I thought you may be interested in this inspirational book for feature, review, or an interview with Emily Katy. Or for Emily to write a first person feature.
‘GIRL UNMASKED’ BY EMILY KATIE IS A POWERFUL MEMOIR ON HOW THE SYSTEM FAILS YOUNG PEOPLE WITH UNDIAGNOSED AUTISM.
“Far too many autistic people - women and girls especially - fly under the radar, unseen and unsupported. Many of us reach crisis point and only then (if we are lucky) do we find out that we are autistic. I hope this book can add to the collection of autistic voices demanding change in how autism is understood and recognised”. – Emily Katy
To the outside world, Emily looks like a typical girl, with a normal family, living an ordinary life. But inside, Emily does not feel typical, and the older she gets, the more she realises that she is different. As she finally discovers when she is 16, Emily is autistic. Girl Unmasked is the extraordinary story of how she got there - and how she very nearly didn't…
Still only 22, Emily, a brilliant new voice, writes with startling candour about the years leading up to her diagnosis. How books and imagination became her refuge as she sought to escape the increasing anxiety and unbearable stresses of school life; how her OCD almost destroyed her; how a system which did not understand autism let her down; and how she came so close to the edge that she and her family thought she would never survive.
We see how post-diagnosis, Emily came to understand her authentic self and begin to turn her life around, eventually becoming a mental health nurse with a desire to help others where she herself had once been failed. Girl Unmasked is powerful, inspiring, persuasive and political. It will change the way you think about autism, especially in younger people.
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