Emily Katy
@itsemilykaty.bsky.social
AuDHD blogger 🌻, author of GIRL UNMASKED: HOW UNCOVERING MY AUTISM SAVED MY LIFE (The Sunday Times Bestseller) 📚 & Trustee of Autistic Girls Network 🦋
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Emily Katy
@itsemilykaty.bsky.social
· Dec 2
Hello Bluesky! ☁️
I’m Emily - AuDHD blogger talking about neurodivergence and mental health, author of ‘Girl Unmasked: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life’ (The Sunday Times Bestseller) and Trustee of Autistic Girls Network. 🦋
You can find all my links here: linktr.ee/itsemilykaty
I’m Emily - AuDHD blogger talking about neurodivergence and mental health, author of ‘Girl Unmasked: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life’ (The Sunday Times Bestseller) and Trustee of Autistic Girls Network. 🦋
You can find all my links here: linktr.ee/itsemilykaty
Reposted by Emily Katy
From @itsemilykaty.bsky.social:
School-Based Anxiety and Attendance
www.authenticallyemily.uk/blog/school-...
#OntEd #EduSky #autism #anxiety
School-Based Anxiety and Attendance
www.authenticallyemily.uk/blog/school-...
#OntEd #EduSky #autism #anxiety
School-Based Anxiety and Attendance — Authentically Emily
Sometimes it feels like the only thing that matters to politicians and education leaders is school attendance. And when they declare that the best place for children to be is in school, it makes me fe...
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September 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
From @itsemilykaty.bsky.social:
School-Based Anxiety and Attendance
www.authenticallyemily.uk/blog/school-...
#OntEd #EduSky #autism #anxiety
School-Based Anxiety and Attendance
www.authenticallyemily.uk/blog/school-...
#OntEd #EduSky #autism #anxiety
Reposted by Emily Katy
🌈🩵🧩🦋♾️=⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Girl Unmasked by @itsemilykaty.bsky.social is absolutely wonderful! Reading #memoir works by other #autistic #neurosivergent #ADHD #AuDHD individuals has helped me to feel less alone. Emily Katy wrote openly about the hardships & joys of life. I thank her for that!
#BookSky #BookSky📚
Girl Unmasked by @itsemilykaty.bsky.social is absolutely wonderful! Reading #memoir works by other #autistic #neurosivergent #ADHD #AuDHD individuals has helped me to feel less alone. Emily Katy wrote openly about the hardships & joys of life. I thank her for that!
#BookSky #BookSky📚
June 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🌈🩵🧩🦋♾️=⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Girl Unmasked by @itsemilykaty.bsky.social is absolutely wonderful! Reading #memoir works by other #autistic #neurosivergent #ADHD #AuDHD individuals has helped me to feel less alone. Emily Katy wrote openly about the hardships & joys of life. I thank her for that!
#BookSky #BookSky📚
Girl Unmasked by @itsemilykaty.bsky.social is absolutely wonderful! Reading #memoir works by other #autistic #neurosivergent #ADHD #AuDHD individuals has helped me to feel less alone. Emily Katy wrote openly about the hardships & joys of life. I thank her for that!
#BookSky #BookSky📚
Reposted by Emily Katy
"Think about your daily tasks. Even getting out of bed & getting ready for work requires you to follow a sequence of tasks, plan what to do next, prioritise things you have time for & manage yr time so you don’t get to work late." @itsemilykaty.bsky.social:
www.authenticallyemily.uk/blog/executi...
www.authenticallyemily.uk/blog/executi...
Executive (Dys)Functioning: What it is, its Relation to ADHD and Some Strategies — Authentically Emily
Executive functioning is how we plan, make decisions, follow steps and processes, focus our attention and balance different tasks. It incorporates a set of skills which help us to learn, work and comp...
www.authenticallyemily.uk
March 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"Think about your daily tasks. Even getting out of bed & getting ready for work requires you to follow a sequence of tasks, plan what to do next, prioritise things you have time for & manage yr time so you don’t get to work late." @itsemilykaty.bsky.social:
www.authenticallyemily.uk/blog/executi...
www.authenticallyemily.uk/blog/executi...
Happy Saturday! I’m off on a book date with a friend at Waterstones 🥰
March 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Happy Saturday! I’m off on a book date with a friend at Waterstones 🥰
Reposted by Emily Katy
If you work in #UKHE, please spare a minute to read through this LinkedIn post by @itsemilykaty.bsky.social. It's about the experience of autistic students in HE - a cohort I've been working with for 20 years. www.linkedin.com/posts/emilyk...
