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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