Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  He pūmanawa: I pouri a Elspeth McKendrick, he kōtiro kura, i muri i tana kitenga i te mate o Asperger. I whakaekehia e tētahi kōtiro kura pūmanawa i a ia anō i muri noa iho i te torutoru wiki i tana whiwhinga i ngā tohu GCSE A, nā te mea i pouri ia i te kitenga i tētahi momo autism māmā, i rongo i tētahi whakamātautau. Ko te tumuaki o te kura, ko Elspeth McKendrick, 16, i ngaro i te tau 2012 i te wā i kitea ai e ngā tākuta he mate a Asperger. Ko te kaiwhaiwhai Doctor Who me Sherlock, i whakaahuatia e tona whaea hei 'geeky', i tino hiahia kia uru ki te kura, ka hanga i tetahi roopu hoa iti. I kii ona maatua he 'harikoa ia ki te rereke me te rereke' engari he 'nui te whakakahore' mo tona ahuatanga a kaore ia i kaha ki te korero ki tetahi. I te marama o Akuhata o te tau kua hipa, kotahi wiki noa iho i muri i tana haerenga ki te kura hei wāhanga o te National Citizen Service, i kitea te taiohi i whakairihia i roto i tana ruma i muri i tana waiho i tetahi tuhipoka e inoi ana ki tona whanau me te korero me pehea tana hiahia kia tuwhera atu ia ki nga hoa. I rongo te rēhitatanga i Heywood, Greater Manchester, he ākonga toi, he ākonga auaha hoki a Elspeth, nō Bury, i Tottington High School. He kaipānui nui ia, he pukapuka kei roto tonu i tana putea kura, a, kua riro i a ia tetahi waahi i Manchester College of Art ki te ako i nga taumata A. Engari ko tōna whaea, ko Rebecca Jackson, 47, i kōrero i te whakarongo. 'Kua kōrerotia e ia he raruraru ki te whakahoahoa me te whai hoa tata. Ahakoa he tokomaha ōna hoa, e hiahia ana hoki ia ki te whai i tētahi hoa tino pai, ā, kāore i taea e ia. 'He raruraru whanonga me ngā riri i tua atu i tōku wheako o ngā riri rangatahi noa, nā te mea, ki a Elspeth, he pango, he mā ngā mea. He tino mohio a Elspeth ki te hangarau, ā, he pai ki a ia te whakamahi i te rorohiko. He nui te raruraru i puta mai i te reira. I whakaarahia mātou i waenganui po i te rua karaka i a ia e noho ana i runga i te rorohiko, i te wha karaka i a ia e kore ana e moe. I taua wā, e whā haora ia i ia pō. Ko te ara a Elspeth, ko te ara tiketike rānei.' I te tau 2011, i haere a Elspeth ki te Ratonga Hauora Hinengaro Tamariki me te Tamariki (CAMHS) i Bury, a, i pouri ia ki te kitenga i te...
Ko Elspeth McKendrick i whakangaromia e te tātaritanga o te mate Asperger. E ai ki ōna mātua he 'tino nui tōna whakakahore' ki tōna āhua. He torutoru ōna hoa i te kura, engari e hiahia ana ia ki tētahi 'hoa tino pai' I eke te taiohi pūmanawa ki ngā tohu GCSE A *, ā, i riro i a ia tētahi wāhi ki te whare wānanga Toi.