{"id":64288,"date":"2021-03-18T15:36:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T15:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=64288"},"modified":"2021-12-16T19:26:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T19:26:48","slug":"neurodiversity-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/neurodiversity-champion","title":{"rendered":"Neurodiversity champion: meet the woman behind an international initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How is an 18-year-old challenging the stigma that surrounds autism and learning disabilities?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/Autism-Show-copy-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/Autism-Show-copy-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/Autism-Show-copy-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/Autism-Show-copy-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/Autism-Show-copy-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/Autism-Show-copy.jpg 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/Autism-Show-copy-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/Autism-Show-copy-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/Autism-Show-copy-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/Autism-Show-copy-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/Autism-Show-copy-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/Autism-Show-copy.jpg 1201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Siena Castello, the founder of Neurodivergent Celebration Week (Photo by Siena Castellon).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Siena Castellon has autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, and ADHD. All her life, she was told by teachers and classmates that she was \u201ctoo stupid\u201d and \u201ca freak\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople would be shocked to hear the way that disabled people, the way neurodiverse people, are treated, and the way we\u2019re excluded from school,\u201d she says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She launched a campaign,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.neurodiversity-celebration-week.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Neurodiversity Celebration Week<\/a>, to celebrate others like her. Created in 2018, the Neurodiversity Celebration Week is an international campaign that aims to challenge negative perceptions and stereotypes about autism and learning differences. It encourages schools to focus on strengths and talents instead of the challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/BBC-Breakfast-TV-Interview-1-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/BBC-Breakfast-TV-Interview-1-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/BBC-Breakfast-TV-Interview-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/BBC-Breakfast-TV-Interview-1-770x434.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/BBC-Breakfast-TV-Interview-1-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/BBC-Breakfast-TV-Interview-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/BBC-Breakfast-TV-Interview-1-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/BBC-Breakfast-TV-Interview-1-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/BBC-Breakfast-TV-Interview-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/BBC-Breakfast-TV-Interview-1-770x434.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/BBC-Breakfast-TV-Interview-1-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/BBC-Breakfast-TV-Interview-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Siena\u2019s initiative has gotten the attention of platforms like the BBC Breakfast Show (Photo by Siena Castellon).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Siena says that, \u201csomething that I will never understand for the life of me is how 20% of the population are neurodiverse. Yet neurodiversity is treated as this niche issue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, 500,000 students from over 760 schools from all around the world participated. This year, over 800,000 students are attending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are 800,000 students that are going to hear that message, hear that it\u2019s a good thing to be neurodiverse, it\u2019s a superpower, it\u2019s a benefit,\u201d says Siena. \u201cAnd that\u2019s something, if someone had told me that 10 years ago, it would\u2019ve changed my life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/famous-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/famous-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/famous-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/famous-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/famous-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/famous-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/famous-1400x788.png 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/famous.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/famous-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/famous-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/famous-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/famous-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/famous-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/famous-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/famous-1400x788.png 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/famous.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Five individuals from popular culture that were believed to be neurodivergent.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To Siena and the neurodivergent community as a whole, positive representation in media is key in how they view themselves and their actions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a&nbsp;<em>Gay &amp; Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation<\/em>, or GLAAD, study \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glaad.org\/sites\/default\/files\/GLAAD%20WHERE%20WE%20ARE%20ON%20TV%202019%202020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Where We Are on<\/a>&nbsp;TV\u201d, only 3.1% of characters on TV are disabled, and 95% of characters with disabilities are played by able-bodied actors. When neurotypicals play roles that aren\u2019t meant for them, it\u2019s usually very damaging to the image and perception that people have of the neurodivergent community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sia\u2019s movie \u2018Music\u2019 is the perfect example of how not to represent the neurodivergent community. It garnered an enormous amount of criticism on social media after portraying in one of its first scenes an autistic child, played by a neurotypical actress, being restrained during an episode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t think of one thing they\u2019ve done right in the whole situation,\u201d says Siena. \u201cThe neurodiverse space is constantly being taken up by neurotypical individuals who are writing the narrative. If they had gotten an autistic actor, it would\u2019ve been better for the show, it would\u2019ve been more real.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"443\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/70547C94-0EB7-4B0C-BF76-EF4D665DB2D1-3-443x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/70547C94-0EB7-4B0C-BF76-EF4D665DB2D1-3-443x1024.png 443w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/70547C94-0EB7-4B0C-BF76-EF4D665DB2D1-3-130x300.png 130w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/70547C94-0EB7-4B0C-BF76-EF4D665DB2D1-3-770x1782.png 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/70547C94-0EB7-4B0C-BF76-EF4D665DB2D1-3-664x1536.png 664w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/70547C94-0EB7-4B0C-BF76-EF4D665DB2D1-3-293x678.png 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/70547C94-0EB7-4B0C-BF76-EF4D665DB2D1-3.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"443\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/70547C94-0EB7-4B0C-BF76-EF4D665DB2D1-3-443x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/70547C94-0EB7-4B0C-BF76-EF4D665DB2D1-3-443x1024.png 443w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/70547C94-0EB7-4B0C-BF76-EF4D665DB2D1-3-130x300.png 130w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/70547C94-0EB7-4B0C-BF76-EF4D665DB2D1-3-770x1782.png 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/70547C94-0EB7-4B0C-BF76-EF4D665DB2D1-3-664x1536.png 664w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/70547C94-0EB7-4B0C-BF76-EF4D665DB2D1-3-293x678.png 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/70547C94-0EB7-4B0C-BF76-EF4D665DB2D1-3.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is why releasing films featuring neurodivergent actors is important.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The movie \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amberandmefilm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amber and Me<\/a>\u2019 is an example of a piece of media in which neurodivergent actors star. Filmed in Cardiff and released virtually by Chapter Arts Centre, the feature-length documentary follows a young girl, Amber, who has Down\u2019s Syndrome, as she begins mainstream education with her twin sister, Olivia. Directed by their father, Ian Davies, this film offers a fresh and accurate picture of childhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAmber and Me is an example of good practice as it is a film that centres the neurodiverse person and allows them to speak for themselves,\u201d says Claire Vaughan, Chapter\u2019s Cinema Programme Manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEvery time we are given an opportunity to hear someone else\u2019s story we understand more about how everyone is different \u2013 they have different dreams and interests and struggles. It helps make us understand that people are individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Amber and Me Film - Trailer\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sa1qee1sE_w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Amber and Me Film - Trailer\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sa1qee1sE_w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite 1 in 7 people being neurodivergent, there&#8217;s still a stigma around that. 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