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‘I could really know who I was at last’

In 2018, Libby Scott went viral aǼter her mum posted some of her writing about being autistic on Twitter. The next year, she wrote Can You See Me? about an autistic girl called Tally navigating school and her social life, co-written with YA author Rebecca Westcott. Now 14, Libby is publishing her third book, focused on the process of getting a diagnosis. She tells The Big Sssue about the life-changing experience

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