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School-Based Anxiety and Attendance — Authentically Emily

Sometimes it feels like the only thing that matters to politicians and education leaders is school attendance. And when they declare that the best place for children to be is in school, it makes me fe...

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🌈🩵🧩🦋♾️=⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Girl Unmasked by @itsemilykaty.bsky.social is absolutely wonderful! Reading #memoir works by other #autistic #neurosivergent #ADHD #AuDHD individuals has helped me to feel less alone. Emily Katy wrote openly about the hardships & joys of life. I thank her for that! #BookSky #BookSky📚

"Think about your daily tasks. Even getting out of bed & getting ready for work requires you to follow a sequence of tasks, plan what to do next, prioritise things you have time for & manage yr time so you don’t get to work late." @itsemilykaty.bsky.social: www.authenticallyemily.uk/blog/executi...

Executive (Dys)Functioning: What it is, its Relation to ADHD and Some Strategies — Authentically Emily

Executive functioning is how we plan, make decisions, follow steps and processes, focus our attention and balance different tasks. It incorporates a set of skills which help us to learn, work and comp...

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Happy Saturday! I’m off on a book date with a friend at Waterstones 🥰

If you work in #UKHE, please spare a minute to read through this LinkedIn post by @itsemilykaty.bsky.social. It's about the experience of autistic students in HE - a cohort I've been working with for 20 years. www.linkedin.com/posts/emilyk...

Emily Katy on LinkedIn: #unimentalhealthday

It’s #UniMentalHealthDay today. Let’s take a look at the facts about autistic university students. 👉🏻 Autistic students are more likely to drop out of…

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📚 #BlogTour 📚 I’m pleased to be joining the Random Things Tours paperback publication blog tour for Girl Unmasked by @itsemilykaty.bsky.social today. This emotional memoir is an essential read about autism, for anyone working with young people. mentoringmumof2bookreviews.home.blog/2025/03/10/g...

Girl Unmasked by 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…

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It’s International Women’s Day 2025 and gender inequality and health inequalities still have major consequences for neurodivergent women and girls. Whilst there have been improvements (e.g. the narrowing gap of numbers of men and women diagnosed), there is still a long way to go. 🧵

Happy belated World Book Day! Let’s talk about why it is so important (a day late…) 📚 👉🏻 reading for pleasure is at an all-time low with only 1 in 3 children enjoying reading 👉🏻 reading enjoyment is at its lowest in nearly 20 years (National Literacy Trust)

I loved recording the audiobook of #GirlUnmasked and I’m so happy that others like it too!! You can get it on Audible here: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0CL...

‘I felt like I didn’t belong - this is how understanding my neurodivergent brain saved my life’ for Stylist Magazine. ✍🏻 ‘…writer Emily Katy shares how being diagnosed with autism transformed how she relates to her brain.’ www.stylist.co.uk/health/menta...

“I felt like I didn’t belong – this is how understanding my neurodivergent brain saved my life”

“I wasn’t a ‘drama queen’. I wasn’t ‘stupid’ or ‘lazy’.”

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Great to see that the paperback of @itsemilykaty.bsky.social brilliant book “Girl Unmasked” has been published this week. Listen to her talking about the book on the podcast here: bedsidereading.buzzsprout.com/1880290/epis...

Girl Unmasked - Bedside Reading

I am so delighted to be talking to Emily Katy, the author of Girl Unmasked: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life. I love talking to authors. I'm always fascinated to be talking to authors who are al...

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Guess what I just spotted 👀 at Paddington station @itsemilykaty.bsky.social?! Selling super well too!! 💙💙 (of course I grabbed myself a copy and recommend everyone else does too!)

I am so tired of seeing how both the education and healthcare system fails neurodivergent people over and over again.

Read this recently and related heavily, even let my therapist borrow my copy 😅, and I definitely recommend it for any self diagnosed or late diagnosed people. Really, everyone should read it just so more people learn about the autistic experience. Thank you so much for writing about your experience!

