Inside Our Autistic Minds

Chris helps an autistic comedian reveal to her mum what's really going on inside her head and gives a non-speaking autistic man the chance to take his message to the world.

Chris meets Anton, a teaching assistant and trance DJ with a deep love of Middlesbrough FC, and Ethan, a 19-year-old student and aspiring rapper from Essex. He helps them make films to reveal to their friends and classmates how Anton feels about change and Ethan about hypersensitivity to noise. Chris also meets Dr Luke Beardon, an expert in autistic hypersensitivity, and Dr Punit Shah, who helps him to understand both Anton's restrictive and repetitive behaviours and Chris's own need for order in his life.

One in seven people have brains that work differently, and more people are being diagnosed with ADHD, dyslexia and autism than ever before. But neurodivergent people are more likely to experience depression, anxiety and even suicidal thoughts. Chris Packham believes this is a hidden crisis and wants to help neurodivergent people explain what's going on inside their minds. And he's starting with ADHD. It's thought that one in 20 people has ADHD, but Chris still feels that the condition remains misunderstood. He meets two people frustrated that the people in their lives don't fully understand what having ADHD means to them. Teaming up with top filmmakers, animators and graphic designers, they create evocative short films which explain to family and friends how they're truly feeling inside - and what's really going on inside their ADHD minds.

It's thought that as many as one in ten people in the UK are dyslexic, making it the most diagnosed type of neurodivergence. But despite this, Chris feels that dyslexia is frequently ignored and often misunderstood. He meets two dyslexic people frustrated that the people in their lives don't fully understand them. Teaming up with top filmmakers, animators and graphic designers, they create evocative short films which explain to family and friends how they're truly feeling inside - and what's really going on inside their dyslexic minds. A school counsellor explains to her brothers how being dyslexic impacts her life, and a builder from south Wales becomes the star of his very own musical.