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title: 'My Voice Matters'
url: 'https://nipinthebud.trilbyhost.com/neurodivergence/my-voice-matters'
markdown: 'https://nipinthebud.trilbyhost.com/neurodivergence/my-voice-matters.md'
date: '2026-03-04'
description: "Children's Mental Health Week is a mental health awareness week that empowers, equips and gives a voice to all children and young people in the UK.” Here at Nip in the Bud, we’re excited to join Place2Be with the focus on “My Voice Matters” by highlighting the many voices of the children whose experiences and perspectives on mental health that we share in our films; from Mathew who talks about life on the Autism spectrum to Debbie who tells us about her experience of ADHD."
taxonomy:
  category:
    - Neurodivergence
  tag:
    - ADHD
    - Autism
    - 'Lived Experience'
  type:
    - Video
  contributor:
    - 'Guy Scutter'
---

# My Voice Matters

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  Duration: 0h 1m 33s  Published: January 2024

 Produced and Directed by: [Guy Scutter](https://nipinthebud.trilbyhost.com/about-us/authors-and-experts/guy-scutter) 

Children's Mental Health Week is a mental health awareness week that empowers, equips and gives a voice to all children and young people in the UK.” Here at Nip in the Bud, we’re excited to join Place2Be with the focus on “My Voice Matters” by highlighting the many voices of the children whose experiences and perspectives on mental health that we share in our films; from Mathew who talks about life on the Autism spectrum to Debbie who tells us about her experience of ADHD.

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