Sometimes it helps to talk with people who share a specific experience:
- The same diagnosis or bodymind pattern
- Similar assistive tech or access needs
- A particular treatment system, school type, or institution
This page focuses on peer spaces, not professional support groups.
- Condition-specific groups – for example, chronic pain, EDS, MS, long COVID, psychosis, ADHD, autism.
- Trait- or experience-based groups – non-speaking AAC users, ventilator users, wheelchair users, survivors of institutions.
- Intersectional groups – for example, Black autistic adults, Deaf queer community, disabled migrants.
Groups may meet:
- Online (Discord, forums, video calls)
- In person (through centers for independent living, community orgs, or informal meetups)
- In hybrid formats
Contributors can list groups with attention to who runs them (disabled-led? parent-led? professional-led?) and any access notes.
When exploring a group, you might notice:
- Do members’ experiences feel similar enough to be grounding?
- Is there room for you if you’re undiagnosed, self-diagnosed, or questioning?
- Are people pressured toward cure or “normalization”?
- Are racism, transphobia, fatphobia, or classism challenged or ignored?
You’re allowed to leave spaces that drain or shame you, even if they’re “supposed to help.”