Autism Care Uganda is a parent led organization that seeks to provide support to parents of children with autism. We give them information about Autism and help them interact with other parents with autistic children. The centre also has a shop for supplements for Autistic people. We also has a charity shop whose proceeds are used to raise awareness about autism. We have a therapy and diagnosis room for children with autism and work with Occupational and speech therapists to provide therapy.

To bring parents, professionals, care givers and other affiliates together to improve the quality of life of individuals living with neurological development disorders through awareness pulses, early appropriate & professional diagnosis, education, and evidence-based interventions.

Grow into the leading source of information, research, reference and support on Autism & other neurological disorders.

• Ensure full implementation and respect of the rights and the effective participation of people with disabilities
• Promote a rights and evidence-based approach to autism and other neurological developmental disorders working together with people with affected children, their families, professionals, affiliates and decision-makers;
• Encourage research on autism, and other neurological developmental disorders, prevalence studies and exchange of best practices and evidence-based interventions for target children as well as support rehabilitation and neuro-rehabilitation services;
• • Ensure full implementation and respect of the rights and the effective participation of people with disabilities
  • Promote a rights and evidence-based approach to autism and other neurological developmental disorders working together with people with affected children, their families, professionals, affiliates and decision-makers;
  • Encourage research on autism, and other neurological developmental disorders, prevalence studies and exchange of best practices and evidence-based interventions for target children as well as support rehabilitation and neuro-rehabilitation services;

• Focus Areas

  • Representing neuro-divergent voice in policy making spaces and institutions;
  • Advocating for the rights of neuro-minority people and fostering inclusion;
  • Promoting access to education, training, health and employment, as well as life-long support in the community;
  • Coalition building and liaising with other non-governmental organizations sharing similar objectives;
  • Promoting exchange of information and knowledge transfer, good practices and experience

  • OUR IMPACT

    Advance the rights of people with neurological development disorders and to help them improve their quality of life. ACU advocates towards national government policy makers to foster a better policy response to the needs of neuro-diverse people. ACU also strives for more awareness and understanding of neural disorders in society

    Our Team

    Meet our awesome , dedicated and experienced staff

    

    Monica Rukundo

    Executive Director

    

    Maureen Nakyanzi

    Therapist

    

    Emmanuel Abujere

    Therapist

    

    Beatrice Asao

    In charge of the shop

    Advocacy

    ACU seeks to promote a responsive and accountable national legislative agenda to advance the quality of life of all diagnosed with autism. There is need to make relevant Acts and policies that support people with autism. We would like the issues affecting people with autism catered for in all legislation. We work to create collaborative solutions to the challenges faced by children with Autism. Many laws can be effected to cater for the needs of children with Autism e.g there should be mandatory screening of children for autism done together with other national programs such as vaccination.

    Awareness raising

    ACU creates public awareness about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in order to convert the attitudes and behavior of the public through education and sensitization, to create a better understanding of the disorder and the people living with it. Autism Care Uganda provides easy to understand, practical information related to ASD for a broad audience on a wide range of educational topics to enable everyone to make informed choices while dealing with children with Autism. We educate individuals with autism, their loved ones, professionals from multiple disciplines, and the public at large about autism to foster acceptance and appreciation of individuals on the autism spectrum as valued members of the community.

    Community

    ACU works to increase the quality of life of everyone with ASD by building autism friendly, inclusive communities. Autism Care Uganda believes that people with autism deserve to live, work, play, socialize, learn and worship in the setting and manner of their own choosing. Inclusion is what we desire to see in all sectors of life. We would like to see an inclusive education sector, a health sector that caters for the needs and limitations of children with Autism, a hotel industry that caters for all.