An inspiring young man with autism has started a thriving chocolate business during the Covid stay-at-home orders and discovered the recipe for overcoming lockdown blues.
Richard Habelrih, 25, is making 300-400 chocolate 'freckly faces' a day from the family's Maroubra home to meet orders pouring in from around Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
Mr Habelrih found work as a public speaker opening up about the bullying he experienced at school and raising awareness about autism before the lockdown.
But in 2020 the work dried up.
Richard Habelrih, who couldn't find work with major retail chains has become an educator, public speaker and now chocolate maker. His advice to people with lockdown blues is 'do something you love'