The group was set up when a father with an autistic son could not find a support group for men.
"In my experience, as men we are just more than happy to delegate anything to do with childcare to the women in our lives," he added.Mousumi Bakshi/BBCThe group was founded by Paul Meadows, 49, from Northampton, after he went through "a particularly bad period of mental ill health"."A lot of the [state health or educational] services will go direct to the mum, we're pretty much left out of things," he said.
"And as men, we find it very hard to talk about feelings, about issues we're having and that causes mental health issues and a strain upon relationships. "I saw there weren't any support for dads or groups at all - so it was either a case of wait for them to be set up or go ahead and do it myself, so that's what I did."
For Mr Maciaszek, the group has helped address the loneliness of "being a parent of a child with special issues". "When I meet with other dads here I don't have to explain things, I just say what I have a problem with and they come up with examples, explaining how they dealt with issues themselves - and that's all you can ask for."
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