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Fostering

Kitty

Does anybody know if having autism affects your chances of being allowed to foster? My husband and I are in the middle of the fostering process but we're not sure if me being autistic will be a hurdle in the process. I'm already a mum, my daughter I gave birth to naturally but I'm no longer able to have children so fostering is the next best thing. I know autism affects so much of my life but overall I think I'm a good mum. My daughter is very happy and we have such a special bond. We should hear back about our fostering application soon and I'm really worried because at the last teams meeting my autism was mentioned and since then I've felt really worried in case they decline us because of me. I hope I'm just overthinking it and we'll be ok but I do worry in case the autism means we can't.

  • I think you could stress this gives you the ability to foster autistic children being that you can Relate to their needs much more INTUITIVELY than someone who isn't. I believe this could be important to stress. Aucademy gave a talk this evening which started with how crucial it is to understand the impact of environment for Autistic Individuals.

  • in reply to Homebird

    I believe my daughter also has a bit of autism, no official diagnosis yet just my suspicions. My husband agrees with that. I'd love to foster a child with autism, my own experiences could be a big help to him or her. Have to wait and see what happens.

  • I would expect the assessment to be more about your ability to parent a child with difficulties, for example they may have gone through traumatic experiences. You should also get training for this if you are accepted.

    They need to know you could cope with challenging situations in a calm way. 

    You could foster a child with autism and having autism could be positive as you would understand some of their difficulties.