About us

Empower Autism is a well-established, not-for-profit organisation that provides information, support and capacity development services to Autistic people, together with their parents, carers and families. We are strong advocates of the benefits of community connection and we strive to ensure each of our programs and initiatives are led by Autistic people, for Autistic people.

Our organisation was founded over 30 years ago, and has changed a lot since its beginnings. We’ve grown from a volunteer based organisation, established in 1994 by parents of children diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome. Today we have a team of 15 dedicated staff and approximately 40 volunteers who generously donate their time, experience and passion in assisting to run our programs and services.