Believe in Me - Living with a learning Disability

 Listen to Natalie read a small piece from her new book, which is available to buy here

In 2022 I started the journey of writing my own book. I got this opportunity thanks to a partnership between Mencap and a publisher called Hachette who wanted to publish a book to help children understand what it’s like to have a learning disability . It was a very exciting process and a lot of hard work. I was very lucky to get lots of support both from Hachette and from the fundraising team at Mencap and colleagues in my team. I worked closely on the project with all of these people and really enjoyed it.  

There were some difficult days, however, where I would just look at my laptop and would have no ideas. But then I would go and get a coffee (there’s a Starbucks 2 minutes away from my house!) This would refresh my mind and give me some more ideas as to what I would write about next.    

I was also able to use writing skills I have learnt over the years, like from when I did work experience at The Financial Times as part of my supported internship that I did with Mencap, as well as from writing articles for our newsletter. I’ve always wanted to be a writer, so I’m really happy I have been able to write this book.  

I’m so proud of the book and can’t wait for people to read it.  

You can buy it from the 10th of October here: https://geni.us/Believe-in-Me