Something phenomenal happened this week in Britain and it wasn't anything to do with sport, politics or music - no, it was on one of my least favourite mediums of entertainment . . . reality tv!
Yes, after years of vaguely following the escapades of 'celebrities' via newspaper headlines and trending hashtags I am now a fully committed, even got reminders set, hard core fan of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!
And its all down to one incredible moment, when Anne Hegerty started talking openly on prime-time national tv about being autistic!!!!!
It was so powerful a moment, hidden in so mundane a scene, that it brought tears to my eyes, finally someone has broken that ceiling and is simply *being* autistic on screen, not playing a role or being the token person trotted out for an interview or camera piece but just being themselves!! To see her being so understood and supported by the other people in camp is also incredibly heartwarming, these are real people who don't have the background understanding of being autistic or family to autistics themselves and yet they are *getting it*!
And its so much more than that, oh the conversations it has started! Suddenly the country is alive to discussion about autism and being autistic as an adult and a female, things like sensory issues are being talked about by random non-autism world people online, and the world seems just a bit brighter and more hopeful.
What ever she achieves, however far she gets, Anne Hegerty is already our Jungle Queen just for being herself - thank you Governess!
#TeamAnne
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