OUR VISION
GROVE aspires to be a safe community for Autistic young people to connect through shared interests & experiences.
We support young people’s personal growth by fostering a positive & authentic identity through neuro-affirming mentoring, groups & our ‘BEING ME: Knowing Myself, Valuing Myself, Being Myself’ group programme.
GROVE’S NEURO-AFFIRMING FOUNDATIONS
- Our approaches are grounded in the principles of Neurodiversity Paradigm.
- We recognise the pervasive role of ableism within society, including the influence of internalised ableism. We aim to challenge ableist narratives about neurodivergent people.
- We are committed to being anti-racist.
- We are committed to being LGBTQIA+ affirming.
- We recognise and respect each individual’s intersectional identity and are committed to unpacking one’s own privilege.
- We aspire to work in a way that is trauma informed.
- We respect all forms of communication and presume competence.
Our Foundations enable us to aspire, wherever possible, to create an accessible and emotionally, psychologically, sensorially, relationally safe space for GROVE’s young people, their families and those with whom we work.
These foundations create the potential for authentic connection, community and growth in a way that is meaningful for each individual – for instance, developing meaningful relationships, a sense of belonging, possibly developing self-understanding, positive self-esteem and neurodivergent identity.
BY AUTISTIC ADULTS, FOR AUTISTIC YOUNG PEOPLE.
A ‘GROVE’ as we see it:
A community of trees. Each tree unique yet together their connection supports each individual’s growth. Their community may be smaller than that of a forest but this is inconsequential. This GROVE is united in shared experience and so together the trees thrive.
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