ADHD and dyslexia are still cloaked in stereotypes

CHRIS PACKHAM FEELS THAT NEURODIVERGENT PEOPLE ARE OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD.

- BY CAMILLA FOSTER

FOLLOWING the success of his acclaimed series Inside Our Autistic Minds, Chris Packham returns with a second instalment this time exploring the inner worlds of people with ADHD and dyslexia.

Chris, a conservationist widely known for presenting popular nature programmes such as Springwatch and The Really Wild Show, is autistic and is passionate about using his platform to challenge common misconceptions surrounding different neurodevelopmental conditions and to help others understand what it truly means to live with them.

In this two-part series, four people collaborate with leading filmmakers, designers and animators to create powerful short films that express their personal experiences.

Through their own words and visuals, they open up to their loved ones sharing how it feels to live with ADHD or dyslexia, offering viewers a deeper, more empathetic understanding of these conditions.

"Our consensus was that ADHD and dyslexia are still cloaked in a thin skin of stereotypes, which means that people really just don’t get what they are about," says the 63-year-old TV presenter.

"So, it was a logical step for us to do what we could, using the tools that we involved in our first series to help those communities as much as we had succeeded, it seems, in helping the autistic community.