'Just because I’m autistic doesn’t mean I can’t follow my dreams'

Author and illustrator Anna Stack is the most recent member of a Cork initiative that supports artists with learning disabilities 

Anna Stack, author and illustrator, at the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork. Picture: Denis Minihane

Anna Stack is a young woman with serious publishing ambitions. Some day, the East Cork 23-year-old wants to be a bestselling author, to live in the US, and to be a role model for young people.

Last October, Cork City Libraries published her children’s book, Squirrely’s Baby Sister, and it was launched in the library with a reading.