"National nonprofit headquartered in Lanham, Maryland, that runs a federally funded National Resource Center on ADHD, publishes Attention magazine, and coordinates local support chapters for people with ADHD and their families.","type":"education","focus":["adhd"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Lanham, MD","lat":38.97,"lng":-76.85,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://chadd.org/","source_url":"https://chadd.org/about/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Commonly reported elsewhere as founded in 1987 by parents of children with ADHD; not independently confirmed on the current site during this pass, so left null."},{"id":"college-autism-network","name":"College Autism Network","name_local":null,"summary":"US network linking researchers, disability service staff and advocates working to improve access and outcomes for autistic students in higher education, publishing research reviews and practice guides.","type":"education","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Clemson, SC","lat":34.68,"lng":-82.84,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://collegeautismnetwork.org/","source_url":"https://collegeautismnetwork.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"cip-worldwide","name":"College Internship Program (CIP)","name_local":null,"summary":"US transition programme with several campuses helping young autistic and ADHD adults build skills for college, employment and independent living through individualized coaching.","type":"education","focus":["autism","adhd","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"physical","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Lee, MA","lat":42.3,"lng":-73.25,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://cipworldwide.org/","source_url":"https://cipworldwide.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"creative-growth-art-center","name":"Creative Growth Art Center","name_local":null,"summary":"Studio and gallery in Oakland founded in 1973 where adult artists with developmental, intellectual, and physical disabilities make and sell visual art. One of the earliest organizations of its kind in the United States.","type":"arts","focus":["intellectual-disability","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"physical","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Oakland, CA","lat":37.8,"lng":-122.27,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.creativegrowth.org/","source_url":"https://www.creativegrowth.org/","founded":1973,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founding date is given as 1973 or 1974 in different sources; founded by educator Florence Ludins-Katz and psychologist Elias Katz."},{"id":"creativity-explored","name":"Creativity Explored","name_local":null,"summary":"Creativity Explored is a San Francisco studio founded in 1983 by Florence Ludins-Katz and Elias Katz that gives adults with developmental disabilities studio access, materials, and professional support to create and sell art.","type":"arts","focus":["intellectual-disability","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"San Francisco, California","lat":37.77,"lng":-122.42,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.creativityexplored.org/","source_url":"https://www.creativityexplored.org/history","founded":1983,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Curl 200 OK. Site language is 'partners with artists with developmental disabilities'; run by professional staff, not artist-governed."},{"id":"daivergent","name":"Daivergent","name_local":null,"summary":"US platform that matches autistic and other neurodivergent jobseekers with employers and provides online skills training and job coaching.","type":"work","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"online","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"New York, NY","lat":40.69,"lng":-74.03,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.daivergent.com/","source_url":"https://www.daivergent.com/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"decoding-dyslexia-ca","name":"Decoding Dyslexia California","name_local":null,"summary":"California chapter of the parent-led Decoding Dyslexia grassroots network, pushing for statewide dyslexia screening, teacher training and classroom accommodations.","type":"advocacy","focus":["dyslexia","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"California (statewide)","lat":38.58,"lng":-121.49,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.decodingdyslexiaca.org/","source_url":"https://decodingdyslexia.net/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Part of the national Decoding Dyslexia network of parent-led state chapters; 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leadership composition not stated on homepage."},{"id":"extraordinary-ventures","name":"Extraordinary Ventures","name_local":null,"summary":"Chapel Hill, North Carolina nonprofit founded in 2007 by families, operating a portfolio of small businesses (thrift store, laundry, event center, office solutions) to create employment for adults with autism and other developmental disabilities.","type":"work","focus":["autism","intellectual-disability"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Chapel Hill, NC","lat":35.91,"lng":-79.06,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://extraordinaryventures.org/","source_url":"https://extraordinaryventures.org/about/","founded":2007,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founded by families responding to gaps in adult employment for people with developmental disabilities; social-enterprise employer model rather than self-advocate-run."