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Middleton-Patel: I want to be a role model

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Since then, our young shot-stopper reveals she has gone through several emotions when it comes to her ASD, but she is determined to become a role model on the back of it.

“I want to be that role model because unfortunately there is a negative stigma around ASD and autism,” she told club media in an interview.

“There is nothing different about it, we just see life a little bit differently.

“I just want to be there and announce it [so] people can be like ‘I can do that and just because I’ve got autism doesn’t mean I can’t make or do the things I want to do’.