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Before anything else, thank you. To everyone who walked alongside us, held space, believed, listened, and reminded me to keep going.
Most of all, thank you to my beautiful family. You are my ground.
And to Ella. For always being human. Completely. Utterly. Unapologetically yourself.
For showing me that presence is power. That wisdom does not shout. That being human is something we remember.
This book exists because of you. It always has.

Elly’s greatest teacher wasn’t a scholar or guru — it was her eldest daughter.
Being DeafBlind and often underestimated by society, she lit the way for Elly’s work, showing her how to Flip the Narrative. To reimagine what it truly means to be human — and why that matters for every single one of us.
Because here’s the truth:
The most humanised space often exists in the margins.
Where society still narrates “less,” her daughter showed Elly more — what more courage, more connection, more clarity looked and felt like. Pushing “difference” to the edges, means we miss entirely the value of our very diverse species.
And here’s the thing:
We’re all different. We always have been.
So let’s stop reducing this to “diversity and inclusion.”
Let’s start talking about being human, a label we all share.
In the messy, magical middle — the human space — we meet as equals.
We listen, we learn, we get it wrong, and then we get it better.
Together, as one.

Elly invites audiences in with curiosity, to start with this simple idea: be human first.
Focusing on the why — why every person deserves space, no matter their labels or differences.
And then the how because Inclusion isn’t about policy — it’s about how we choose to see, value, and make space for every human.
