Wentworth Miller, who starred in the Prison Break series, revealed on his Instagram page a few days ago that he was diagnosed with autism last fall. He told his admirers that the news he received was startling, but not entirely unexpected because he had anticipated receiving this verdict.
“It’s been a year since I was given an informal diagnosis of autism. A self-diagnosis comes first. Then there’s a formal diagnosis. It was a long, inefficient process that needed to be updated. I’m a male in my forties. Not for a five-year-old. And I understand that getting a diagnosis is a luxury that not everyone has “Wentworth Miller took to Instagram to express himself.
The actor went on to say “I’m not well-versed in autism. (There’s a lot to learn.) My understanding of my work appears to be improving at the moment. Looking back on five decades of experience through the lens of a new objective. It is going to take some time. Meanwhile, I don’t want to risk becoming a shrill, uninformed voice all of a sudden. The community of people with autism has been mentioned in the past. I don’t want to cause any more trouble.”
In 2013, the Prison Break star came out as gay and talked candidly about his mental health difficulties as a youth, even admitting that he attempted suicide multiple times.
“I swallowed a bottle of pills while waiting for my family to go for the weekend and leaving me alone at home. I’m not sure what occurred over the next few days, but I know I was back on the bus to school on Monday morning, pretending everything was OK “Eight years ago, the actor added.