Don’t Hold Back

My name is Liam McGinley, I am 17 years and am diagnosed with autism. I go to secondary school. School was the only place where I could be sociable but I would sometimes walk about by myself minding my own business during school intervals because I felt comfortable with it, apart from that when I wa

When campaigning for the Scottish Parliament came in September 2015, my mum joined the SNP activists group to campaign for her constituency to get Humza Yousaf elected for Greater Pollok. On the 30th of October 2015, my mum invited me to go to the Pearce Institute for Humza’s adoption night where we

I am writing this blog to tell people about my worries I have dealt through my life and how politics is a career path to helping me deal with my problems.

It started when I was 7 years old at school. When I went to the toilet during lunch when I had a confrontation with another boy from my class in there, he attacked me but it wasn’t a serious attack, he was just hitting and grabbing me. I can’t remember why though but it led up to a massive problem f

When I was in 2nd year during secondary school, I was going to my registration class I got told by one of the pupils who was sitting across the table to stop staring at people, I didn’t know what that pupil meant by that but three months later, the same pupil and another pupil said that they did not

Which takes me back to the main issue of my blog, politics and how it’s helped me become more confident and out going, I have befriended a bunch of people from the SNP activists group and I also attend branch meetings. Whenever I meet up with the branch I don’t keep to myself as much, people who I k

I am still learning about politics but I have done things that I never thought I would do, socialising and meeting new people and interacting with local councillors and politicians. Don’t hold yourself back because you think the disabilities you have will get you nowhere in life. Embrace and believe