As a child, Grace Tame often felt isolated and misunderstood, a feeling later explained by her autism diagnosis. Autistic people have long been misrepresented, misdiagnosed and mistreated. The government hopes to address this with Australia’s first National Autism Strategy. While there's optimism, questions remain about whether the six-year plan will lead to real change.

Today, Grace Tame on what the success of the strategy depends on, and what she hopes to see as an autistic person in a neurotypical world.

Grace Tame knows how to advocate. Her campaigning for survivors of sexual assault and abuse helped to create real change and pushed powerful institutions to be better. Now, she is turning that lens onto something she has lived with her whole life and which is now on the agenda in Canberra autism and neurodivergence.

Today, former Australian of the Year and contributor to The Saturday Paper, Grace Tame, on Australia’s first attempt at a national autism strategy – and why we must get it right.