},{"id":"fiesta-educativa","name":"Fiesta Educativa","name_local":null,"summary":"Los Angeles nonprofit founded in 1978, one of the first US organizations serving Latino families of children with developmental disabilities, running special-education advocacy training and family conferences in Spanish and English.","type":"community","focus":["autism","intellectual-disability","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Los Angeles, CA","lat":34.07,"lng":-118.21,"languages":["en","es"],"url":"https://fiestaeducativa.org/","source_url":"https://fiestaeducativa.org/about/","founded":1978,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founded by the Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center; parent/family-led rather than led by disabled people themselves. Describes itself as California's largest nonprofit serving Latino families of children with special needs."},{"id":"fireweed-collective","name":"Fireweed Collective","name_local":null,"summary":"Peer-led network for people who identify as mad, crazy, or mentally ill, founded in 2002 as the Icarus Project and renamed in 2020. 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Name has evolved from the original 'Asperger Syndrome' branding."},{"id":"green-mountain-self-advocates","name":"Green Mountain Self-Advocates","name_local":null,"summary":"Vermont disability rights organization run by and for people with developmental disabilities, coordinating local self-advocacy groups across the state and organizing conferences, workshops and state-house testimony.","type":"community","focus":["intellectual-disability"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Montpelier, VT","lat":44.26,"lng":-72.58,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://gmsavt.org/","source_url":"https://gmsavt.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"hearing-voices-network-usa","name":"Hearing Voices Network USA","name_local":null,"summary":"The USA's national Hearing Voices Network, coordinating peer support groups, training and a resource directory for voice-hearers across the country.","type":"community","focus":["hearing-voices","psychosis"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"online","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Northampton, MA (approximate; site did not state a fixed HQ)","lat":42.32,"lng":-72.64,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://hearingvoicesusa.org/","source_url":"https://www.intervoiceonline.org/national-networks","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site blocked most automated requests with HTTP 429/403; a plain GET without www eventually returned HTTP 202. Region is an approximate placeholder in western Massachusetts, historically a hub of US peer/HV organising; a moderator should confirm the network's actual current base."},{"id":"indiana-resource-center-for-autism","name":"Indiana Resource Center for Autism (IRCA)","name_local":null,"summary":"University-based center at Indiana University Bloomington's Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, providing training, school support and community outreach on autism using what it describes as a neuroaffirming approach.","type":"research","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Bloomington, IN","lat":39.17,"lng":-86.53,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.iidc.indiana.edu/irca/","source_url":"https://www.iidc.indiana.edu/irca/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"University research/training center rather than a self-advocate-run organization; explicitly states a 'neuroaffirming approach.'"},{"id":"intentional-peer-support","name":"Intentional Peer Support (IPS)","name_local":null,"summary":"Training organization founded by peer-support pioneer Shery Mead teaching a relational, non-hierarchical model of peer support used across mental health and disability communities in North America and beyond.","type":"education","focus":["mad-pride","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Plainfield, NH","lat":43.56,"lng":-72.33,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.intentionalpeersupport.org/","source_url":"https://www.intentionalpeersupport.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site returns 403 to automated fetch (bot-filtering), confirmed live via curl headers. Location is an approximation based on founder Shery Mead's long-standing New Hampshire base; the organization now trains internationally."},{"id":"international-dyslexia-association","name":"International Dyslexia Association","name_local":null,"summary":"US-based nonprofit that certifies dyslexia specialists, sets standards for structured literacy instruction, and runs a network of branches supporting people with dyslexia and their families worldwide.","type":"research","focus":["dyslexia"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Baltimore, MD","lat":39.29,"lng":-76.61,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://dyslexiaida.org/","source_url":"https://dyslexiaida.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"international-ocd-foundation","name":"International OCD Foundation (IOCDF)","name_local":null,"summary":"Boston-based national nonprofit for OCD and related disorders, funding research, training clinicians, running educational conferences, and coordinating a network of local affiliate support groups across the US.","type":"advocacy","focus":["ocd"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Boston, MA","lat":42.35091,"lng":-71.03928,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://iocdf.org/","source_url":"https://iocdf.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Leadership composition not disclosed on site; coordinates a network of independent local affiliates including several included separately in this dataset."