awareness | acceptance | inclusion

Welcome to the Autism Faith Network

“If there’s any space that should be equipped to welcome autistic people, it should be places of worship.”

—Tonya Nash, Founder of the Autism Faith Network

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FREE SENSORY TOOLS

Registration Closed for Space to Belong!

Space to Belong registration is now closed.

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UPDATED RESOURCE

2026 Activity Toolkit

We are excited to share our newly updated Accessible Faith Initiative Toolkit! Get activity ideas for Autism Acceptance Month and beyond, guidance for starting a disability ministry, and more! Best of all, it’s FREE!

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MINISTRY RESOURCE

Special Needs Ministry Leader Highlight

We’re shining a light on the incredible work of Rev. Sylvia Taylor, who has led the special needs ministry at First Baptist Church of Glenarden for 17 years! You don’t want to miss this interview!

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Our History

The Autism Faith Network began in 2016 with the goal of equipping faith-based communities to become more autism friendly. Here’s how it got started.

Our Beginning

Our Mission

We seek to spread autism awareness, acceptance and inclusion in local and faith-based communities all over the world! Learn more about our mission and goals.

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Our Participants

Over 102 churches have participated in the Autism Faith Network since 2016! We hope to partner with more in the coming year! See if one of our churches is near you!

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Our Latest Blog Articles

How to Promote Autism Awareness Among Our Youth

We are very excited about our upcoming webinar, "How to Promote Autism Awareness Among Our Youth." Kelsey Hollis, Miss Georgia 2022, will be our special guest! The webinar will take place on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 1:00pm EST. You can join us via Zoom for this...

Join Our 2023 Accessible Faith Initiative

We are excited to announce our upcoming activities for the 2023 Accessible Faith Initiative! This is our 8th year hosting this event and we want this to be our best year yet! Activities will kickoff on April 1st. Our desire for this year is to promote activities that...

Today is Giving Tuesday!

It's Giving Tuesday, a special day where people are encouraged to do good works throughout their communities. We hope that you will show your support for our nonprofit organization during this annual event! We are small in number, but we've accomplished a lot this...