Emily is a 13 year old girl from Wrexham, who has a diagnosis of autism.
RAISING AUTISM AWARENESS ☆
Holly's Ball & Emily's Ball are events to help raise awareness of Autism within the UK.
Holly's Ball 2012 & Emily's Ball 2012 are charity events to help raise Autism Awareness, to Celebrate World Autism Awareness Day and to raise funds for both Autism Cymru and
The National Autistic Society.
Holly's Ball 2012 is in it's second year and is being held at the Marriott Hotel, Swansea on Sat 21st April 2012. Emilys Ball is being held at Lion Quays Waterside Resort, Oswestry on Saturday 28th April 2012.
Helping to Raise Autism Awareness throughout the U.K.
Autism affects
1 in 100 – which is roughly 30,000 people in Wales.
Despite this, much less is known about autism than other conditions which have similar prevalence. A lack of awareness in our public services,
as well as the general population, can have huge implications
for a person with autism.
All too often, they will have problems getting appropriate support, and can encounter a whole number of difficulties in their school, their place of work, or their community.
Jo (Emily's Mum) says "Autism is all around us, we can help people with autism enter our world, if we encourage them to let us into theirs".
Autism should be celebrated. This is the reason for Emily’s Ball.
