“Very insightful, helped understand challenges from his perspective”
“Very pleased with the info on playground space, thank you for sharing”
“Wonderful speaker - good sense of humour and loved his honesty!”
“A delightful young man with some great insights into his condition”
“Excellent, very clear, and no notes! How did you remember everything?!”
“Excellent speaker, really kept audience’s attention”
“Gave a very clear history of his school life and problems encountered but without  bitterness”
“Very calm and mature speaker, explained things in a very clear way”
“Brilliant insight”
“Brilliantly put-some useful information”
“Very articulate-should go far”
“Mind-blowing for me as a parent. Liked the humour!”
“Honest and easy to understand”
“A delight-with amazing humour. If my son grows into a Paul I’ll be delighted!”
“Very humorous-I liked Paul’s comments about his experience in the work place”
 “Very impressed”

lindsay smith

What the audience said about Lindsay:

“Enlightening and confident talk. Brave, and with clear conviction”
“I appreciated Lindsay’s comments about how difficult she found it to fit in, in later stages of secondary school”
“A real show of courage - lovely end message”
“Well done, so full of life and deep understanding”
“Good to hear such a positive speech! Very clear and well spoken”
“Full of character!! Good clear message to audience”
“Excellent – very fluent”
“Loved the dress sense, very interesting, loved the quote at the end”
“Very moving and enlightening listening to her experience of bullying”
“Very positive approach”
“Very dramatic and engaging”
“Very brave, loved the negative into positive”
“Loved her outlook and energy”
“Engaging, articulate, passionate story, excellent”
“Thank you for your advice to all people - on and off the spectrum”
“Great speech full of life, great to hear the positives”
“A great, more psychologically based presentation - some amazing advice about life which people on and off the spectrum can learn from!”
“A speech full of character and optimism - very positive and inspiring”
“Fascinating, brave and honest. Excellent final message”
“Lovely presentation, so good to hear the positives especially about bullying”
“Well done, I’m so glad you spoke”
“Wonderful - very impressed”

patrick mills

What the audience said about Patrick:

“Really great to hear about alternative channels to aggression”
“A great start for Patrick giving us his ideas about the power of martial arts”
“Very good final message and really useful answers to questions”
“Really interesting to know how martial arts can address anger issues”
“Excellent - how open!”
“Good to hear about how he has managed to control his behaviour. Good answers at question time”
“Good demonstration of finding the right approach for the right person”

james rawlings (compere)

What the audience said about James:

“Very funny, very quick-put the audience at ease”
“Lovely to hear Jay-so confident”
“Full of energy”
“Very clear, funny & informative”
“Very funny, good compere. Put himself across very clearly in question time”
“Entertaining and confident!”
“Very funny”
“Very entertaining and humorous”
“Very articulate, good relationship with audience”
“Very funny-gave real optimism”
“I loved the jokes, a great compere”
“Fantastic! Loved the jokes”
“Fun, clear, articulate, entertaining”
“Funny, confident speaker”
“A natural and enthusiastic compere with humorous nature”
“Good wit”
“Funny, warm, and encouraging”
“Very amusing!”
“Really engaged with audience, good sense of humour!”
“Jokes were good to help brighten the day”
“Should be on the comedy circuit!”
“Fantastic and witty compere”

matthew bratt

Matthew wanted to talk about his life with AS, but was not able to cope with being amongst so many people.  To enable his story to be told, we interviewed him at home and played the video to the audience.