Tyla Grant

Tyla Grant, formerly known online as Autistic Tyla, and before that Adulting Autistic,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBsMe5OQ_a4 is an autistic English YouTuber.
==Personal life==
Tyla is from Manchester, England.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyWQWwgChpw&t=48s Her family are from Jamaica.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBsMe5OQ_a4&t=1998s She suffered bullying in secondary school.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag__GVqXfNE&t=919s Tyla wears wigs to protect her natural hair.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag__GVqXfNE&t=1220s She has always been fascinated by lifestyle design, which is “about living life with intention.” She found that the things that “seem to work for everyone else aren't quite right for her”.https://www.youtube.com/c/autistictyla/about
===Diagnosis===
At the age of seven, she was sent to anger management sessions. At age nine, Tyla was told she would never finish primary school. She received her dyslexia diagnosis at the age of fourteen. At age seventeen, in the middle of a depressive episode, she was sent for a mental health assessment and was diagnosed as autistic.https://www.gofundme.com/f/blackandnd?utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link-tip Tyla has ADHD,https://twitter.com/AutisticTyla/status/1397174768969912326 anxiety and depression.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hCUrQXR7k4
==Black and Neurodiverse==
The Blank and Neurodiverse (B+ND) fund provides grants for young black people who suspect they are neurodiverse to pursue a diagnosis.https://twitter.com/AutisticTyla/status/1272645142248382467 As of August 2021, the fund has raised £13,480, over its £10,000 goal.https://www.gofundme.com/f/blackandnd?utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link-tip She raised £7,000 in one week.https://twitter.com/AutisticTyla/status/1274692820922761216 The organisation has an Instagram account.https://www.instagram.com/blackandnd/
==Podcast==
The One Percent Podcast discusses autism with various autistic people and psychologists,https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgpUcy7hagTpu9LiPq7vkX3Nmh_Nkrvx7 such as .https://open.spotify.com/episode/1KjbVvDLg1hTpeGJHdWjWV On Spotify, the podcast is titled Processing it.https://open.spotify.com/episode/1KjbVvDLg1hTpeGJHdWjWV The first episode of The Adulting Autistic Podcast was uploaded on April 5, 2020.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyWQWwgChpw
==Subscriber milestones==
*12,500 subscribers: May 7, 2021https://twitter.com/AutisticTyla/status/1390676609611575296
==References==
Category:Vlogging YouTubers
Category:English YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2018