‘Skins’ alum Megan Prescott pushes For “more conversations about autism in women"
‘Skins’ Alum Megan Prescott Opens Up About Autism Diagnosis & Pushes For “More Conversations About Autism In Women” https://t.co/T2NjuYi2gG
- Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) April 2, 2023
- Megan Prescott is best known for starring as Katie Fitch in the British series Skins in Seasons 3 and 4. Thirteen years after the show ended, the star is opening up about being diagnosed with autism in 2021;
- Prescott says that women diagnosed with autism are "very misunderstood.";
- She continued, "Autism also isn’t a ‘superpower.’ We live in a society that is constructed from the ground up for people with neurotypical brains. I do believe that autism COULD be a ‘gift’ IF the world we lived in was made accessible to neurodiverse people.";
- Prescott wishes there were "more conversations about autism in women" as she explains that most "of the diagnostic criteria involved in autism assessment is based on research done exclusively on men."
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