},{"id":"kansas-university-center-on-disabilities","name":"Kansas University Center on Disabilities (KUCD)","name_local":null,"summary":"University of Kansas research and training center in Lawrence, Kansas, serving as the state's federally designated University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, combining research, training and community engagement co-developed with people with disabilities and families.","type":"research","focus":["intellectual-disability","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Lawrence, KS","lat":38.97,"lng":-95.24,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://kucd.ku.edu/","source_url":"https://kucd.ku.edu/about","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Formed in 2024 by merging the KU Center on Developmental Disabilities and the Beach Center on Disabilities; part of the Life Span Institute."},{"id":"larche-usa","name":"L'Arche USA","name_local":null,"summary":"US national office of the international L'Arche federation of communities where people with and without intellectual disabilities share daily life, coordinating member communities across the country from Washington, DC.","type":"care","focus":["intellectual-disability","down-syndrome"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"physical","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Washington, DC","lat":38.9,"lng":-77.04,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.larcheusa.org/","source_url":"https://www.larcheusa.org/","founded":1972,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"1972 marks the first US L'Arche community (Erie, PA); the international federation was founded in France in 1964 by Jean Vanier. Christian community model in which people with intellectual disabilities are core members rather than sole governors."},{"id":"land-gallery","name":"LAND Gallery","name_local":null,"summary":"LAND Studio & Gallery is a nonprofit day-habilitation program in Brooklyn, NY, founded in 2005 by the League Education and Treatment Center, teaching life skills through art alongside professional artists.","type":"arts","focus":["intellectual-disability","learning-disabilities","autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Brooklyn, New York","lat":40.71,"lng":-73.96,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://landgallery.org/","source_url":"https://landgallery.org/about","founded":2005,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"lda-america","name":"Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)","name_local":null,"summary":"National membership organization founded in 1963, providing information, advocacy and a professional/family network on learning disabilities, headquartered near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.","type":"advocacy","focus":["learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Allison Park, PA","lat":40.55,"lng":-79.96,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://ldaamerica.org/","source_url":"https://ldaamerica.org/","founded":1963,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"One of the oldest US learning-disability organizations; site does not disclose whether people with learning disabilities hold governance roles."},{"id":"mindfreedom-international","name":"MindFreedom International","name_local":null,"summary":"Coalition of grassroots groups founded in 1990 by psychiatric survivors, based in Eugene, Oregon. Advocates against forced psychiatric treatment and for human rights and alternatives in mental health care.","type":"advocacy","focus":["mad-pride","psychosis"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Eugene, OR","lat":44.05,"lng":-123.09,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://mindfreedom.org/","source_url":"https://mindfreedom.org/about/faq/intro-faqs-d1/","founded":1990,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Membership is majority psychiatric survivors; site states MFI \"was started by psychiatric survivors.\""},{"id":"national-autism-center","name":"National Autism Center","name_local":null,"summary":"US research and training centre, part of the May Institute, that reviews autism intervention evidence and publishes practice guidelines used by schools and clinicians.","type":"research","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Randolph, MA","lat":42.16,"lng":-71.04,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://nationalautismcenter.org/","source_url":"https://nationalautismcenter.org/","founded":2005,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"national-empowerment-center","name":"National Empowerment Center","name_local":null,"summary":"Peer-run mental health advocacy and training organization based in Lawrence, Massachusetts, founded in the early 1990s by psychiatric survivors including Judi Chamberlin and Daniel Fisher, promoting recovery and self-determination outside the traditional clinical model.","type":"advocacy","focus":["mad-pride","psychosis"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Lawrence, MA","lat":42.71,"lng":-71.16,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://power2u.org/","source_url":"https://power2u.org/","founded":1992,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site content is heavily JS-rendered so automated fetch could not confirm all details; founding by psychiatric survivors including Judi Chamberlin and Daniel Fisher is well documented in secondary sources."},{"id":"neuroclastic","name":"NeuroClastic","name_local":null,"summary":"Autistic-run nonprofit media outlet publishing essays and resources almost exclusively by autistic contributors, positioned as a counterpoint to deficit-based autism narratives and recruiting writers from underrepresented backgrounds.","type":"media","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"online","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"United States (online, no fixed HQ stated)","lat":39.74,"lng":-104.99,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://neuroclastic.com/","source_url":"https://neuroclastic.com/about/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Volunteer-run, distributed nonprofit with no stated physical headquarters; site explicitly states contributors are 'almost exclusively autistic.' Coordinates are an approximate US placeholder, not a confirmed office location."