Supporting autistic people in crisis situations
How can you deal with difficult situations if you have limited knowledge of autism? How to best support an autistic person in an acute crisis and challenging conditions? View brief basic information compiled by EUCAP and Autism Europe on this page or download as a pdf file here. More translated versions will be added as they become available.
Support offered by EUCAP member organisations
LAVA, BELGIUM
Languages: English, Dutch, German, Spanish
Contact: Els Van Beneden, managing director, lavautisme@gmail.com
Types of support: Help with finding support and services in Belgium.
ASY, FINLAND
Languages: Russian, Belarusian, Polish, English, Finnish
Contact: Alena Adameika (Russian, Belarusian, Polish, English) alena.adameika@gmail.com, phone +358 45 114 1104, Heta Pukki (English, Finnish), heta.pukki@asy.fi
Types of support: Help with finding support and services in Finland. Well equipped space for meetings and free time activities for small groups in Helsinki.
STICHTING AUTISME DIGITAAL, THE NETHERLANDS
Languages: English, German
Contact: Peter, peter@autismedigitaal.nl
Types of support: Advice and peer support in the Netherlands.
CEPAMA, SPAIN
Languages: Spanish, English, German
Contact: info@cepama.es
Types of support: Attending autistic adults (men and women), explaining to their supporters how to understand autistic people, specially women.
VOZ DO AUTISTA, PORTUGAL
Languages: Portuguese, English
Contact: geral@vozdoautista.pt
On social media: @vozdoautista
Types of support: Help with finding autism support, therapists and other support for specific needs in Portugal.
ASK AUTISTIC INITIATIVE, CROATIA
Languages: English, Croatian
Contact: ask.podrska@gmail.com
Types of support: point of contact, offering peer support, support for autistic parents
CLE AUTISTES, FRANCE
Languages: French, English
Contact: contact@cle-autistes.fr
Types of support: Attending autistic adults (men and women), advice and peer support, and help with finding support and services in France, online everyday. Every month, space for meetings and free time activities in Paris, Nancy, Rennes.
Support offered by other organisations
AUTISM EUROPE
For information about support provided by Autism Europe member organisations, go to this page on their website.
POLAND
Languages: Polish, English (Ukrainian, Russian)
Contact: pomoc@prodeste.pl
phone +71 7266699
Calls in Polish or English. Email also in Ukrainian or Russian.
Types of support: Free crisis intervention, child care, support groups for teenagers and adults
UNITED KINGDOM /WALES
Languages: English
Contact: Message Autism Wellbeing on Facebook to get a phone number
Types of support: emotional support, help with finding information, help with making phone calls.
CYPRUS
Languages: English, Greek
Contact: CODECA LTD Center for Social Cohesion , Development and Care.
Phone: 22770962, 96824727
Address: Agiou Georgiou 20, Agios Dometios, 2369, Nicosia, Cyprus
Email: info@codecacy.org, panagiotou.a@codecacy.org
Contact Person: Mrs Eleni Ploutarchou, Mr. Andreas Panagiotou
Types of support: Accommodation and provision for information regarding families with autistic children
Materials to download
EUCAP & AE Brief guide on supporting autistic people in crisis situations.
Download different versions below. The information content is the same in all versions.
Multi-language communication support page with images, to support people with limited spoken language, created by the Hungarian organisation Mars Alapítvány.
Bilingual communication boards with pictograms and text in Ukrainian: medical emergencies and treatments, clothing, daily needs.
Pictograms author: Sergio Palao. Origin: ARASAAC (http://www.arasaac.org). Creative Commons License: CC (BY-NC-SA). Owner: Government of Aragon (Spain)
Links to Google folders where the material can be downloaded.
