October Community Spotlight: Emma Dalmayne
An Interview with the CEO of Autistic Inclusive Meets (AIM) U.K.
Emma Dalmayne is the embodiment of a mama bear. She is a fierce advocate of autistic rights, especially for children. An advocate for her own children; she has 6 neurodivergent children that she has raised to be their own advocates! An advocate to her own inner child, whose journey of oppression and inner-strength is documented in her new book, Trigger Warning. She is the defender of those whose voice are unheard and silenced. She creates events like playgroups and Football Saturdays where autistic kids can just be kids. Let’s hear more from the CEO of Autistic Inclusive Meets (AIM) U.K.
Introduce yourself to the community, who are you?
Autistic activist, author, mother, CEO and campsigner.
What type of neurospicy are you?
Autistic and probably ADHD
Do you prefer tea, coffee, or something else to get your day started?
Tea
One word that describes your relationship with your neurodivergence, right now?
Comfortable
As the CEO of Autistic Inclusive Meets (AIM) UK can you tell us more about your organization and why you created it?
I created AIM as there was and is nothing else like us out there. We provide boxing and football sessions and social/ sensory groups. We also do campaigns and protests, fighting for autistic rights and against the abuse of autistic people.
We also hold autistic prides and craft fairs, with speakers, poets and singers with a hall filled with authors, sensory goods makers, jewelry makers, clothing makes and more!
Tell us about one of the most memorable events you have hosted at AIM? What makes this memory special to you?
Our first pride, it was wonderful to see so many neurodivergent people in one place feeling proud just to be themselves.
As an autistic mother and mother to autistic kids, why do you think it's important for autistic people to have our own events, communities, and spaces?
We need somewhere thats Inclusive, where we will not to be judged. Where we will be accomodated and celebrated. It’s of paramount importance.
What’s your special interest?
Too many to list! Handbags, dresses, shiny pretty things ✨️
Hyperfocus topic that has nothing to do with your job?
Dresses
What are you working on right now that excites you?
The campaign to get Anna Kennedy stripped of her OBE
Where can the community find and support your work?
About Emma Dalmayne
I am an Autistic mother, Activist, Author, CEO and an Autistic rights campaigner. I have Synthesia and Irlen Syndrome. I have brought up six neurodivergent children, now teens and adults.
I am a home educator, and I am passionate about the rights of parents being able to access support for their disabled children whether in school or out.
I am the CEO of an Autistic led organisation Autistic Inclusive Meets based in Woolwich.
I have been campaigning against fake cures, domestic violence and abusive treatments for the last ten years.
I have led protests and campaigns, promoting and fighting for the rights of disabled people.
About the NeuroDiverse Experience Lab
The NeuroDiverse Experience Lab LLC is an organization that supports high-masking neurodivergent professionals through educational awareness, and community-power building. Our founder Tanisha E. Jarvis, M.A. (Nisha J.) is a neurodivergent and suicide prevention educator, consultant, and community advocate. She is a Black/Afro-Latinx, Queer, neurodivergent, and chronically-disabled woman who uses this platform to reclaim power for marginalized voices. We create the NeuroDiversity Liberation Framework™ which is the foundation of our 1:1 program My AuDHD Burnout Recovery Roadmap. A program to support high-masking neurodivergent professionals through burnout. Learn more.
