Peer community
Instituto Lagarta Vira Pupa
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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.
- Focus
- Autism, Neurodiversity, cross-neurotype
- Leadership
- Family- or professional-led
- Where
- Online
- Languages
- Portuguese
- Since
- 2012
Visit lagartavirapupa.com.br (opens in a new tab)
Verified 2026-09-09 from radios.ebc.com.br. Added 2026-09-09 by the editorial team.
Note: 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.
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