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Today is the day!!! Girl Unmasked: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life (the Sunday Times Bestseller) is out NOW in paperback. 🥳 Grab a copy here: linktr.ee/itsemilykaty Thank you to everyone who has read and recommended #GirlUnmasked. ❤️

Today is the day!!! Girl Unmasked: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life (the Sunday Times Bestseller) is out NOW in paperback. 🥳 Grab a copy here: linktr.ee/itsemilykaty Thank you to everyone who has read and recommended #GirlUnmasked. ❤️

"Your brain works differently and that's okay." 💗 I had the pleasure of talking to @itsemilykaty.bsky.social about her book, Girl, Unmasked, her reading recommendations, her process and seasons of creativity. #BookSky neurodivergentnotesonwriting.substack.com/p/do-whateve...

Do whatever works for you - it doesn't matter if it doesn't seem 'right' or if it's not the advice other writers have given you

Emily Katy's (neurodivergent) notes on writing

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‘How being diagnosed with autism at 16 saved my life’ in @TheSun today ✍🏻 As my book and the article talks about, it’s not just the diagnosis. It’s the understanding of myself that came with that, the understanding from others and the adjustments I made in my life.

I started counselling again two weeks ago and that’s okay…sometimes we need space to talk and process things. Needing a bit of extra support is nothing to be ashamed of. 🩵

So @waterstones.bsky.social is running a preorders campaign this weekend where you can get 25% off “selected” upcoming books. However I’ve just tried the code with mine and a few of my friends (who are all debut or small authors) books and they’re not included

People often ask me how the publishing process works, so I thought I’d delve into it a little as I reflect on the past few years and how I got to this point! #GirlUnmasked www.authenticallyemily.uk/blog/the-pub...

The Publishing Process and How I Became a Sunday Times Bestseller — Authentically Emily

As we approach paperback launch week (which is NEXT week!), I feel a bit like I’m saying goodbye to the hardback era of Girl Unmasked. I know many people prefer paperbacks - they’re cheaper, lighter...

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in case anyone else needs this reminder 🫶🏼 I know I did ❤️‍🩹 thanks @itsemilykaty.bsky.social

Thinking about the time I had a full-blown meltdown in my year 7 maths class because I found my teacher so scary and I had left my protractor at home. I cried hysterically, hyperventilating. And now thinking about how, as an adult, when I forget things, no-one tells me off.

When I read about how autistic people often don’t recognise authority (which is common!), I think about how I, another autistic person, am the complete opposite. I’ve always been terrified of authority & terrified of getting into trouble. Autism really is everything in extremes.

Why is it okay for neurotypical people to watch football matches every weekend but if an autistic person wants to watch planes every weekend this is pathologised?

Sunshine Support UK shared a quote from a school: ‘we don’t have an attendance policy. We ask you attend IF YOU CAN. If you can’t, it’s OK. We will work together to work through the barriers’. This is a mainstream school. With 98% whole school attendance. It can be done.

I cried. I laughed. I nodded in agreement. I recognised myself. Every list in this book made my day better. Thank you so much for the gift you are Emily and for sharing your story with us @itsemilykaty.bsky.social #autism #autistic_writers

Couldn’t not write something about the BBC Disclosure ‘Kids on the Psychiatric Ward’. I have just watched the programme and found it incredibly emotional and distressing, so a word of warning to anyone who may find it triggering. www.authenticallyemily.uk/blog/bbc-dis...

BBC Disclosure: Kids on the Psychiatric Ward - A Reflection — Authentically Emily

BBC Scotland’s Disclosure ‘Kids on the Psychiatric Ward’ tells the stories of young adults who were patients at Skye House, a children’s mental health unit in Glasgow, between 2017 and 2024. I have ju...

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‘Former patients at Scotland's biggest children's psychiatric hospital have spoken out about a culture of cruelty...’ Sad to see this today. As someone who was on a CAMHS unit as a 16yo, I know how vulnerable and scary it is. Young people deserve better. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Teenage psychiatric patients told they are 'pathetic and disgusting'

A BBC investigation finds some nurses were verbally abusive and cruel towards unwell teenagers.

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Autism and Borderline/Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder - Overlaps and Misdiagnosis — Authentically Emily

From my own experience of being diagnosed with both Autism and Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder, and from many conversations with others in similar positions, I often question the validity an...

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