ATHENS — When Emmy Peach took the stage at TEDxUGA, she was ready to tell the audience about a topic of personal importance — autism in girls and women. In a year, her message has reached more than 100,000 viewers through the TEDx Talks YouTube Channel, but one of the most significant impacts was close to home.
“The best part was that I was able to inspire my mom, who got diagnosed with autism in her 50s,” Peach, a third-year psychology major, said. “She didn’t feel as accepting about her own autism diagnosis; she felt that getting diagnosed at that point in life was not normal. But she was really inspired by my TED talk and ended up making a Facebook post to let everyone know she was autistic.”
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