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'Being a single parent absolutely petrifies me', admits Christine McGuinness

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As a teenager Christine McGuinness was sexually abused, developed an eating disorder and spent her nights praying she wouldn’t wake up in the morning.

Now in her new BBC documentary Christine McGuinness: Unmasking My Autism, the TV star has discovered her story isn’t unusual among women with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Since she was diagnosed age 33, Christine’s life has changed for the better but she can’t help wondering if an earlier diagnosis could have saved her from the turbulent and bewildering heartbreak of her teenage years.

On the show Christine unearths some shocking stories and statistics about what it means to be an autistic woman. One of the starkest statistics she encounters is a 2016 study which found autistic women are 13 times more likely to take their own lives than neurotypical women.

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