Are you one of the suspected three million-plus Brits with autism or ADHD? Maybe you're just 'eccentric'

The bulk of British radical whitethorn present see themselves neurodivergent, a starring neuroscientist has claimed.

Professor Francesca Happe believes reduced stigma astir conditions specified arsenic ADHD and autism has seen a surge successful aesculapian and self-diagnoses.

While tolerance is 'good', she warns behaviours that erstwhile would person been considered 'a spot of eccentricity' are present labelled arsenic wellness conditions.

She is 1 of the experts appearing connected BBC Radio 4's The Autism Curve which starts contiguous and explores wherefore autism diagnoses person rocketed.

There has been a 787 per cent emergence from 1998 to 2018, according to a 2021 study, portion the estimated fig of children who person autism spectrum upset has risen from 1 successful 2,500 children 80 years agone to 1 successful 36.

Interviewed for the programme by the presenter Michael Blastland, Professor Happe said: 'An expanding fig of radical are choosing to self-identify without seeking a diagnosis. 

'That is going to alteration things, due to the fact that we whitethorn good already beryllium astatine a constituent wherever determination are much neurodivergent self-identified radical than neurotypical people.

'Whether that's adjuvant oregon not is simply a treatment we request to have.' 

But she welcomed the reduced stigma, adding: 'There's a batch much tolerance, which is good.'

Professor Happe was appointed CBE successful 2021 for her services to the survey of autism. She is herself dyslexic but was ne'er diagnosed arsenic a kid – lone discovering it erstwhile her ain girl was diagnosed.

Celebrities with autism spectrum disorders see naturalist and tv presenter Chris Packham, histrion Sir Anthony Hopkins and the tech billionaire Elon Musk.