},{"id":"neurodiversity-employment-network","name":"Neurodiversity Employment Network","name_local":null,"summary":"Philadelphia-region network connecting employers, service providers and jobseekers to build employment pathways for neurodivergent adults.","type":"work","focus":["neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Philadelphia, PA","lat":39.95,"lng":-75.16,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.neurodiversityemploymentnetwork.org/","source_url":"https://www.neurodiversityemploymentnetwork.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"neurodiversity-podcast","name":"Neurodiversity Podcast","name_local":null,"summary":"Long-running podcast and media project hosted by a counselor specializing in gifted and neurodivergent learners, interviewing researchers, educators and neurodivergent guests on ADHD, autism, giftedness and related topics.","type":"media","focus":["neurodiversity-general","adhd","autism"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"online","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"St. Louis, MO","lat":38.63,"lng":-90.2,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://neurodiversitypodcast.com/","source_url":"https://neurodiversitypodcast.com/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Host location approximated from publicly known professional base; not independently confirmed via site content due to JS rendering."},{"id":"niad-art-center","name":"NIAD Art Center","name_local":null,"summary":"NIAD Art Center is a nonprofit studio in Richmond, California for adult artists with developmental and physical disabilities, founded in 1982, where staff support artists in creating and selling work.","type":"arts","focus":["intellectual-disability","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"physical","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Richmond, California","lat":37.94,"lng":-122.35,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://niadart.org/","source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIAD_Art_Center","founded":1982,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"www.niadart.org 301-redirects to niadart.org (final 200 OK, curl-verified). Site does not state a leadership model explicitly."},{"id":"ocd-colorado","name":"OCD Colorado","name_local":null,"summary":"Denver-area affiliate of the International OCD Foundation, running the annual 'One Million Steps for OCD' walk, educational presentations, and community engagement for the Colorado OCD community.","type":"community","focus":["ocd"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Denver, CO","lat":39.72,"lng":-104.97,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.ocdcolorado.org/","source_url":"https://www.ocdcolorado.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Official IOCDF affiliate."},{"id":"ocd-bay-area","name":"OCD SF Bay Area","name_local":null,"summary":"San Francisco Bay Area affiliate of the International OCD Foundation, distributing OCD information, running peer support groups, and advocating for access to affordable, appropriate treatment.","type":"community","focus":["ocd"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"San Francisco Bay Area, CA","lat":37.78,"lng":-122.41,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.ocdbayarea.org/","source_url":"https://www.ocdbayarea.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Official IOCDF affiliate."},{"id":"ocd-twin-cities","name":"OCD Twin Cities","name_local":null,"summary":"Saint Paul-based nonprofit and International OCD Foundation affiliate serving the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area, running support groups and connecting people with OCD treatment providers.","type":"community","focus":["ocd"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Saint Paul, MN","lat":44.95,"lng":-93.09,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.ocdtwincities.org/","source_url":"https://www.ocdtwincities.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Official IOCDF affiliate."},{"id":"passion-works-studio","name":"Passion Works Studio","name_local":null,"summary":"Passion Works Studio is a nonprofit collaborative art studio in Athens, Ohio, creating paid creative work for artists with and without developmental disabilities, best known for its handmade Passion Flowers.","type":"arts","focus":["intellectual-disability","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"physical","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Athens, Ohio","lat":39.33,"lng":-82.1,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://passionworks.org/","source_url":"https://passionworks.org/pages/values","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founding year not stated on official pages checked (site references '20 years' of undated copy and Patty Mitchell working there 'since 1994'); could not independently verify this session. 'mixed' leadership reflects the site's own framing as 'creative people with and without developmental differences' working collaboratively, plus 'we wanted to create an organization that follows the lead, talent and interests of our artists.'"},{"id":"people-first-of-california","name":"People First of California","name_local":null,"summary":"Statewide self-advocacy organization run by and for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities under the banner 'Advocates Training Advocates,' with an all-self-advocate board coordinating local People First chapters across California.","type":"community","focus":["intellectual-disability"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Redding, CA","lat":40.59,"lng":-122.39,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://peoplefirstca.org/","source_url":"https://peoplefirstca.