In the final instalment of the Neurodiversity belongs in social work campaign podcast miniseries, Sharmeen speaks to 26-year-old Elizabeth Glandfield about being dyslexic. 

Elizabeth, diagnosed in primary school, talks about growing up with dyslexia and how she navigated the world around her. 

Having been told by a teacher at school that social work may not be the best career for her, she set out to prove people wrong.

As an advanced social worker who works in a serious youth violence, missing, and exploitation team within a local authority, Elizabeth shares the challenges she faces being neurodivergent.

Elizabeth talks about the tools that have helped at work, and the strengths and skills she brings to the job she does.

Listen to this frank and open conversation with a Gen Z social worker.

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