Peer Mentoring
Empower Autism’s Peer Mentoring Program involves peer-to-peer mentoring (1:1) between an autistic mentor and autistic mentee.
Mentors help build healthy and trusting relationships with mentees to encourage a positive sense of autistic identity. The mentoring process will also provide both mentors and mentees with the opportunity to build confidence, engage in personal growth, work towards personal goals, and improve general wellbeing.
Furthermore, both mentors and mentees will gain valuable skills and experience that enhance their employability.
About the Program
Our Peer Mentoring Program is specifically designed for autistic people aged 18 years and over. The program takes a flexible and individualised approach to mentoring. This means that we will work to match mentors with mentees that share similar goals, interests, and preferences. We will also help mentors and mentees to set up a unique mentoring arrangement that works best for them. For example, some mentors and mentees might prefer to meet once per week at a local library. Others might want to meet once a fortnight via Zoom.
Training, resources, and support will be provided along the way to encourage success and a positive experience throughout the mentoring process.
Please note that due to demand and funding restrictions, we are presently unable to take on new mentors or mentees.
We strongly believe peer mentoring can be extremely valuable and impactful for autistic people, and we are working to secure funding to allow for the continuation of this program.
If you would like to register your interest below, we’ll add you to our waitlist and contact you when we are in a position to resume the program.