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Jessica Sansome

Christine McGuinness shares why her grey hoodie is her support and how clothes helped her cope with undiagnosed autism

Christine McGuinness has shared why a grey hoodie is a support to her. The model and autism campaigner has been flooded with praise in recent weeks following the release of her first solo documentary.

Airing on the BBC earlier this month, Christine McGuinness: Unmasking My Autism, saw Christine open up about her adult autism diagnosis at 33 while lifting the lid on living with the developmental disorder. She revealed she had also been diagnosed with the developmental disability, caused by differences in the brain that affects how people communicate and interact with the world, towards the end of 2021.

It came after all three of her children - twins Penelope and Leo, nine, and youngest daughter, six-year-old Felicity - were given the same diagnosis. In the documentary, as she met others with the condition, Christine shared how her behaviour as a child was misunderstood as 'being naughty' and she dropped out of school at 14 without qualifications and entered beauty pageants.

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