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Board of directors is composed of people with intellectual/developmental disabilities."},{"id":"people-first-of-washington","name":"People First of Washington","name_local":null,"summary":"Statewide self-advocacy organization for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities based in Olympia, Washington, running local county chapters focused on advocacy, education and peer community.","type":"community","focus":["intellectual-disability"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Olympia, WA","lat":47.04,"lng":-122.9,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.peoplefirstofwashington.org/","source_url":"https://www.peoplefirstofwashington.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site does not explicitly state governance composition, but follows the People First self-advocacy model in which chapters are member-run by people with intellectual/developmental disabilities."},{"id":"project-lets","name":"Project LETS","name_local":null,"summary":"Grassroots peer-support and mental-health organization founded in 2009 in Providence, Rhode Island, explicitly led by and for people with lived experience of mental illness, disability, trauma and neurodivergence, running crisis support and campus chapters.","type":"community","focus":["mad-pride","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Providence, RI","lat":41.82,"lng":-71.41,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://projectlets.org/","source_url":"https://projectlets.org/about","founded":2009,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site states it is 'led by and for folks with lived experience of mental illness/madness, Disability, trauma, & neurodivergence.'"},{"id":"project-onward","name":"Project Onward","name_local":null,"summary":"Project Onward is a nonprofit studio and gallery in Chicago, founded in 2004 out of the city's Gallery 37 youth program, providing studio space, materials, and career support to more than 60 adult artists with disabilities and mental illness.","type":"arts","focus":["intellectual-disability","learning-disabilities","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Chicago, Illinois","lat":41.88,"lng":-87.63,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.projectonward.org/","source_url":"https://www.projectonward.org/","founded":2004,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"pure-vision-arts","name":"Pure Vision Arts","name_local":null,"summary":"Pure Vision Arts is a studio and exhibition space in New York City, founded in 2002 as a program of The Shield Institute, staffed by art-education and art-therapy professionals who support artists with autism and other developmental disabilities.","type":"arts","focus":["autism","intellectual-disability","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"physical","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"New York, New York","lat":40.71,"lng":-74.01,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.purevisionarts.org/","source_url":"https://www.purevisionarts.org/about","founded":2002,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"purevisionarts.org 301-redirects to www.purevisionarts.org (final 200 OK, curl-verified)."},{"id":"reelabilities-film-festival-new-york","name":"ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York","name_local":null,"summary":"Film festival dedicated to disability representation on and off screen, founded in 2007 at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan and now the flagship of a touring ReelAbilities network across the US.","type":"arts","focus":["neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United 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Site redirects to sabeusa.com; exact headquarters city not independently confirmed."},{"id":"sibling-leadership-network","name":"Sibling Leadership Network","name_local":null,"summary":"National nonprofit with state chapters, run by and for adult siblings of people with disabilities, providing information, support programs, advocacy training and research on the sibling experience across the lifespan.","type":"community","focus":["intellectual-disability","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"online","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Chicago, IL","lat":41.87,"lng":-87.66,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://siblingleadership.org/","source_url":"https://siblingleadership.org/about/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Led by siblings of people with disabilities themselves rather than by disabled people or parents; hosted at the University of Illinois Chicago's disability studies program. Exact HQ city not stated on site; Chicago used based on UIC affiliation."},{"id":"sins-invalid","name":"Sins Invalid","name_local":null,"summary":"Bay Area disability justice performance project, founded around 2006, creating theatrical work centering disabled artists of color and queer disabled artists and running the Disability Justice Hothouse education series; a fiscally sponsored project of Dancers' Group.","type":"arts","focus":["neurodiversity-general","intellectual-disability"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Berkeley, CA","lat":37.87,"lng":-122.27,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.sinsinvalid.org/","source_url":"https://www.sinsinvalid.org/","founded":2006,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founding year inferred from a 2026 '20th anniversary' reference on the site. Centers disabled-led performance and disability justice organizing; not autism/neurodiversity-exclusive but explicitly disability-led."