SWAN Autism - Scotland

SWAN is an autistic-led Charity run by and for autistic women, girls and non-binary people across Scotland.
All SWAN staff and volunteers and the majority of our Trustees (currently 75%) are autistic.

Founded in 2012 in response to a lack of visibility and support, we work to create opportunities, within SWAN and in our wider society in Scotland, for autistic women and non-binary people to live healthy, happy and fulfilling lives.

SWAN brings autistic women and non-binary people together to meet others like them and access autistic-led services, information and support which respond to their whole life experiences.

Our main services include in-person and online meet-up groups, pre- and post-diagnosis support, counselling, online peer support and wellbeing webinars.

We represent autistic women and non-binary people and their interests in policy, service-design and decision-making processes and work with our members to involve them in these opportunities.

We deliver autistic-led training to improve understanding and inclusion of autistic women and non-binary people, and work with organisations employing and supporting autistic people to help them achieve autistic-informed service-design and delivery.

SWAN is a place for autistic women and non-binary people to be who we are, understand ourselves better, connect with others, and learn from and support one another.

Everything we do at SWAN is informed by the professional and personal knowledge and experiences of real autistic women, girls and non-binary people.

SWAN is proud to be autistic led.