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I am Eliza

Eliza Brearley hosts Planet Jassi, an autism therapy YouTube channel created in 2018 to support the autism community and help Eliza achieve her dreams of being an actor. Through her channel, Eliza has created meaningful work and built her brand. Having a disability doesn’t stop her, not even a pandemic.

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TEXT: Hi, I Eliza Brearley (25)

This was my life prior to COVID

I am an actor, model and YouTuber

I also have Autism

‘Practice makes perfect’

Show Time

Model job with my mentor

Party invitation = Fun Time

On the job

Life on the Spectrum Show. Guest speaker

TikTok

I love to dance!!!

ELIZA BREARLEY: Hi everyone! Welcome to the first episode of The Desk.

♪ ’Cause I don’t care as long as you just hold me near ♪

♪ You can take me anywhere ♪

♪ And you’re making me feel like I’m loved by somebody ♪

♪ I can deal with the bad nights ♪

♪ When I’m with my baby, yeah ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

Hi, my name is Eliza Brearley. I’m 25 years of age. I live on the sunny Central Coast, New South Wales.

I am an actor, YouTuber and model. So you may not know this, but I also have autism and I’m loving life. And I don’t let my disability stop me doing anything, not even a pandemic.

I’m so excited to be part of the Momentous project.

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