},{"id":"stanford-neurodiversity-project","name":"Stanford Neurodiversity Project","name_local":null,"summary":"Program at Stanford Medicine, recently renamed the Stanford Center for Neurodiversity and Human Potential, running education, employment, and research initiatives for autistic and other neurodivergent people.","type":"research","focus":["neurodiversity-general","autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Stanford, CA","lat":37.43,"lng":-122.17,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://med.stanford.edu/neurodiversity.html","source_url":"https://med.stanford.edu/neurodiversity.html","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Name is in transition from \"Stanford Neurodiversity Project\" to \"Stanford Center for Neurodiversity and Human Potential\"; both names appear on Stanford's own pages."},{"id":"stimpunks-foundation","name":"Stimpunks Foundation","name_local":null,"summary":"Nonprofit founded in December 2021 and built by and for neurodivergent and disabled people, providing mutual aid, creator grants, open educational resources and consultation, with leadership including autistic and ADHD board and staff members.","type":"community","focus":["neurodiversity-general","autism","adhd"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"online","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Round Rock, TX","lat":30.51,"lng":-97.68,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://stimpunks.org/","source_url":"https://stimpunks.org/about","founded":2021,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site does not state a physical HQ; region approximated from founders' publicly known Texas location."},{"id":"superfest-disability-film-festival","name":"Superfest International Disability Film Festival","name_local":null,"summary":"Longest-running disability film festival in the world, founded in 1970, now produced by the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability and the San Francisco Disability Cultural Center in the Bay Area.","type":"arts","focus":["neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"San Francisco Bay Area, California","lat":37.76091,"lng":-122.39928,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://superfestfilm.org/","source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfest_International_Disability_Film_Festival","founded":1970,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Leadership marked unknown: sources confirm disabled people serve as judges but do not explicitly state staff/leadership disability status."},{"id":"tash","name":"TASH","name_local":null,"summary":"Washington, DC-based international disability rights organization founded in 1975 (originally for people with severe/profound disabilities), doing advocacy, research and policy work with membership spanning self-advocates, families and professionals.","type":"advocacy","focus":["intellectual-disability"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Washington, DC","lat":38.91,"lng":-77.03,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://tash.org/","source_url":"https://tash.org/about/","founded":1975,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Originally the American Association for the Education of the Severely and Profoundly Handicapped; membership explicitly includes 'people with disabilities' alongside researchers and family members, but governance details not disclosed."},{"id":"teacch-autism-program","name":"TEACCH Autism Program","name_local":null,"summary":"Autism education and clinical training program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, originator of structured teaching methods used in classrooms and services worldwide.","type":"education","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Chapel Hill, NC","lat":35.91,"lng":-79.05,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://teacch.com/","source_url":"https://teacch.com/","founded":1972,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"the-art-of-autism","name":"The Art of Autism","name_local":null,"summary":"San Diego-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit, founded 2005, that promotes autistic artists via an online gallery, exhibits and film festivals; states its board is approximately 50% autistic.","type":"arts","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"San Diego, California","lat":32.72,"lng":-117.16,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://the-art-of-autism.com/","source_url":"https://the-art-of-autism.com/mission/fact-sheet/","founded":2005,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Explicitly self-reports ~50% autistic board composition on its own fact sheet; active with content through August 2026."},{"id":"color-of-autism-foundation","name":"The Color of Autism Foundation","name_local":null,"summary":"Detroit-area nonprofit founded in 2009 by a parent of an autistic child, providing culturally specific autism support, training, and a support group for Black fathers and co-parents of autistic children.","type":"community","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Detroit, MI","lat":42.53,"lng":-83.23,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://thecolorofautism.org/","source_url":"https://thecolorofautism.org/","founded":2009,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Registered address is in Beverly Hills, MI (metro Detroit); the organization describes its direct-service base as Detroit families."},{"id":"neurodiversity-alliance-eye-to-eye","name":"The Neurodiversity Alliance (Eye to Eye)","name_local":null,"summary":"New York-based nonprofit, formerly known as Eye to Eye, founded by and for people with learning disabilities and ADHD, that runs a national school-based mentoring program pairing older and younger students who learn differently.","type":"education","focus":["dyslexia","adhd","learning-disabilities"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"New York, NY","lat":40.73,"lng":-73.99,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://thendalliance.org/","source_url":"https://thendalliance.