Heads-up on neurodiversity

CHRIS Packham explores a subject that’s very close to his heart in this emotional instalment, since his stepdaughter Megan is dyslexic.

- BY SARA WALLIS

And Megan tells him: “I have a vivid memory of you walking into my room, and I must have only been six or seven, with a pile of books in your arms. It was a big, intimidating pile, a big reminder of something that I couldn't do.

“To this day, if anyone hands me a book, it still stresses me out.”