The FIG Fund was established in 2012, by community leader Adele Poynter.

Project: Autistic Women’s Peer Empowerment Program

Organization: The Autism Society of NL

FIG Fund Grant: $5,000

For 8 weeks experts were brought in to offer workshops, with a hired autistic peer to co-facilitate the group. The sessions focused on the mental, social and emotional well-being of autistic women in a safe space.