Melanie Sykes is to reveal in a tell-all book how she dealt with being diagnosed with autism at the age of 51. The star will also speak about “fame, motherhood, self-medicating and trauma to her breakdown and breakthrough to become a campaigner and autism advocate”.
The TV presenter announced in 2021 how she was diagnosed with autism at the age of 51. She expressed how the diagnosis was "life-changing", reports the Mirror, and that things had finally started to "make sense."
She compared writing the book with publisher HarperNorth to "open-heart surgery" on herself. She said: "Getting a late diagnosis and having to learn about and understand my neurodivergent mind and sensitivities has indeed unlocked my happiness but it’s been an arduous road.
