Ellie Middleton
With an audience of over 500k across platforms, Ellie Middleton is an activist, speaker and writer committed to breaking taboos and empowering neurodivergent people to thrive.
Ellie founded the (un)masked community for neurodivergents in 2021, which celebrates the positives that come with being neurodivergent through events and educational content. Off the back of this, Ellie delivers employee workshops to change the narrative on neurodiversity, for brands like Coca-Cola, Google & LinkedIn, to name a few. In addition, she was selected to present a TedX talk about her life following her autism diagnosis, which has since generated over 30k views and 2k likes.
Her debut book, ‘UNMASKED’ (published Oct’23) hit number one on the ”movers and shakers” and “best sellers” list across all books on Amazon, and number 6 across all books on the Kindle store. This led to broadcast features on GMB, BBC One and ITV as well as written features in Glamour, Metro and The Independent. The success of ‘UNMASKED’ has led to Ellie’s second book ‘How to be You’ (published Sept’24) – a new, practical guide to help readers work with their neurodivergent brains rather than against it. Her publications have sold over 35,000 copies in 1 year, selling more in the 1st week than Pete Wicks and Candice Braithwaite.
She has also recently released her podcast titled ‘Skip the Small Talk’ which charted at Number 16 in Society and Culture Podcasts on Spotify and Top 100 Overall podcast’s on Spotify in the first week of its release.
Ellie’s authority documenting her ADHD and autism diagnosis has led to long standing partnerships with a multitude of global brands including Disney+, Samsung & Schuh. She alsoattended the prestigious NTA’s this year and won the Book bCreator of the Year award 2024.