As an ex-teacher, I’ve always been passionate about allowing the voices of young people to be heard, rather than assumptions be made about their desires, by the adults involved their lives. Too often the young have choices made for them without any consultation, despite being able to make rational decisions about their lives. That is…

How an innovative new initiative could transform the lives of SEND students and has started to close the digital skills gap. As a parent of an 11 year old child with ASD I remain appalled at the criminally high unemployment rate for Autistic young people. But also, as someone who has worked in the creative…

“I was travelling through Mordor, a bit like Frodo on a quest, but in this case trying to destroy the ring of Stigma.” When I was younger and looking for that inspiration to provide some future career direction, I could never find that person who was like me, looked like me, identified in a way…

“The process enabled me to gain a perspective on ASD I wouldn’t have otherwise had. ” Over the last few months I’ve been tasked with creating a series of videos for Greater Manchester Autism Consortium, in their campaign to raise awareness for people with invisible disabilities in search of employment.The videos consisted of one-on-one interviews…

Rebecca Lunness is an eye care champion for Seeability, a UK wide charity that provides accommodation and eye care help for people with learning disabilities, autism and sight loss. In her role Rebecca, who has a Learning disability herself, utilises her natural enthusiasm, passion and friendly manner to educate other people with learning disabilities to…