- Code: 2025-1-ES01-KA220-VET-000353930
- Category: Autism & Cognitive Development
The Blue Houses project addresses a critical gap in family and professional support systems: the lack of structured frameworks that empower autistic parents in their parenting role.
It develops specialised training programmes, practical resources, and awareness tools that equip education, health, and social care professionals with the skills needed to support neurodivergent families effectively, while strengthening the well-being, confidence, and inclusion of autistic parents and their children.
General Objective
- To create a comprehensive and inclusive parenting framework for autistic parents, supporting families with children aged 0–18 and promoting children’s holistic development.
- The framework adopts a neurodiversity-affirming approach that recognises and values the needs, strengths, and roles of all family members.
Strengthen professional capacity and awareness
- Train education, health, and social care professionals to understand the specific challenges and strengths of autistic parents.
- Develop structured training programmes, tools, and resources to support professionals in working effectively and collaboratively with neurodivergent families.
- Provide practical, ready-to-use resources that enable professionals to adapt interventions to diverse family realities.
Develop an evidence-based parenting and intervention framework
- Design a coherent working model and intervention framework addressing the needs of both professionals and families.
- Create tailored, practical parenting resources for autistic parents, grounded in evidence-based and strengths-based approaches.
- Integrate methodologies that reflect the lived experiences, capabilities, and challenges of neurodivergent families.
Foster inclusive support communities and co-creation spaces
- Encourage the creation of sustainable support networks and meeting spaces between autistic parents and professionals.
- Facilitate peer exchange, mutual learning, and the development of solidarity networks.
- Actively involve autistic parents in the co-design of solutions to ensure relevance, ownership, and impact.
| Organization Name | Country |
|---|---|
| MIRADAS FOUNDATION | Spain |
| Stando Ltd | Cyprus |
| HAMEEN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU OY | Finland |
| FPDA-Portuguese Autism Federation | Portugal |
| Fundacja Zrozumiec Autyzm | Poland |
| AUTISME-EUROPE AISBL | Belgium |
Disclaimer: This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained here.
