If you are autistic  (or suspect you might be) here are some people who demonstrate that autism can be a gift, rather than a failing - in the hope that when you feel at your lowest you remember to give thanks for the 'deficits' that allow you to care deeply, think differently, and want to make a difference.

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Click on their names to hear how they arrived at their diagnosis, what they learned as a result - and how their autism has helped them to succeed.

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P.S. The "very kind listener" Jack Thorne credits with helping him to discover he was autistic... was DUGGAN (and we are still in touch).