'Why am I so proud my own children are autistic, but can’t say I am?'

Amanda McGuinness has three sons all of whom are autistic. Her fascination with data as a child began to make sense when she was also identified as being neurodivergent aged 39

Conor, left, was identified as autistic before he was a year old. Amanda sensed that Jack, right, was also autistic before he this was formally identified.

WHEN she was five-years-old, Amanda McGuinness would balance herself on an armchair and reach up to pull down the Encyclopedia Britannica from a high shelf.

The eldest girl in a family of 11, her siblings played around her while she devoured all kinds of information.