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I am so excited to share this shoot with Emily: Autism and Me. Emily is a 28 year old, recently diagnosed autistic woman. She has a degree in Primary Education and qualified as a teacher in 2015, and has since delivered educational workshops to children of all ages.

Emily now dedicates her time to helping others gain a greater understanding of autism to make the world a more accepting, supportive place for autistic people through her business ‘Emily: autism and me’. She offers autism awareness training sessions sessions, autism friendly training, peer support and public speaking. Her experiences of growing up in mainstream education as an undiagnosed female resonates with my own experiences, and so many other women I know. Emily is a hugely tenacious and kind person, and her work is vital in creating a more accepting future for autistic people. Visit Emily’s website at - www.emilyautism.co.uk

'𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘌𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 28 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘥. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰, 𝘐 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 2020. 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦.

𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵. 𝘎𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴.' - Emily