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The Guardian: Interview - Morfydd Clark: ‘In the acting world, my ADHD tendencies are seen as charming’ by Claire Armitstead
The Guardian: Interview - Morfydd Clark: ‘In the acting world, my ADHD tendencies are seen as charming’ by Claire Armitstead

Directors are queueing up to work with the Welsh actor about to hit the big time in her first lead role, in acclaimed psychological thriller Saint Maud.

When Morfydd Clark was 16 years old, she crashed out of school. “After my GCSEs I just couldn’t go back,” she says. “I tried for a term but didn’t do any work and my mum said: ‘Why don’t you just drop out? There’s no point in being there if you’re going to be like this.’ So I spent a month in my pyjamas in my bedroom with the heating on, eating chocolates, and then she said: ‘Right, you’ve got to do something. You like acting, don’t you?’”

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Interview, Theatre, Television, Film, ArtsSarah NorrisLando EducationMorfydd Clark, acting world, actor, actress, GCSE, GCSEs, ADHD, National Youth Theatres, Welsh National Youth Opera, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, Philip Pullman, Dracula, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, His Dark Materials, The Personal History of David Copperfield, Eternal Beauty, Maud, Saint Maud, Bilingual, Drama Centre London, Blodeuwedd, The Falling, Screen International star of tomorrowComment
The Times: Sometimes I wish I was more autistic
The Times: Sometimes I wish I was more autistic

I found this extremely interesting. I know a few adults and children with high functioning autism.

The scientist Dr Camilla Pang considers autism to be her superpower. What sets her apart from ‘neuro-typical’ people also helps her to explain their emotions

Dr Camilla Pang tells an instructive story about how her brain works. One day, when she was a child, she answered the phone at home. The conversation went as follows: “Hi Millie, is your mum there?”

“Yes,” she replied, and hung up.

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Education, Health, Higher Education, Maths, Media Article, Medicine, ScienceSarah NorrisLando EducationDr Camilla Pang, autism, high-functioning end of the autism spectrum, autism spectrum, Asperger’s syndrome, generalised anxiety disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, scientist, neuro-typical, superpower, “neurodiverse” brain, devising strategies, strategies, PhD, PhD in biochemistry, biochemistry, University College London, post-doctoral scientist of translational bioinformatics, post-doctoral scientist, bioinformaticsComment