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Family Balance.
Parent Support.
Real Help.

Supporting families raising autistic children — not just the child, but the whole family. Because when parents are regulated and supported, children thrive.

VF

Founded in honour of

Victor Fontes

A tribute to a father — and a commitment to every family navigating the autism journey without the support they deserve.

"The whole family deserves to be well. Not just the child."

5 Practical parent courses
20+ Years lived experience
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe & Africa focused
👩‍👧 Founded by a mother of two autistic children
📱 Mobile-friendly — learn anywhere
💙 Parent-first approach

"Everyone in the family needs to be well regulated — not just the child. When the parent finds balance, the whole family finds balance."

— Autism Awareness Zimbabwe

This is the gap most autism organisations miss. We start with the parent. Because you cannot pour from an empty cup — and your child needs you full.

Family Balance — Not Just Child Support

Most autism support focuses entirely on the child. We focus on the whole family — because that is where real, lasting change happens.

Autism affects every person in the household. The parent who is exhausted and overwhelmed. The sibling who feels overlooked. The relationship under strain. The home that never feels calm.

Autism Awareness Zimbabwe exists to bring balance to all of it — through practical education, honest information, and a parent-first approach that is missing across Zimbabwe and Africa.

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Parent Regulation First

A regulated parent is the most powerful tool an autistic child has. We teach you to regulate yourself — so your child can follow.

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Home Structure & Calm

Simple, practical routines that bring predictability, safety, and peace to the whole household.

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Zimbabwe & Africa Focused

Content that speaks to your cultural reality — without shame, without judgment, with honesty and respect.

A Complete Journey — At Your Own Pace

Five practical courses for parents, designed to take you from overwhelm and confusion to understanding, regulation, and calm.

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All 5 courses together — the complete system from diagnosis to daily calm.

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10 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me After My Child's Autism Diagnosis

For every parent navigating the first days and weeks after diagnosis.

  • Why all your feelings are valid
  • What the diagnosis actually means — and does not mean
  • Behaviour as communication
  • Your nervous system and your child's
  • Why asking why is not the same as blame
  • Structure as safety — not strictness
  • How to pace yourself for the long journey

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This guide exists because no one handed it to us when we needed it. And someone should have.

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Built From Lived Experience

Autism Awareness Zimbabwe was not built in a boardroom or a clinic. It was built across more than 20 years of navigating the system, raising four children — two of whom have autism diagnoses — and refusing to accept that there was nothing available for families like hers.

The founder holds a degree in social work — but more importantly, she holds the lived knowledge that no degree can give you. She grew up in Zimbabwe having never once heard the word autism. When her child was diagnosed in the UK, she was not just overwhelmed — she was navigating a concept entirely new to her. The learning, the accepting, the understanding — all of it came over time, largely without adequate support.

This organisation exists because she decided that no other parent should have to.

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Founder
Autism Awareness Zimbabwe
Mother of Four · Social Work Background · 20+ Years Lived Experience

Four children aged 23, 20, 10 and 7. Two have autism diagnoses. Over 20 years navigating the UK system — from hearing the word autism for the first time to building something that helps other parents do this less alone.

Zimbabwe UK Based Social Work Lived Experience

Named in honour of Victor Fontes — father, inspiration, and the reason this work exists. The this work carries his legacy forward.

You Do Not Have to Figure This Out Alone

Whether you are in the first days after diagnosis, or years into the journey — there is something here for you. Start wherever you are.

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