I-Autism akuyona isifo, kuyisifo sokuthuthukiswa. Kodwa ukuze ujabule, akudingeki ube yinto evamile! Futhi yini "evamile"?
Ukuhlangabezana nalokhu ngu-Iris Grace evela kuLeicestershire, ingane enethalente engavamile yokudala imidwebo emangalisa.
U-Iris unomqondo okhethekile wokubona kwezwe elizungezile.
I-Autism ithinta ukuxhumana komphakathi nezindlela zokuxhumana zomuntu nabantu abakuzungezile.
Lesi sifo sobuchopho sitholwe enganeni ngo-2011. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, ukudweba kwakhe kuyindlela yokuxhumana, kanye nesisekelo sokwelapha.
Usuvele uqale ukukhuluma futhi azwakalise ngokwakhe ngokusebenzisa ubuciko.
Ngesikhathi uGrace eqala ukudweba, abazali bakhe, u-Arabella Carter-Johnson noPeter-John Halmshaw, bathola ikhono lakhe elikhethekile lokudala ubuciko obungavamile kubantwana beminyaka yakhe.
U-Arabella uthi indodakazi yakhe inesikhathi eside sokuhlushwa - cishe amahora angu-2 njalo lapho ethatha ibhulashi.
"Uzwa imibala nendlela abambisana ngayo," kusho u-Arabella. "Futhi uma ngibukeza umsebenzi wakhe, konke kukhanya. Kumenza ajabule kakhulu. "
Owesifazane wayenesifiso esikhulu sokuhlanganyela umsebenzi wendodakazi yakhe ukuze amnake yena nezinye izinkulungwane eziyikhulu zezingane ezifanayo e-UK.
"Uma ungumzali noma uthisha wengane ye-autistic, njalo lapho uxhumana, ulokhu ufuna isihluthulelo esizovula umnyango wezwe labo," esho.
"Ngami, lesi sikhiye kwakuyi-love ye-Iris yokudweba."