OPENING UP ABOUT HER SURPRISE DIAGNOSIS, TV HOST MELANIE SYKES IS ON A MISSION TO EMPOWER WOMEN AS SHE CELEBRATES HER AUTISM AND TELLS WHY RAISING HER SONS IS HER ‘ULTIMATE JOB’
‘I understand how I’ve been operating in a society that doesn’t operate in the same way as me’
She was diagnosed with autism just a few weeks ago, but TV presenter Melanie Sykes tells HELLO! that she has greeted the revelation with a sense of relief, not dismay.
“It’s fantastic, that’s why I’m celebrating it,” she says as she showcases an array of sustainable fashion pieces in our exclusive photoshoot. “I’ve always felt different to other people and how they think and operate, but now I know it’s because I’m autistic it makes me feel validated.”
Melanie, whose 17-year-old son Tino also has the condition, which affects the way people communicate and interact, tells how she’s always felt different. “I tried to work out what it was about me and even put it down to things like my Northern directness,” says the Lancashire-born mum-of-two, who first shot to fame as
