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Sunday Times Bestselling author of GIRL UNMASKED: HOW UNCOVERING MY AUTISM SAVED MY LIFE 📚 & Trustee of Autistic Girls Network. Mainly on IG.

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(TW). Tomorrow (September 10th) is World Suicide Prevention Day. On the 16th, it will be 7 years since I was admitted to hospital for the first time. I was 16, had just started sixth form, and the years of anxiety and OCD became too much. I didn’t think I had a future. I was wrong. Some things I would like you reading this to know: ⭐️ the future holds an infinite number of possibilities. it might seem terrifying, but so many good memories are waiting to be made. ⭐️ you won’t feel like this forever. our emotions fluctuate. our perspective on situations shift. our thoughts come and go. no matter how long you feel you have been ‘stuck’, there is always hope, as long as you are here. ⭐️ you are not a failure. everyone is on their own timeline in life, with their own end goals. comparing yourself to others doesn’t help, because everyone’s lives are too different to compare and we only see a portion of other people’s lives. ⭐️ you WILL be okay. you can cope with far more than you think you can. ⭐️ i know the pain is hard. if I could take it away in a heartbeat, i would. it won’t be there forever. it might come back for a little while, but it will go away again. just as the sun always rises again after night. ⭐️ future you is grateful you keep fighting and is rooting for you. Where to access support/help (in the UK): ✨ @GiveUsAShout: crisis text support ✨ Samaritans: 24/7 phone line ✨ The Mix: essential support for under 25’s ✨ @PAPYRUS_Charity: for under 35s experiencing suicidal thoughts ✨ NHS England: you can self-refer to NHS talking therapies online ✨ Mind: local groups offering support/advice ✨ Kooth Digital Health: online well-being and confidential support for young people in certain areas of UK ✨ there are different organisations for different conditions/experiences such as @OCDUK, Voice Collective, Charity No Panic, Anxiety UK, Beat, SANE | Changing mental health for good etc. You are worth fighting for. #WorldSuicidePreventionDay #suicideprevention #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthrecovery #suicidepreventionmonth #autism #ADHD #anxiety #OCD #youmatter

(TW). Tomorrow (September 10th) is World Suicide Prevention Day. On the 16th, it will be 7 years since I was admitted to hospital for the first time. I was 16, had just started sixth form, and the years of anxiety and OCD became too much. I didn’t think I had a future. I was wrong. Some things I would like you reading this to know: ⭐️ the future holds an infinite number of possibilities. it might seem terrifying, but so many good memories are waiting to be made. ⭐️ you won’t feel like this forever. our emotions fluctuate. our perspective on situations shift. our thoughts come and go. no matter how long you feel you have been ‘stuck’, there is always hope, as long as you are here. ⭐️ you are not a failure. everyone is on their own timeline in life, with their own end goals. comparing yourself to others doesn’t help, because everyone’s lives are too different to compare and we only see a portion of other people’s lives. ⭐️ you WILL be okay. you can cope with far more than you think you can. ⭐️ i know the pain is hard. if I could take it away in a heartbeat, i would. it won’t be there forever. it might come back for a little while, but it will go away again. just as the sun always rises again after night. ⭐️ future you is grateful you keep fighting and is rooting for you. Where to access support/help (in the UK): ✨ @GiveUsAShout: crisis text support ✨ Samaritans: 24/7 phone line ✨ The Mix: essential support for under 25’s ✨ @PAPYRUS_Charity: for under 35s experiencing suicidal thoughts ✨ NHS England: you can self-refer to NHS talking therapies online ✨ Mind: local groups offering support/advice ✨ Kooth Digital Health: online well-being and confidential support for young people in certain areas of UK ✨ there are different organisations for different conditions/experiences such as @OCDUK, Voice Collective, Charity No Panic, Anxiety UK, Beat, SANE | Changing mental health for good etc. You are worth fighting for. #WorldSuicidePreventionDay #suicideprevention #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthrecovery #suicidepreventionmonth #autism #ADHD #anxiety #OCD #youmatter

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For those of you who haven’t seen the Vanish autism advert yet! It’s brilliant.

For those of you who haven’t seen the Vanish autism advert yet! It’s brilliant.

