Meet the Judges

Paul is an award winning photographer, who has late onset full blown Tourette Syndrome plus, which started out of the blue 10 years ago. He has found that he gets some respite and great fulfilment through helping others. He uses his unique position to raise awareness and offers empathy and solidarity to many young people who are struggling with their diagnosis.

Through his public speaking and TV and radio appearances, Paul seeks to raises awareness of Tourettes, increase acceptance and reduce discrimination. Paul is an advocate for Tourettes Action, Tic & Hull Yorkshire, Tourettes Scotland, Tourette Lifelong Care and Tourette Roma.

He has been a member of the board of trustees for the patient associations Tourette Scotland and Tourettes Action, he is also a lived experience ambassador for Genius Within, a role which he excels at.

Tumi is an advocate for dyspraxia & neurodiversity, particularly raising awareness of the intersectionality between race & neurodiversity. He is known on Twitter and Instagram as The Black Dyspraxic (He was diagnosed with Dyspraxia at 4).

Tumi is a Health Economist at Newcastle University focusing on helping to improve health outcomes across Africa. His research interests are the economic consequences of health disparities, and he is currently engaged in a number of systematic reviews.

He is also COO for Afro Health Initiative and an advisory board member of Centre for Neurodiversity at Work.

Marcia Brissett-Bailey AKA theblackdyslexic, named Top 50 Influential Neurodivergent Women 2022, BDA Adult Award 2022, and Top 80 Neurodiversity Evangelist UK 2023, author and editor of the book Black, Brilliant and Dyslexic.

Marcia is a thought leader and Forbes featured, international speaker, Dyslexia advocate, champion and passionate to empower other Dyslexic and neurodiverse people to find their voices. Marcia also talks about representation, education, workplace, gender and diversity from an intersectional lens.

Co-founded the British Dyslexia Association Cultural Perspective Committee and an observer of BDA Executive Board. Also, a trustee of the Waltham Forest Dyslexia Association, an Advisory Board Member of the Centre for Neurodiversity at Work, and a member of the co-production board for Neurodiversity in Business.

She has worked within the education sector for over 30 years, across all sectors of education from primary, further/higher education and most recently within a London local authority as a Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, information, advice, support and service officer (SENDIASS).

Marcia is the Further Education Partnership Lead at Diversity and Ability, a consultant, mentor, SEND careers adviser empowering young people to reach their aspiration and potential.