Elle, 20 years old

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Elle is an amazingly special person. She is funny, smart, beautiful, and ambitious. Elle has autism and struggles with anxiety disorder, ADHD, and OCD; despite all that, she strives to be her own person in the world and to be part of it. She has generously been gifted with talents like singing, acting, drawing, and comedy, as well as being a natural athlete. Sometimes school is a painful place due to the bullying Elle has experienced there. She finds solace in her gifts, drawing, singing, and listening to music. She loves the comfort of the water, especially the ocean, and she thrives when in it. Elle recently got the lead in her school musical, her first time trying theatre! She won best comedic actress in a musical while standing on the stage and singing in front of hundreds of adults and her peers at this year’s JRAY awards show. Elle was also part of a play of all autistic actors in the “Speak up Autism “ show. When the world seeks not to see her, she steps up and out to be seen.

Elle wears her in-ear headphones constantly to hear music and to help buffer outside noise since she has an auditory sensory disorder. She also uses music to comfort and lessen her anxiety when she needs quiet in crowds and at school. Unfortunately, Elle has started having earaches and pain from wearing the earbuds in her ears. These Beats over-the-ear headphones would relieve some of the headaches and would still allow her to block outside noise and listen to music if she wants to. Elle would be very grateful to have these headphones !