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They are helping destroy the stereotype that City Section football is lacking in talent.

"I think it's really important in women's spaces that we don't stereotype," she said.

Ms Fielding, now 41, said she was challenging "outdated stereotypes" about the condition, particularly that it only affects older people or people who smoke.

Equally important, she said, is finding methods that do not stereotype.

Autistic people are often stereotyped as unable to read other people, Morgan said, but neurotypical people often have just as hard a time accurately interpreting an autistic person’s emotional state.