This month we’re going to be chatting to Dynamic Duo friends Sharon Hooley and A.J. Valliant.

 Sharon is and alternative lifestyle and human rights activist. She creates her own music and jewellery, and her dog Emily is the very first Emotional Support Dog in Salford. In 2017 Sharon was arrested while protesting at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, but quickly un-arrested when the police realised that they couldn’t get her wheelchair in the van.  She was diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Condition in 2018.

AJ Valliant is a former voluntary Radio Presenter and music producer for the Heroes Project in Salford Quays, run by MBE Terry Snowden and Vikki Teri. He recorded demos for those who were Neurodiverse, in order to get them on the first rung of the ladder within the music industry. A fully qualified electrical engineer, he uses his skills to fix anything that “ticks on electricity”. He has now started to write and produce his own Dance Tracks and Songs which when put on iTunes, will be used to raise money for Autistic Charities.

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