Does anyone know of any online support groups for parents of autistic kids?

Question

Does anyone know of any online support groups for parents of autistic kids?

Answer 1

http://dailystrength.org/

http://www.snowdrop.cc

Answer 2

www.ivillage.com

has a message board

Answer 3

Yahoo groups has tons of autism support groups.If you are interested in Bio-medical treatments,you will find some excellent groups.If you arn`t interested in Bio-med,there are still tons of support groups on yahoo.Many kids are losing the diagnosis of autism,using Bio-med and or homeopathy.Autism is reversable.Check out the Autism Research Institute.

Answer 4

There are plenty of them in myspace, msn groups, yahoo groups

Answer 5

Have you tried using Myspace...it's not just for teenagers.My nephew is autistic and is being raised by his grandmother she chats on yahoo and on myspace there are thousands of pages on myspace devoted to parents of autistic children

Answer 6

If you contact Autism Speaks or check out their website they probably will be able to direct you the right direction. You can also ask your child's psychologist, SLP etc.

Answer 7

Yahoo Groups has numerous autism groups.  Key in "autism" in the search area.

Answer 8

On yahoo, there is "parenting_autism" which is a really good largish group.

www.mothering.com has a really great forum, and attachmentparenting.org has a special needs forum.

Answer 9

Here is a list of possible supports. Good Luck

http://www.autismdirect.co.uk/LINKS.htm

Answer 10

I ran across this site when I was doing research the other day:

http://www.autismsource.org/

I didn't explore it more, but it might be a good starting point for you.