Carly Jones will be made an MBE for her efforts to raise awareness for autism in Berkshire
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An MBE awaits Miss Jones, who has used her own experience with autism to help others with the condition.
The 35-year-old writer has campaigned to raise awareness of female autism and she works closely with Autism Berkshire to help people tackle isolation.
She said: "I think isolation and loneliness also goes hand in hand with the fact a lot of disabled people find it hard to get into work and don't get the right support to find employment these days.
"I was talking to my mum the other day and I confessed to her that I am not scared of getting old.
"At least when I am old I will be in an old people's home and always surrounded by other people, so I will never be alone."
"I am definitely more proactive and I try and do a lot of voluntary work, but if I want to make friends I have to actively go out and find them."
The autism campaigner played a vital role in the creation of the international award-winning film, Epidemic of Knowledge, focusing on the under-diagnosis of autistic women.
She was the first British woman with autism to speak at UN Autism and she took part in a House of Lord's round table on disability.
Vimeo of the film “Epidemic of Knowledge” including a diagnostic assesment by Dr. Judith Gould
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“My autism is not a superpower. It also isn’t some kind of god-forsaken, endless fountain of suffering inflicted on my family. It’s just part of who I am as a person”. - Sara Luterman
30 Dec 2017, 2:38 am
