Why Neurodiversity Works for Creativity won the 2019/2020 WPP Atticus Award in the Creativity with Purpose category. An excerpt was published in The Atticus Journal on 10th November 2020, and was originally published on the Amy Walker Writes Medium blog on 14th November 2019 Amy Walker is Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator at GroupM, and founderContinue reading “Why Neurodiversity Works for Creativity”
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Looking For A Job With Autism Made Me Feel Like I Was On The Scrap Heap of Society
Originally published in the Huffington Post for Autism Awareness Week on 12th April 2019 I dropped out of school due my autism, mental health conditions and difficulties with friendships and bullying in year eight — and have been playing catch up ever since. Around 700,000 people in the UK are autistic and yet just 16%Continue reading “Looking For A Job With Autism Made Me Feel Like I Was On The Scrap Heap of Society”
Mental Health Awareness Day: My experience
Originally published on the Amy Walker Writes Medium blog on October 10th, 2018 Yesterday I spoke at A New Direction’s event, Partnerships, Co-production and Compromise. I shared my experience as a young creative, finding my way through an educational system that was inaccessible to an autistic person from a challenging background, and the help I’veContinue reading “Mental Health Awareness Day: My experience”
Kanye West comes out as bipolar. Here’s why it matters
Originally published on the Amy Walker Writes Medium blog on June 1st, 2018 You would have to go far to find someone who hasn’t heard about Kanye West’s recent antics. A flurry of tweets over the past few months created a furore bigger than any Kanye has experienced in the past. On previous album rolloutsContinue reading “Kanye West comes out as bipolar. Here’s why it matters”
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