Emily Katy on LinkedIn: #unimentalhealthday
It’s #UniMentalHealthDay today. Let’s take a look at the facts about autistic university students.
👉🏻 Autistic students are more likely to drop out of…
www.linkedin.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
If you work in #UKHE, please spare a minute to read through this LinkedIn post by @itsemilykaty.bsky.social. It's about the experience of autistic students in HE - a cohort I've been working with for 20 years. www.linkedin.com/posts/emilyk...
Reposted by Emily Katy
📚 #BlogTour 📚
I’m pleased to be joining the Random Things Tours paperback publication blog tour for Girl Unmasked by @itsemilykaty.bsky.social today.
This emotional memoir is an essential read about autism, for anyone working with young people.
mentoringmumof2bookreviews.home.blog/2025/03/10/g...
I’m pleased to be joining the Random Things Tours paperback publication blog tour for Girl Unmasked by @itsemilykaty.bsky.social today.
This emotional memoir is an essential read about autism, for anyone working with young people.
mentoringmumof2bookreviews.home.blog/2025/03/10/g...
Girl Unmasked by Emily Katy
To the outside world, Emily looks like a typical girl, with a normal family, living an ordinary life. But inside, Emily does not feel typical, and the older she gets, the more she realises that she…
mentoringmumof2bookreviews.home.blog
March 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📚 #BlogTour 📚
I’m pleased to be joining the Random Things Tours paperback publication blog tour for Girl Unmasked by @itsemilykaty.bsky.social today.
This emotional memoir is an essential read about autism, for anyone working with young people.
mentoringmumof2bookreviews.home.blog/2025/03/10/g...
I’m pleased to be joining the Random Things Tours paperback publication blog tour for Girl Unmasked by @itsemilykaty.bsky.social today.
This emotional memoir is an essential read about autism, for anyone working with young people.
mentoringmumof2bookreviews.home.blog/2025/03/10/g...
It’s International Women’s Day 2025 and gender inequality and health inequalities still have major consequences for neurodivergent women and girls. Whilst there have been improvements (e.g. the narrowing gap of numbers of men and women diagnosed), there is still a long way to go. 🧵
March 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It’s International Women’s Day 2025 and gender inequality and health inequalities still have major consequences for neurodivergent women and girls. Whilst there have been improvements (e.g. the narrowing gap of numbers of men and women diagnosed), there is still a long way to go. 🧵
Happy belated World Book Day! Let’s talk about why it is so important (a day late…) 📚
👉🏻 reading for pleasure is at an all-time low with only 1 in 3 children enjoying reading
👉🏻 reading enjoyment is at its lowest in nearly 20 years
(National Literacy Trust)
👉🏻 reading for pleasure is at an all-time low with only 1 in 3 children enjoying reading
👉🏻 reading enjoyment is at its lowest in nearly 20 years
(National Literacy Trust)
March 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Happy belated World Book Day! Let’s talk about why it is so important (a day late…) 📚
👉🏻 reading for pleasure is at an all-time low with only 1 in 3 children enjoying reading
👉🏻 reading enjoyment is at its lowest in nearly 20 years
(National Literacy Trust)
👉🏻 reading for pleasure is at an all-time low with only 1 in 3 children enjoying reading
👉🏻 reading enjoyment is at its lowest in nearly 20 years
(National Literacy Trust)
I loved recording the audiobook of #GirlUnmasked and I’m so happy that others like it too!!
You can get it on Audible here: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0CL...
You can get it on Audible here: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0CL...
March 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I loved recording the audiobook of #GirlUnmasked and I’m so happy that others like it too!!
You can get it on Audible here: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0CL...
You can get it on Audible here: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0CL...
‘I felt like I didn’t belong - this is how understanding my neurodivergent brain saved my life’ for Stylist Magazine. ✍🏻
‘…writer Emily Katy shares how being diagnosed with autism transformed how she relates to her brain.’
www.stylist.co.uk/health/menta...
‘…writer Emily Katy shares how being diagnosed with autism transformed how she relates to her brain.’
www.stylist.co.uk/health/menta...