178,900 views • 3 years ago

A recent study in The Lancet ‘perceived misdiagnosis of psychiatric conditions in autism’ reveals just how often autistic people, especially women, are misdiagnosed with mental health conditions such as personality disorders before finding out they are autistic. This is linked to long diagnostic wait times and delayed diagnosis. The study calls for better training for mental health practitioners, particularly in understanding autistic adults with co-occurring conditions. This is so many of our story’s. Thank you AAP Networking for inviting me to speak last Thursday. I am not a natural public speaker (I’m much more comfortable writing words!), but I enjoyed it nonetheless!!! #Autism #Autistic #Neurodiversity

A recent study in The Lancet ‘perceived misdiagnosis of psychiatric conditions in autism’ reveals just how often autistic people, especially women, are misdiagnosed with mental health conditions such as personality disorders before finding out they are autistic. This is linked to long diagnostic wait times and delayed diagnosis. The study calls for better training for mental health practitioners, particularly in understanding autistic adults with co-occurring conditions. This is so many of our story’s. Thank you AAP Networking for inviting me to speak last Thursday. I am not a natural public speaker (I’m much more comfortable writing words!), but I enjoyed it nonetheless!!! #Autism #Autistic #Neurodiversity

70,186 views • 1 year ago

Today is autistic pride day. And there is something special about being able to post a video of me stimming, when even going back a year or two years I could never have done that. My autistic traits are the parts of myself I grew up feeling embarrassed about. I wanted to hide it all away, to blend in and be like everyone else. But no matter how hard I tried, I just wasn’t like everyone else, and trying to be broke me. I don’t think autistic pride means you have to love being autistic. I think autistic pride is about taking back the power from the world and the people that wanted me to hide my autistic self. Learning to love myself as I am, accept myself for who I am, and know that I am autistic and that is okay. It is not good, it is not bad - it just IS. I know I am lucky to be able to discover the authentic me, and feel safe to be myself. I am leaning in to the authentic version of me as fully as I can. Happy #AutisticPrideDay. Know that however you feel about this day is okay. However you feel about being autistic is okay. ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 (also taking a moment to feel the emotion that I can even post this caption, after years and years of hating myself. this is healing).

Today is autistic pride day. And there is something special about being able to post a video of me stimming, when even going back a year or two years I could never have done that. My autistic traits are the parts of myself I grew up feeling embarrassed about. I wanted to hide it all away, to blend in and be like everyone else. But no matter how hard I tried, I just wasn’t like everyone else, and trying to be broke me. I don’t think autistic pride means you have to love being autistic. I think autistic pride is about taking back the power from the world and the people that wanted me to hide my autistic self. Learning to love myself as I am, accept myself for who I am, and know that I am autistic and that is okay. It is not good, it is not bad - it just IS. I know I am lucky to be able to discover the authentic me, and feel safe to be myself. I am leaning in to the authentic version of me as fully as I can. Happy #AutisticPrideDay. Know that however you feel about this day is okay. However you feel about being autistic is okay. ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 (also taking a moment to feel the emotion that I can even post this caption, after years and years of hating myself. this is healing).

47,165 views • 2 years ago

Coco died on the 9th October and I am heart-broken. The most special boy who I loved with my whole heart. He loved absolutely everyone and he was so incredibly loved. 💔

Coco died on the 9th October and I am heart-broken. The most special boy who I loved with my whole heart. He loved absolutely everyone and he was so incredibly loved. 💔

42,280 views • 2 years ago

I am so tired of the way the government talk about school attendance. They have no idea what it is like to be that child terrified of school, standing at the school gates unable to breathe because they’re so anxious. Who forces themselves into school day after day until they can’t anymore. Who is traumatised by the environment - the noise, the expectations, peers, anxiety. We HAVE to reframe the idea that school is the only way to get an education. Of course education is important. But the fear, anxiety and trauma school can cause for some of us is HUGE. Please try to understand. Full attendance is not necessarily the best way to meet every child’s needs. #School #SchoolAttendance #EBSA #Anxiety #MentalHealth

I am so tired of the way the government talk about school attendance. They have no idea what it is like to be that child terrified of school, standing at the school gates unable to breathe because they’re so anxious. Who forces themselves into school day after day until they can’t anymore. Who is traumatised by the environment - the noise, the expectations, peers, anxiety. We HAVE to reframe the idea that school is the only way to get an education. Of course education is important. But the fear, anxiety and trauma school can cause for some of us is HUGE. Please try to understand. Full attendance is not necessarily the best way to meet every child’s needs. #School #SchoolAttendance #EBSA #Anxiety #MentalHealth

19,595 views • 1 year ago

Number 7 in the Amazon best seller chart. 😭 Just felt I needed to say thank you, and also apologise for not being able to get back to everyone.

Number 7 in the Amazon best seller chart. 😭 Just felt I needed to say thank you, and also apologise for not being able to get back to everyone.

28,345 views • 2 years ago

What is autism? Autism is how I see, interpret, understand and interact with the world and people around me. Even if that is masked a lot of the time, being autistic influences everything about me.

What is autism? Autism is how I see, interpret, understand and interact with the world and people around me. Even if that is masked a lot of the time, being autistic influences everything about me.

21,807 views • 1 year ago

What is autistic masking? 💭 A clip from the lovely chat I got to have with Listening Books last month. #AutisticMasking #Autism #Autistic

What is autistic masking? 💭 A clip from the lovely chat I got to have with Listening Books last month. #AutisticMasking #Autism #Autistic

12,780 views • 1 year ago

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