SINCE 1996
Since 1996, we have supported autistic people and their families. This year, we celebrate three decades of commitment — and look ahead to what remains to be built.
Our story in video
The story of a promise kept: never again leave families in silence.
Since its creation by Stéphane Benhamou, the association has built a unique model of inclusive citizenship, and now runs 12 specialised establishments.
The story of a promise kept: never again leave families in silence.
It all began in 1996, in a holiday centre.
The Top Gan association welcomed a child with autism for the first time. This encounter was a revelation: these children had nowhere to go, nowhere to flourish.
Stéphane Benhamou then founded Le Silence des Justes, with a strong and unwavering conviction:
It is through inclusion in the ordinary world that people with autism can truly flourish.
Are you a parent, professional, company or simply curious?
Here is how we can help.
My child has just been diagnosed, or I am looking for a structure suited to their daily care.
I work with people with autism and want to consolidate or develop my skills.
My organisation wants to commit to inclusion and disability.
I am curious, a journalist, a student or a researcher. I am interested in autism and inclusion.
People affected by ASD worldwide
Children born each year in France with ASD
Of people with autism are not in mainstream schools
"Every day, by accompanying children with autism in schools, by training institutions and companies to meet their needs, we are building the inclusive society of tomorrow."
Since 1996, by your side
Committed staff
Users supported
24/7 care
Mainstream school inclusion
Compared with 30% the previous yearReception capacity in 2025
To meet growing needs
After the United States and Canada, we head to Latin America — but unlike those two countries, it doesn't lend itself to a single-country piece, because no country in the region has comparable data. The real subject of this article is that absence itself: what's known, what isn't, and why.
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Le 29 novembre 2026, Le Silence des Justes réunit ses soutiens, ses partenaires et ses proches au Pavillon d'Armenonville, à Paris, pour une soirée de gala au profit de son action. Trente ans après sa création, l'association vous invite à célébrer ce chemin parcouru — et à en écrire la suite avec elle.
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He didn't speak a single word until age 5 — and his first word was "paper." Today, Stephen Wiltshire boards a helicopter, flies over an unfamiliar city for twenty minutes, then redraws the entire skyline from memory, street by street, window by window. Here's how this British artist became known as "the human camera."
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Premier article d'une nouvelle série : après avoir comparé l'accompagnement de l'autisme entre pays, on tourne maintenant le regard vers l'intérieur — région par région, en commençant par l'Île-de-France, le territoire historique du Silence des Justes. Contrairement à la série internationale, la loi est ici rigoureusement identique partout en France. Ce qui change, en revanche, c'est le temps qu'il faut pour qu'elle s'applique concrètement — et cet écart peut déjà se creuser entre deux départements voisins de la même région.
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She didn't speak until she was 3 or 4 years old. Today, she's one of the most listened-to voices in the world on autism — a university professor, the author of several books that became landmark texts, and the subject of a film that won seven Emmy Awards. Here's how Temple Grandin became Temple Grandin.
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Stéphane Benhamou founded Le Silence des Justes thirty years ago, after welcoming an autistic child to a summer camp. He has been its director general ever since. We sat down with him to look back on that journey — the battles won, the ones still ahead, and what he's preparing for the years to come: artificial intelligence, international expansion, and new projects still waiting to be funded.
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After the United States and Canada, we head to Latin America — but unlike those two countries, it doesn't lend itself to a single-country piece, because no country in the region has comparable data. The real subject of this article is that absence itself: what's known, what isn't, and why.
Read the article
Le 29 novembre 2026, Le Silence des Justes réunit ses soutiens, ses partenaires et ses proches au Pavillon d'Armenonville, à Paris, pour une soirée de gala au profit de son action. Trente ans après sa création, l'association vous invite à célébrer ce chemin parcouru — et à en écrire la suite avec elle.
Read the article
He didn't speak a single word until age 5 — and his first word was "paper." Today, Stephen Wiltshire boards a helicopter, flies over an unfamiliar city for twenty minutes, then redraws the entire skyline from memory, street by street, window by window. Here's how this British artist became known as "the human camera."
Read the article
Premier article d'une nouvelle série : après avoir comparé l'accompagnement de l'autisme entre pays, on tourne maintenant le regard vers l'intérieur — région par région, en commençant par l'Île-de-France, le territoire historique du Silence des Justes. Contrairement à la série internationale, la loi est ici rigoureusement identique partout en France. Ce qui change, en revanche, c'est le temps qu'il faut pour qu'elle s'applique concrètement — et cet écart peut déjà se creuser entre deux départements voisins de la même région.
Read the article
She didn't speak until she was 3 or 4 years old. Today, she's one of the most listened-to voices in the world on autism — a university professor, the author of several books that became landmark texts, and the subject of a film that won seven Emmy Awards. Here's how Temple Grandin became Temple Grandin.
Read the article
Stéphane Benhamou founded Le Silence des Justes thirty years ago, after welcoming an autistic child to a summer camp. He has been its director general ever since. We sat down with him to look back on that journey — the battles won, the ones still ahead, and what he's preparing for the years to come: artificial intelligence, international expansion, and new projects still waiting to be funded.
Read the articleLe Silence des Justes develops inclusive companies to offer people with autism a stepping stone into the professional world.
In recent years, issues related to autism spectrum disorders have gained growing visibility among the general public and the media. As a result, demand for diagnosis, care and inclusion has never been higher. To meet this demand, Le Silence des Justes regularly establishes partnerships with companies and foundations, which allows it to continue running its inclusion projects.