“I felt like I didn’t belong – this is how understanding my neurodivergent brain saved my life”
“I wasn’t a ‘drama queen’. I wasn’t ‘stupid’ or ‘lazy’.”
www.stylist.co.uk
March 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
‘I felt like I didn’t belong - this is how understanding my neurodivergent brain saved my life’ for Stylist Magazine. ✍🏻
‘…writer Emily Katy shares how being diagnosed with autism transformed how she relates to her brain.’
www.stylist.co.uk/health/menta...
‘…writer Emily Katy shares how being diagnosed with autism transformed how she relates to her brain.’
www.stylist.co.uk/health/menta...
Reposted by Emily Katy
Great to see that the paperback of @itsemilykaty.bsky.social brilliant book “Girl Unmasked” has been published this week. Listen to her talking about the book on the podcast here: bedsidereading.buzzsprout.com/1880290/epis...
Girl Unmasked - Bedside Reading
I am so delighted to be talking to Emily Katy, the author of Girl Unmasked: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life. I love talking to authors. I'm always fascinated to be talking to authors who are al...
bedsidereading.buzzsprout.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Great to see that the paperback of @itsemilykaty.bsky.social brilliant book “Girl Unmasked” has been published this week. Listen to her talking about the book on the podcast here: bedsidereading.buzzsprout.com/1880290/epis...
Reposted by Emily Katy
Guess what I just spotted 👀 at Paddington station @itsemilykaty.bsky.social?! Selling super well too!! 💙💙
(of course I grabbed myself a copy and recommend everyone else does too!)
(of course I grabbed myself a copy and recommend everyone else does too!)
February 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Guess what I just spotted 👀 at Paddington station @itsemilykaty.bsky.social?! Selling super well too!! 💙💙
(of course I grabbed myself a copy and recommend everyone else does too!)
(of course I grabbed myself a copy and recommend everyone else does too!)
I am so tired of seeing how both the education and healthcare system fails neurodivergent people over and over again.
February 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I am so tired of seeing how both the education and healthcare system fails neurodivergent people over and over again.
Reposted by Emily Katy
Read this recently and related heavily, even let my therapist borrow my copy 😅, and I definitely recommend it for any self diagnosed or late diagnosed people. Really, everyone should read it just so more people learn about the autistic experience. Thank you so much for writing about your experience!
Today is the day!!! Girl Unmasked: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life (the Sunday Times Bestseller) is out NOW in paperback. 🥳
Grab a copy here: linktr.ee/itsemilykaty
Thank you to everyone who has read and recommended #GirlUnmasked. ❤️
Grab a copy here: linktr.ee/itsemilykaty
Thank you to everyone who has read and recommended #GirlUnmasked. ❤️
February 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Read this recently and related heavily, even let my therapist borrow my copy 😅, and I definitely recommend it for any self diagnosed or late diagnosed people. Really, everyone should read it just so more people learn about the autistic experience. Thank you so much for writing about your experience!
Today is the day!!! Girl Unmasked: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life (the Sunday Times Bestseller) is out NOW in paperback. 🥳
Grab a copy here: linktr.ee/itsemilykaty
Thank you to everyone who has read and recommended #GirlUnmasked. ❤️
Grab a copy here: linktr.ee/itsemilykaty
Thank you to everyone who has read and recommended #GirlUnmasked. ❤️
February 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Today is the day!!! Girl Unmasked: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life (the Sunday Times Bestseller) is out NOW in paperback. 🥳
Grab a copy here: linktr.ee/itsemilykaty
Thank you to everyone who has read and recommended #GirlUnmasked. ❤️
Grab a copy here: linktr.ee/itsemilykaty
Thank you to everyone who has read and recommended #GirlUnmasked. ❤️
Reposted by Emily Katy
"Your brain works differently and that's okay." 💗
I had the pleasure of talking to @itsemilykaty.bsky.social about her book, Girl, Unmasked, her reading recommendations, her process and seasons of creativity.
#BookSky
neurodivergentnotesonwriting.substack.com/p/do-whateve...
I had the pleasure of talking to @itsemilykaty.bsky.social about her book, Girl, Unmasked, her reading recommendations, her process and seasons of creativity.
#BookSky
neurodivergentnotesonwriting.substack.com/p/do-whateve...
Do whatever works for you - it doesn't matter if it doesn't seem 'right' or if it's not the advice other writers have given you
Emily Katy's (neurodivergent) notes on writing
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February 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"Your brain works differently and that's okay." 💗
I had the pleasure of talking to @itsemilykaty.bsky.social about her book, Girl, Unmasked, her reading recommendations, her process and seasons of creativity.
