BBC News, Bristol
BBCA new magazine has been created to help young people who are neurodivergent feel connected and seen.
The Neon Daisy magazine, filled with poetry, artwork, selfcare tips and comic strips, has been put together by a team of girls who are autistic from Bristol and South Gloucestershire.
All of the money made from magazine sales will go back into community events, the organisation has said.
Creative facilitator Serafina Kiszko said they hope the project will help young people who are currently experiencing “disconnection and isolation because of their differences”.
“We wanted to create something that we could send to people, that people could buy, that might make them feel less alone and remind them that they do have a community,” they said.
“The young people that we work with, and I’m sure a lot of other young people across the UK, are really experiencing feelings of disconnection and isolation because of their differences.”
Even though it is aimed at people who are neurodivergent, the team said the magazine is still for everyone to enjoy.
Rosa from the Neon Daisy magazine team said she hoped it will help people realise they are “special”.
“I just really hope that the magazine and Neon Daisy as a whole will help people find out that they might just not be weird, and that they might just not be the odd one out, and that they’re actually somebody really special,” she said.
“That’s what I found out even before Neon Daisy started. They want people to have the same realisation dawn on them that they are someone special.”
All paper copies can be bought from Whapping Wharf in Bristol or can be purchased online.
The Neon Daisy team said they are hoping to get funding for their next issue.