Good Company
Welcome to Good Company!
Good Company is an autistic-led support group for adult women and non binary individuals with official/self-diagnosis on the Autism Spectrum. It exists for members to validate, inform and support each other in areas of mutual interest and to foster friendships and social contacts.
The monthly group is led by a team of autistic peers including Clementine Pirlot, Mariam S, Justine Elizabeth Ashley, Hannah Monroe, Daphne Pressman and Calyssa Erb.
Good Company emerged in January 2015, from a need expressed by autistic adult women who were looking to meet and connect with others with similar experiences. The group was founded by the partnership of an autistic woman, Romi Walter, and autism ally and therapist, Dori Zener. Besa joined the leadership team in 2017. This leadership model of a mental health professional paired with someone with lived experience ran until 2021. In 2021, the group became strictly autistic peer-led with Besa and Clementine as facilitators. The group also changed its name from Asperfemme to Good Company to reflect the diversity of its members. For more details, take a look at our Good Company Welcome Package.
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Upcoming meetings for 2023
September 2023
Burnout
Tuesday August 22nd (exceptionality)
Wednesday 13th
Thursday 21st
November 2023
Masking and unmasking
Tuesday 7th
Wednesday 8th
Thursday 16th
October 2023
Loneliness and depression
Tuesday 3rd
Wednesday 11th
Thursday 19th
December 2023
Friendships
Tuesday 5th
Wednesday 13th
Thursday 21st
The Tuesday meetings take place from 5:30 to 7:30pm, the Wednesday meetings from 7pm to 9pm and the Thursday meetings from 6pm to 8pm.
Research Partnership – Good Company & CAMH: Peer Support for Autistic Women
Good Company and CAMH (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) partnered together to study the benefits of peer support for autistic women. A big thank you to the Good Company members who participated! The experiences of the women were brought to life through a creative project involving Dori Zener & Associates team members, Daniel Share-Strom and Besa Shemovski Thomas.
