Emma Kendall

“Can you imagine what it must be like to have to suppress almost every aspect of who you are? Consciously having to prepare yourself each day, just so you can socially engage? Rigorously running social scripts through your mind daily, carefully constructing all your responses and behaviours just so you can converse and interact without obvious social mishaps and judgement of your differences?”
― Emma Kendall, Helping You to Identify and Understand Autism Masking: The Truth Behind the Mask

“I’ve never been able to confidently strike up a conversation or randomly make small talk. My brain always freezes in those situations, spending too much time trying to figure out what to say. I typically need the other person to lead the conversation. It allows me to analyse the context of the interaction, which then gives me a chance to ease into it.”
― Emma Kendall, Making Sense of Love: An Autistic Romance