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Emily Katy

@itsemilykaty.bsky.social

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AuDHD blogger 🌻, author of GIRL UNMASKED: HOW UNCOVERING MY AUTISM SAVED MY LIFE (The Sunday Times Bestseller) 📚 & Trustee of Autistic Girls Network 🦋 https://linktr.ee/itsemilykaty

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Emily Katy @itsemilykaty.bsky.social · Dec 2

Hello Bluesky! ☁️

I’m Emily - AuDHD blogger talking about neurodivergence and mental health, author of ‘Girl Unmasked: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life’ (The Sunday Times Bestseller) and Trustee of Autistic Girls Network. 🦋

You can find all my links here: linktr.ee/itsemilykaty

A graphic of my book Girl Unmasked with the title The Sunday Times Bestseller

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Peel Autism Resource 🇨🇦 @peelautismresource.bsky.social · Sep 7

From @itsemilykaty.bsky.social:

School-Based Anxiety and Attendance

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#OntEd #EduSky #autism #anxiety

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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TheMerMolly- she/her/mer @mollyandthecat.bsky.social · Jun 5

🌈🩵🧩🦋♾️=⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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📚

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Emily Katy @itsemilykaty.bsky.social · Apr 4

Thanks for sharing!

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · Mar 27

"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:

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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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Emily Katy @itsemilykaty.bsky.social · Mar 15

Thank you!

Emily Katy @itsemilykaty.bsky.social · Mar 15

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

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Emily Katy @itsemilykaty.bsky.social · Mar 15

Thank you!

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Harriet Cannon @harrietcannon.bsky.social · Mar 14

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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KarenKisreading @karenkisreading.bsky.social · Mar 10

📚 #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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Emily Katy @itsemilykaty.bsky.social · Mar 8

Thank you so much

Emily Katy @itsemilykaty.bsky.social · Mar 8

Read this as a blog post and find references here: www.authenticallyemily.uk/blog/interna...

International Women’s Day 2025: The Fight For Neurodivergent Women and Girls — Authentically Emily

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 changes and improvements (for...

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Emily Katy @itsemilykaty.bsky.social · Mar 8

I hope that one-day these statistics won’t be quite so depressing. Like I said, change is happening, but it needs to continue and it needs to go further. There are so many neurodivergent women who inspire me endlessly in this activism space.

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Emily Katy @itsemilykaty.bsky.social · Mar 8

50-75% of the 1 million women in the UK with ADHD are estimated to be undiagnosed and may be experiencing poor health and socio-economic outcomes (ADHD Foundation, 2021).

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Emily Katy @itsemilykaty.bsky.social · Mar 8

Women with ADHD have been found to have triple the prevalence of insomnia, chronic pain, suicidal ideation and anxiety disorders (Fuller-Thompson et al., 2016).

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Emily Katy @itsemilykaty.bsky.social · Mar 8

23.5% of women with ADHD were found to have attempted suicide compared to 3.3% of women without ADHD (Fuller-Thompson et al., 2020).

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Emily Katy @itsemilykaty.bsky.social · Mar 8

17.9% of autistic women in one study felt that they had previously been misdiagnosed with a personality disorder (Kentrou et al., 2024). I fall into this group too.

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Emily Katy @itsemilykaty.bsky.social · Mar 8

Justice for Black Girls state that many Black autistic women and girls aren’t diagnosed as children, if ever, because they don’t fit the white male-centred profile of autism.

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Emily Katy @itsemilykaty.bsky.social · Mar 8

It is thought that 80% of autistic girls don’t know that they are autistic by the age of 18. They are diagnosed on average 6 years later than their male counterparts (McCrossin, 2022; BBC News, 2022).

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Emily Katy @itsemilykaty.bsky.social · Mar 8

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. 🧵

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Emily Katy @itsemilykaty.bsky.social · Mar 7

So happy belated #WorldBookDay.

Read my blog post here: www.authenticallyemily.uk/blog/why-wor...

Why World Book Day Is So Important — Authentically Emily

I’m a day late, I know. That’s how life goes sometimes, especially when you’ve got ADHD. But I couldn’t resist writing about World Book Day anyway, because, as I’m sure you know, I love books. Books a...

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Emily Katy @itsemilykaty.bsky.social · Mar 7

👉🏻 reading gives us positive role models away from the negativity/toxicity of social media
👉🏻 reading has positive effects on mental health and well-being and has been shown to reduce stress levels and improve sleep.

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Emily Katy @itsemilykaty.bsky.social · Mar 7

👉🏻 as @hollybourne.bsky.social said: ‘Reading for pleasure is the single biggest indicator of a child’s future success, even over family income or parents’ educational background. Today those free books will help foster a love of reading that will positively alter the course of children’s lives’.

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Emily Katy @itsemilykaty.bsky.social · Mar 7

👉🏻 in 2022, 1 in 5 children bought their first ever book using their world book day token
👉🏻 more than half of children aged 8 to 11 said they read more books as a result of taking part in world book day (2021)

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Emily Katy @itsemilykaty.bsky.social · Mar 7

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)

Me standing in a bookshop looking up at the shelves of books

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Emily Katy @itsemilykaty.bsky.social · Mar 7

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...

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