Sir Keir Starmer has said he took “tough” and “decisive” action to withdraw support for Labour’s Rochdale by-election candidate, after a storm of criticism about remarks Azhar Ali made about Israel.
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Gogglebox star Tom Malone Jr has opened up on how he felt getting a later in life diagnosis of autism, sharing that it left him feeling confused about his personality.
The Malone family still appear on the Channel 4 show regularly, but Tom no longer joins them. He recently gave an update on Instagram about how he is getting on after his autism diagnosis. Former reality star Tom revealed his diagnosis at the age of 28 back in 2022 and at the time he was feeling relieved at having an explanation for some of his behaviours.
Now, he has explained the stages he went through when coming to terms with the news. Tom said: "What nobody tells you about being a late diagnosed autistic is the mental stages you go through after the diagnosis. Stage one - relief.
The relief of knowing that all those little things that you always struggled with and wondered about suddenly make sense and there's a reason that you struggled with them." But as he said the second stage for him had been confusion and explained it left him questioning what he thought he knew about his personality.
He said: "Stage two - confusion.
Trying to work out which parts of your personality are actually you, and which parts are autism." Tom continued: "Stage three - acceptance. Realising you can't separate yourself from autism and it's an integral part of who you are. Four - more confusion.
Trying to work out which parts of your personality are who you are and which parts are masking.
"Five - more acceptance. Realising that who we are is just as much about what we've been through and how we've learned to cope and realising that those things are also an integral part of who we are. And after that, it's back to living our best lives." Writing alongside the video, Tom told
.Sir Keir Starmer has said he took “tough” and “decisive” action to withdraw support for Labour’s Rochdale by-election candidate, after a storm of criticism about remarks Azhar Ali made about Israel.
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