#BookSky
neurodivergentnotesonwriting.substack.com/p/do-whateve...
I had the pleasure of talking to @itsemilykaty.bsky.social about her book, Girl, Unmasked, her reading recommendations, her process and seasons of creativity.
#BookSky
neurodivergentnotesonwriting.substack.com/p/do-whateve...
‘How being diagnosed with autism at 16 saved my life’ in @TheSun today ✍🏻
As my book and the article talks about, it’s not just the diagnosis. It’s the understanding of myself that came with that, the understanding from others and the adjustments I made in my life.
As my book and the article talks about, it’s not just the diagnosis. It’s the understanding of myself that came with that, the understanding from others and the adjustments I made in my life.
February 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
‘How being diagnosed with autism at 16 saved my life’ in @TheSun today ✍🏻
As my book and the article talks about, it’s not just the diagnosis. It’s the understanding of myself that came with that, the understanding from others and the adjustments I made in my life.
As my book and the article talks about, it’s not just the diagnosis. It’s the understanding of myself that came with that, the understanding from others and the adjustments I made in my life.
I started counselling again two weeks ago and that’s okay…sometimes we need space to talk and process things. Needing a bit of extra support is nothing to be ashamed of. 🩵
February 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I started counselling again two weeks ago and that’s okay…sometimes we need space to talk and process things. Needing a bit of extra support is nothing to be ashamed of. 🩵
Reposted by Emily Katy
So @waterstones.bsky.social is running a preorders campaign this weekend where you can get 25% off “selected” upcoming books.
However I’ve just tried the code with mine and a few of my friends (who are all debut or small authors) books and they’re not included
However I’ve just tried the code with mine and a few of my friends (who are all debut or small authors) books and they’re not included
February 22, 2025 at 10:07 AM
So @waterstones.bsky.social is running a preorders campaign this weekend where you can get 25% off “selected” upcoming books.
However I’ve just tried the code with mine and a few of my friends (who are all debut or small authors) books and they’re not included
However I’ve just tried the code with mine and a few of my friends (who are all debut or small authors) books and they’re not included
People often ask me how the publishing process works, so I thought I’d delve into it a little as I reflect on the past few years and how I got to this point!
#GirlUnmasked www.authenticallyemily.uk/blog/the-pub...
#GirlUnmasked www.authenticallyemily.uk/blog/the-pub...
The Publishing Process and How I Became a Sunday Times Bestseller — Authentically Emily
As we approach paperback launch week (which is NEXT week!), I feel a bit like I’m saying goodbye to the hardback era of Girl Unmasked. I know many people prefer paperbacks - they’re cheaper, lighter...
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February 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
People often ask me how the publishing process works, so I thought I’d delve into it a little as I reflect on the past few years and how I got to this point!
#GirlUnmasked www.authenticallyemily.uk/blog/the-pub...
#GirlUnmasked www.authenticallyemily.uk/blog/the-pub...
Reposted by Emily Katy
in case anyone else needs this reminder 🫶🏼 I know I did ❤️🩹 thanks @itsemilykaty.bsky.social
February 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
in case anyone else needs this reminder 🫶🏼 I know I did ❤️🩹 thanks @itsemilykaty.bsky.social
Thinking about the time I had a full-blown meltdown in my year 7 maths class because I found my teacher so scary and I had left my protractor at home. I cried hysterically, hyperventilating. And now thinking about how, as an adult, when I forget things, no-one tells me off.
February 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Thinking about the time I had a full-blown meltdown in my year 7 maths class because I found my teacher so scary and I had left my protractor at home. I cried hysterically, hyperventilating. And now thinking about how, as an adult, when I forget things, no-one tells me off.
When I read about how autistic people often don’t recognise authority (which is common!), I think about how I, another autistic person, am the complete opposite. I’ve always been terrified of authority & terrified of getting into trouble. Autism really is everything in extremes.
February 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
When I read about how autistic people often don’t recognise authority (which is common!), I think about how I, another autistic person, am the complete opposite. I’ve always been terrified of authority & terrified of getting into trouble. Autism really is everything in extremes.
Why is it okay for neurotypical people to watch football matches every weekend but if an autistic person wants to watch planes every weekend this is pathologised?
February 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Why is it okay for neurotypical people to watch football matches every weekend but if an autistic person wants to watch planes every weekend this is pathologised?