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

Autism Awareness Month Activity Ideas for Churches During a Pandemic

Autism Awareness Month is less than a month away! We have some exciting things planned for April and we hope that you will participate in our Accessible Faith Initiative! Each year, we recruit and empower places of worship to do at least one activity in April that...

Help Us Spread Autism Awareness!

It's that time again! April will be here before we know it and it's time to start recruiting for the Accessible Faith Initiative! We would love for you to join us in spreading autism awareness! Every year in April, we encourage places of worship to do at least one...

One Word for 2021

We are pleased to announce that our President and Founder, Tonya Nash, will be speaking at the One Word for 2021, Online Conference for Special Needs Moms! Tonya and 20 other special needs parents will share biblically based words of encouragement and hope as we move...