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Chris Packham on being autistic: 鈥業 felt that I was broken鈥�

It鈥檚 estimated around one in five people identify as neurodivergent, and awareness has been growing in recent years thanks to some high-profile people talking about their personal situations.

Naturalist and broadcaster Chris Packham is one of them. He鈥檚 autistic and presents the 蜜芽传媒 series, Inside Our Autistic Minds.

Speaking to 5 Live Drive鈥檚 Clare McDonnell, Chris spoke about the impact that feeling 鈥榖roken鈥� when he was younger had on his mental health.

鈥淚 contrasted myself with a vast majority of other people and they seemed to be normal, and I seemed to be broken.鈥�

Chris also highlighted the importance of there being support available for people after being diagnosed, 鈥渙therwise you are simply a young person wandering around with a t-shirt that says 鈥榓utistic鈥� on it.

This content forms part of 蜜芽传媒 5 Live鈥檚 Me, My Health and I series and came during Neurodiversity Celebration week which ran 18 - 24 March 2024.

This clip is from 5 Live Drive on 19 March 2024.

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