Paige Layle

Paige Layle
Born
Paige Hennekam

(2000-08-02) August 2, 2000 (age 26)
Kawartha Lakes, Central Ontario, Canada
Occupations
  • Activist
  • author
Years active2015 – present
WebsiteOfficial website
Official Instagram
Official YouTube channel

Paige Hennekam (born August 2, 2000), publicly known as Paige Layle, is a Canadian activist known for her autistic rights advocacy. Their first book But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life was published on March 28, 2024.

Early life

Paige Layle's birth name is Paige Hennekam. Layle was born in Kawartha Lakes, Central Ontario on August 2, 2000. They reportedly tried to commit suicide at 15 years old due to their autism, which was later diagnosed alongside OCD and ADHD.

Personal life

Layle uses they/them and she/her pronouns, and came out as a lesbian on February 6, 2025. Layle lives in Kawartha Lakes, working as a teacher.

Publications

Layle's first book But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life was published on March 28, 2024.

Notes

  1. ↑ Paige Layle uses they/them and she/her pronouns.

References

  1. ↑ "Paige Layle's official Instagram". Instagram. Retrieved 2025-02-06.
  2. 1 2 Layle, Paige (December 3, 2024). But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life (Hardback) (1 ed.). Headline Publishing Group. ISBN 9781035414697. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |DUPLICATE_date= ignored (help)
  3. 1 2 Singh, Manvir (2024-05-06). "Why We're Turning Psychiatric Labels Into Identities". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  4. ↑ Layle, Paige (April 26, 2024). "Teachers and Family Dismissed My Cry for Help—It Was Almost Too Late". Newsweek. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  5. ↑ Mui, Christine (August 5, 2020). "Where Are The Autistic Women in the Media". Harvard Political Review. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  6. ↑ paige layle (2025-02-06). the coming out video. Retrieved 2025-02-07 – via YouTube.
  7. ↑ "Young actors with autism respond to Sia's movie Music". CBC Kids News. March 2, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  8. ↑ Goldstein, Joelle (March 11, 2020). "19-Year-Old Woman with Autism Goes Viral on TikTok: 'A Lot of People Don't Understand' Autism". People. Retrieved June 27, 2020.