Former Hollyoaks star Steph Davis said being diagnosed with autism was the ‘biggest relief’
Previously regarded as being a condition to exclusively affect men, women including Christine McGuinness and Melanie Sykes have revealed their autism diagnoses.
“Everything jumped out and it made me feel more at ease because I felt, ‘It’s not just me’,” she said.Meanwhile mother of two Melanie took to Instagram to reveal that her diagnosis was “life changing” as “finally, so many things made sense”.What is autism? Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that affects how people interact with the world, simply meaning that autistic people’s brains work in a different way to 'neurotypical' folk.
People living with autism often have other conditions including ADHD, anxiety, depression and epilepsy.
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