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Formerly Eye to Eye; eyetoeyenational.org now redirects to thendalliance.org. Sources vary between ~20 and ~25 years since founding, so an exact year is left null."},{"id":"the-precisionists","name":"The Precisionists Inc.","name_local":null,"summary":"US IT services company that employs adults with autism and other disabilities as software testers, data analysts and process specialists for corporate clients.","type":"work","focus":["autism","intellectual-disability","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Wilmington, DE","lat":39.74,"lng":-75.55,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.theprecisionists.com/","source_url":"https://www.theprecisionists.com/","founded":2014,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"thinking-persons-guide-to-autism","name":"Thinking Person's Guide to Autism","name_local":null,"summary":"Long-running collaborative media project publishing autism information and commentary from a mix of autistic self-advocates and parent writers, co-founded by writer Shannon Rosa and colleagues in the San Francisco Bay Area.","type":"media","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"online","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"San Francisco Bay Area, CA","lat":37.49,"lng":-122.24,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.thinkingautismguide.com/","source_url":"https://www.thinkingautismguide.com/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Site returns 403 to automated fetch (bot-filtering), confirmed live via curl headers. Editorial team mixes autistic and non-autistic writers; region is an approximation based on a co-founder's public location, not a stated office address."},{"id":"tourette-association-of-america","name":"Tourette Association of America","name_local":null,"summary":"The main US national organization for Tourette Syndrome and tic disorders, founded in 1972, funding research, training healthcare providers and educators, and running a nationwide support-group network.","type":"advocacy","focus":["tourette"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Bellerose, NY","lat":40.74,"lng":-73.71,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.tourette.org/","source_url":"https://www.tourette.org/about-us/","founded":1972,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Originally named the Tourette Syndrome Association; leadership composition (self-advocate vs. professional governance) not disclosed on site."},{"id":"ultranauts","name":"Ultranauts","name_local":null,"summary":"US software quality-engineering company built around a majority-autistic, fully distributed workforce, designing its own management practices around neurodivergent strengths.","type":"work","focus":["autism","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"online","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"New York, NY","lat":40.72091,"lng":-73.96928,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://ultranauts.co/","source_url":"https://ultranauts.co/","founded":2013,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Co-founded by an autistic entrepreneur; company describes itself as neurodiversity-led."},{"id":"visionaries-and-voices-cincinnati","name":"Visionaries + Voices","name_local":null,"summary":"Nonprofit studio in Cincinnati, founded in 2003, offering visual art space, materials, and exhibition opportunities to more than 125 artists with disabilities.","type":"arts","focus":["intellectual-disability","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"unknown","mode":"physical","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Cincinnati, OH","lat":39.1,"lng":-84.51,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.visionariesandvoices.com/","source_url":"https://www.visionariesandvoices.com/mission","founded":2003,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":null},{"id":"wildflower-alliance","name":"Wildflower Alliance","name_local":null,"summary":"Peer-run Massachusetts mental health and recovery organization, formerly named the Western Massachusetts Recovery Learning Community, offering peer respite, a peer support line, and training grounded in the psychiatric survivor and Mad Pride movements.","type":"community","focus":["mad-pride","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Holyoke, MA","lat":42.2,"lng":-72.62,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://wildfloweralliance.org/","source_url":"https://wildfloweralliance.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"westernmassrlc.org now redirects here, confirming this is the renamed continuation of the Western Massachusetts Recovery Learning Community (rebranded 2021). Peer-run by people with lived psychiatric-survivor experience."},{"id":"wm-neurodiversity-initiative","name":"William & Mary Neurodiversity Initiative","name_local":null,"summary":"Participatory campus initiative at William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, running events and programming on autism, ADHD and other brain differences, with autistic writer John Elder Robison serving as Neurodiversity Scholar-in-Residence.","type":"research","focus":["neurodiversity-general","autism","adhd"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Williamsburg, VA","lat":37.27,"lng":-76.71,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.wm.edu/sites/neurodiversity/","source_url":"https://www.wm.edu/sites/neurodiversity/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Working group includes administrators, faculty, staff, alumni and students alongside an autistic scholar-in-residence."