Writer and playwright Jack Thorne said he began the “complicated process” of being diagnosed with autism after appearing in The Desert Island Disc.
The five-time Bafta Award winner Thorne said listeners on BBC Radio 4 who heard Drifter’s interview with Lauren Laverne asked him if he thought he could be on the spectrum.
On Wednesday, the 44-year-old celebrated author announced on Twitter that he had been diagnosed with autism just before Christmas.
he wrote: I understood the previous one, hope it helps you in your future work. We don’t understand everything yet, but we’re getting there.
“Oddly enough, it all started with producing the Desert Island disc. A very kind listener reached out and asked if I had considered the idea that I might be autistic. My lovely agent took the note and thought there might be some truth in it.So did my wife.So I started digging.
“Getting diagnosed is a complicated process, but I found a lot of kindness along the way. I am very happy.”
In an interview with Desert Island Discs, Thorne discusses the inspiration behind the Channel 4 drama Help starring Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham.
He was inspired after reading in the local newspaper that Covid-19 was ravaging these centers, and grew up around the nursing sector as his mother was also a care worker.
Diagnosed with the chronic condition of cholinergic urticaria at the age of 20, the writer is also outspoken about representing the disabled community within the television industry.
During MacTaggart’s talk at the 2021 Edinburgh Television Festival, he urged the industry to do more for people with disabilities, stating that the industry has failed them “absolutely and utterly”. I was.
Thorne has written screenplays for TV series and movies including Dark Matter and Enola Holmes, and wrote the Olivier and Tony Award-winning play Harry Potter and the Curse, based on J.K. I also wrote the screenplay for Noko.
