{"id":10633,"date":"2025-08-25T12:05:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T12:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/peps\/?p=10633"},"modified":"2025-10-02T12:06:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T12:06:43","slug":"elle-mcnicoll-school-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/peps\/2025\/08\/25\/elle-mcnicoll-school-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Elle McNicoll School Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we had a <\/span>significant <\/span>guest come and visit us. This special person was none other than Elle McNicoll. Elle McNicoll is an author born and raised in Edinburgh. She is mostly known for writing fictional books about neurodiverse people, her most popular book is called\u00a0\u2018A Kind of Spark\u2019 this was her first book and is based on an autistic person called Addie. She has written seven\u00a0books in total:\u00a0A Kind of Spark, Role Model, Like A Charm, Like A Curse, Show Us Who You Are, Keedie, Some Like It Cold, The Trouble with Nina, A Gilmore of Change and Wish You Were Her. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the things that s<\/span>he told us what it was l<\/span>ike to be d<\/span>iagnosed <\/span>at <\/span>a young age<\/span> and not knowing about anything<\/span> About <\/span>it. Elle explained how she struggled as an <\/span>autistic<\/span> ch<\/span>ild <\/span>because no one would tell her w<\/span><\/span>hat it meant\u00a0<\/span>as<\/span> there <\/span>were<\/span> no books<\/span>,<\/span> no videos,<\/span> no<\/span>t even<\/span> documentaries to<\/span> explain it to her through more <\/span>details. She<\/span> also explained <\/span>it made her <\/span>feel<\/span> so out\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of touch<\/span>. So, she wanted to <\/span>write<\/span> a book ab<\/span>out how autism affects her<\/span> and some of the <\/span>perks<\/span> so that if a <\/span>child that felt the same way could read her books and kind of com<\/span><\/span>fort to it and relate.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Guest<\/p>\n

Overall, every<\/span>body enjoyed the very thoughtful visit. Not only did she come speak to us she made a little<\/span> table in the hall and set out books <\/span><\/span><\/span>to be bought and signed! She was also very <\/span>compassionate about being an author and writing about fictional <\/span>neurodiversity which is<\/span> a<\/span>n<\/span> i<\/span>ns<\/span>p<\/span>i<\/span>r<\/span>a<\/span>t<\/span>i<\/span>o<\/span>n<\/span>a<\/span>l<\/span> t<\/span>h<\/span>i<\/span>n<\/span>g<\/span> t<\/span>o<\/span> do<\/span>,<\/span> a<\/span>n<\/span>d<\/span> a<\/span> l<\/span>o<\/span>t<\/span> o<\/span>f<\/span> p<\/span>e<\/span>o<\/span>p<\/span>l<\/span>e<\/span> l<\/span>o<\/span>o<\/span>k<\/span> u<\/span>p<\/span> t<\/span>o<\/span> h<\/span>e<\/span>r<\/span>!<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

–<\/span>Scarl<\/span>ett <\/span>and Ellouise<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today we had a significant guest come and visit us. This special person was none other than Elle McNicoll. Elle McNicoll is an author born and raised in Edinburgh. She is mostly known for writing fictional books about neurodiverse people, her most popular book is called\u00a0\u2018A Kind of Spark\u2019 this was her first book and … <\/p>\n

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