I am competing for Miss Autism Kenya.

My name is JOYCE NYANGE, 14 years old, a student, having just completed my KCPE exams.

I have a brother, my immediate follower who is autistic. I have therefore experienced first-hand how he struggles with doing simple life activities like buttoning his shirt, and how my parents are trying their best to help him out so that he becomes independent now and in future. This, amongst other reasons has pushed me to compete for the

Light Mr. and Miss Autism, so that I may get a chance to learn more about people living with disabilities and many other challenges that face young boys and girls out there.

I will do more research and strive to learn more about various conditions which affectchildren if crowned the winner in this competition. This will help me in  bringing awareness to people who do not have enough information on how to handle such conditions in children.

Special children living in remote areas do not get much help compared to those living in towns and this is a big challenge. I will take this as a personal initiative to reach families with such children and living in remote areas, and see how I can be able to help them get the services they need such as therapies, nutrition and learning programs..