Ellie, autism and parkrun
Ellie has always been an instantly recognisable and much loved Southport parkrunner. Usually clad in pink or red Lycra and large, noise-cancelling headphones, sometimes singing loudly, she is perhaps reading whilst walking or sometimes shouting and behaving bizarrely. Her shouts reverberated around Hesketh Park as Ellie spun rapidly around the metal lamppost, holding on…