A woman with autism has spoken about how she "developed a lot of self-hatred" growing up with the condition. Rosie King was nine when she received a diagnosis of autism and Tourette's syndrome.
But she was beaten by bullies, hounded with slurs in the playground and pounded with rocks in the street because she was different from her peers. She says that the way she was treated caused her to struggle with her relationship with herself.
Now 24, Rosie says that she wishes her "younger self knew that being a bit different isn't the end of the world". At the time of her diagnosis, autism had only just been included in the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey and a study found that one percent of the UK population was autistic, reports MirrorOnline.
