Holly's Story

An incredibly powerful advert has recently been released by The National Autistic Society designed to encourage people to have a little more patience when it comes to communication with those who suffer from the disorder.

The deliberately overwhelming spot underlines the sensory overload that autistic people experience and how paralysing and stressful this can be. It’s a very well-orchestrated piece, which cinematographically moves steadily towards a panic-ridden crescendo for the main character Holly (a young autistic girl on her way to school). What it makes the viewer realise is how a bunch of seemingly small, irrelevant moments progressively accumulate and become distinctly frightening for someone like Holly.

The second most inspirational element of this ad is that Holly (a real British schoolgirl) actually used this campaign to openly reveal to her friends and classmates that she has autism. Revealing your autism on a national scale through a TV campaign: that truly is genuine bravery.

Check out Holly’s advert here and take the message on board: just have a little more patience. 


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