Hello Reader,

In last week’s email I talked about Autistic Advocates and Allyship after the announcement of the new Autistic Barbie.

And I shared an example of someone who I believed was speaking over Autistic voices. But now I want to tell you that I made a mistake.

Not about the importance of letting members of marginalised communities lead conversations that are about them, I stand by that - but about the individual’s identity.

After an initial exchange, (and after I had already sent my email) the person Iater responded again to tell me they ‘have confirmed ASD’ (these are their words not mine).

Whilst I could give you a list of reasons that I was thought my assertions were accurate, it is clear now that what I thought I knew about this person was actually an incomplete picture.

Do I regret engaging with the person? No. Do I regret writing an email about it? No. Because here’s the thing - regret only serves to make you feel uncomfortable and when you sit in that too long you stop trying to get things right in case you accidentally get them wrong. And that’s what stands in the way of progress.

Humility on the other hand, allows me to own my mistake, apologise to them for my assumption and treat the experience as a lesson in how to show up better next time.

This lesson isn’t just relevant to advocacy work. It’s relevant to your wider business too. Assuming you’re as human as the rest of us Reader, I’m guessing you’ve made mistakes along the way. So today I want to invite you to let go of any regrets you might have about things you did or didn’t do to grow your business and instead keep taking imperfect action - because it's only by trying that you're going to learn how do to do better.

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Humbly yours,

From Laila with love ❤️

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