Hi, I’m Emily and this is Emily: Autism and Me. After years of knowing I was different and struggling, I received my autism diagnosis in November 2020 at the age of 27. Realising that everything I had been taught about autism didn’t really relate to me, I decided to set up Emily: Autism and Me to change the narrative of what it means to be autistic using my own lived experience.

About Me

Photo of Emily, a white woman with short brown hair. She is smiling and wearing a red patterned dress with a black cardigan. behind her is a brick wall.

The last few years have certainly been a whirlwind, from setting up business in 2021 and being nominated for the Princes Trust Award’s 2022 Enterprise Award and Young Changemaker Award, to receiving a diagnosis of Fibromyalgia and Hyper-Mobility. But my aim has remained the same, to support the world to realise that access isn’t about knocking down buildings and rebuilding them but simple things.

Prior to running Emily: Autism and Me, I studied

Primary Education and qualified as a teacher in 2015.

After graduating in worked in museums delivering

educational workshops and tours to school groups

and visitors and later worked in a school supported

children with Special Educational Needs and

Disabilities (SEND).

A photo of Emily, a white woman with short brown hair and purple glasses. She is smiling and in front of a blue wall.

A photo of Emily, a white woman with short brown hair. She is wearing a black dress and graduation gown. Behind her is a blue wall.

In my spare time I enjoy going the theatre,

visiting museums and wildlife parks and going to

cafés. I like to spend time with my friends, family

and my cat (who often makes an appearance in my meetings!).