You could ask a thousand autistic women what it’s like, and whilst there will be similarities in the answers, all of the experiences will be different, that’s diversity for you. Eden Gruger autistic author speaks to Nicky Collins autism coach, author and podcaster.

You know I love a podcast, and when the host is as good as Dave Chapman at getting you to open up, it’s even better. With over four hundred episodes under his belt it’s not just me that loved speaking to Dave.

“Living The Next Chapter features great authors so that you can be inspired to write your own book, learn from the experts as authors share their writing journey. Tips on writing, publication, distribution and more. Truly, we are living the next chapter!”

What do you do when life gives you lemons? For Eden Gruger, it was the chance to get back into what she always knew she wanted to do - write! Eden is the author of 6 books, despite everyone who ever knew her saying she wasn't the writer kind...! In this conversation, we talk about Eden's writing path, as well as her belief that when you look at what you CAN do, rather than everything you CAN'T - you find a way to move forward in ways you never thought were possible!

It was my absolute pleasure to write this article for Everyday Magazine, ‘When your superpower is being invisible: Lived Experience of Disability.

“This is in no way a bash the NHS, or the hardworking social worker’s piece, this is my lived experience of invisible disability, the services who are working to support me. And the ways that they don’t quite work in the way that the Social Care Institute of Excellence had in mind. An invisible disability is a life-altering condition that is not apparent just by looking at someone. Guess what? This covers 1 in 7 of the UK’s population – so we are everywhere, you just don’t know it, because our superpower is being invisible”.