},{"id":"wisconsin-facets","name":"Wisconsin FACETS","name_local":null,"summary":"Milwaukee-based nonprofit serving as Wisconsin's family-to-family resource for children with disabilities, offering a special-education help desk, resource referrals and IEP training at no cost to families.","type":"education","focus":["learning-disabilities","intellectual-disability","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Milwaukee, WI","lat":43.04,"lng":-87.91,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://wifacets.org/","source_url":"https://wifacets.org/about-us/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Founded by Jan Serak; a parent/family-oriented resource center rather than a self-advocacy organization."},{"id":"zeno-mountain-farm","name":"Zeno Mountain Farm","name_local":null,"summary":"Vermont-based nonprofit running free, accessible camps and film/theater projects that mix people with and without disabilities, established in 2008 on the principle that disability is not a problem to be fixed but a difference society must accommodate.","type":"arts","focus":["intellectual-disability","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"physical","country":"US","country_name":"United States","region":"Lincoln, VT","lat":44.11,"lng":-72.98,"languages":["en"],"url":"https://www.zenomountainfarm.org/","source_url":"https://www.zenomountainfarm.org/about","founded":2008,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Grew out of the Cheshire Project, a 2005 Venice, CA filmmaking collective, before the Vermont farm property was purchased in 2008."},{"id":"aletea-uruguay","name":"Aletea","name_local":"Aletea - Asociación civil uruguaya para el colectivo autista","summary":"A Montevideo civil association of families and professionals working for the social inclusion of autistic people in Uruguay from a neurodiversity and social-model-of-disability framework, offering training, multidisciplinary support and advocacy.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"UY","country_name":"Uruguay","region":"Montevideo","lat":-34.9,"lng":-56.16,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://aletea.org/","source_url":"https://aletea.org/","founded":2017,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Family- and professional-run rather than self-advocacy-led, but explicitly adopts the neurodiversity paradigm."},{"id":"radio-vilardevoz-orgullo-loco-uy","name":"Radio Vilardevoz / Mad Pride Uruguay","name_local":"Radio Vilardevoz / Orgullo Loco Uruguay","summary":"A psychiatric-survivor-led community radio and cultural project born in 1997 at the Vilardebó psychiatric hospital in Montevideo, now running a cultural space and organizing Uruguay's Mad Pride marches against institutionalization and electroshock.","type":"community","focus":["mad-pride","psychosis"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"UY","country_name":"Uruguay","region":"Montevideo (Ciudad Vieja)","lat":-34.91,"lng":-56.21,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://radiovilardevoz.org/","source_url":"https://psico.edu.uy/presencias-en-medios/orgullo-loco","founded":1997,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Ran Uruguay's first Mad Pride march in Plaza Independencia, September 21, 2023; site active with posts through September 2026."},{"id":"ruatdah-uruguay","name":"RUATDAH (Uruguayan ADHD Support Network)","name_local":"Red Uruguaya de Apoyo al TDAH","summary":"A family-led Uruguayan network created because no organization previously existed to support people with ADHD, providing information, guidance and community for families and advocating for better public policy on diagnosis and treatment.","type":"advocacy","focus":["adhd"],"leadership":"ally-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"UY","country_name":"Uruguay","region":"Montevideo","lat":-34.89,"lng":-56.14,"languages":["es"],"url":"https://www.ruatdah.com/sobre-nosotros","source_url":"https://www.ruatdah.com/sobre-nosotros","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Explicitly family-run rather than adult-ADHD self-advocacy; site actively maintained with recent articles and event promotion."},{"id":"vietnam-autism-network","name":"Vietnam Autism Network (VAN)","name_local":"Mạng lưới Tự kỷ Việt Nam","summary":"Voluntary nonprofit network of parents, autism specialists, and autistic individuals recognised by Vietnam's Ministry of Labour, running national autism awareness activities.","type":"advocacy","focus":["autism"],"leadership":"mixed","mode":"hybrid","country":"VN","country_name":"Vietnam","region":"Ho Chi Minh City","lat":10.82,"lng":106.63,"languages":["vi"],"url":"https://vietnamautism.net/","source_url":"https://vietnamautism.net/lich-su","founded":2013,"added":"2026-09-08","verified":"2026-09-08","added_by":"editorial","notes":"Governing board is elected from parent-group representatives across six provinces/cities; member of the ASEAN Autism Network."},{"id":"panppd-africa","name":"Pan African Network for Persons with Psychosocial Disabilities (PANPPD)","name_local":null,"summary":"Continent-wide network, active in over 20 African countries with 50-plus partner organisations, advancing the rights and inclusion of people with psychosocial disabilities under the principle 'Nothing About Us Without Us.'","type":"advocacy","focus":["mad-pride","neurodiversity-general"],"leadership":"nd-led","mode":"hybrid","country":"ZW","country_name":"Zimbabwe","region":"Harare (pan-African network)","lat":-17.83,"lng":31.05,"languages":["en","fr","pt","ar"],"url":"https://panppd.org/","source_url":"https://panppd.org/","founded":null,"added":"2026-09-09","verified":"2026-09-09","added_by":"editorial","notes":"HQ city inferred from a +263 (Zimbabwe) contact number on the site, not explicitly stated; the network's own member list by country was not published on the pages checked. Reports 15+ years of work and 1M+ lives impacted. Successor/relative of the older Pan African Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (PANUSP)."}]}