Imagine struggling to express how you feel, and finding the world around you a confusing and overwhelming place. That’s the reality for the 700,000* people in the UK living with autism. It is a lifelong developmental condition, and although everyone who has autism is born with it, some go undiagnosed until adulthood. Presenter Melanie Sykes, 52, revealed that her own diagnosis came at the age of 51, and Christine McGuinness, 35, who has three autistic children, announced that she had been diagnosed at 33.
While there is no cure or medication to treat autism, creating awareness, understanding symptoms and knowing how to manage them can be hugely beneficial. But according to recent