As an autistic person of colour, finding adequate support and services is rather challenging. There aren’t many services available to autistic people for a number of reasons, one of them being a lack of funding. And as for the services that are available - they aren’t really spoken about that much.

Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition that is still very widely misunderstood, and often pathologised. Resources for Autism is a charity that seeks to support and understand both autistic children and adults.

During my estrangement, accessing their services was extremely helpful (and this is an understatement). I seeked advocacy from RfA as a result of being failed by the learning disability service in my local area. I’m very grateful for the support that I received - this enabled me to obtain the funding necessary to complete my final year at university.

Therefore, I’d like to run for this charity. I am also running with my best friend, Ben who is also on the autistic spectrum. We both decided that we want to help our community and raise autism awareness together; there's no other person I'd rather run with!

You can find out more about Resources for Autism and the work they do here: https://resourcesforautism.org.uk/

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