Fern Brady was diagnosed with autism in 2021 after years of battling to understand her emotions
West Lothian comedian Fern Brady says she faced a fierce battle for autism awareness after years of ‘meltdowns’ led to diagnosis in her 30s.She was in her 30s when a series of meltdowns led her to seek out answers and at the age of 34 was diagnosed.
Growing up in Bathgate, she was often misunderstood and found herself regularly in trouble, causing the star to have ‘meltdowns’ as she felt so overwhelmed. She told the Metro: “I think I was really privileged to get put in a mental unit, because now teenagers can’t get anything.” Prior to her diagnosis, at the age of 17, Fern’s relationship with her parents became so strained that they asked her to move out, leaving her couch surfing whilst she completed her exams at Edinburgh University.
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