Actress playing autistic in upcoming cable series discloses

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Kayla Cromer, the star of the upcoming Freeform comedy “Everything’s Gonna Be Okay,” disclosed that she is on the autism spectrum during her remarks at the Freeform Summit press event held Wednesday night in Hollywood.

Cromer said the summit was the ideal place for her to speak candidly about dealing with a hidden disability. The subject of presenting diversity on screen was a central topic of the panels and conversations throughout the night.

“I have learned to trust the journey and this event is the perfect place for me to come out publicly for the first time that I’m actually on the autism spectrum,” Cromer said.

Cromer’s character Matilda on “Everything’s Gonna be Okay” also struggles with autism, which the young actress said she thinks helped her land the part despite self-submitting without an agent.

“I never thought I was even funny before playing Matilda,” Cromer said. “But my acting coach convinced me by saying, ‘Kayla, I think you’re capable of comedy because frankly, your quirks resemble those of Sheldon Cooper.'”

Cromer’s announcement served as a perfect segue into the rest of the panel’s conversation. Throughout the night, panelists, including YouTube personality Patrick Starr, known for his drag makeup and costumes, and trans supermodel Gena Rocero, pushed for more on (and off) screen representation, efforts for which Freeform is known.

Cromer observed that stigmas attached to trans identities can be similar to those attached to disabilities, such as autism. “My goal is to become an advocate and help bring roles to the industry that are made for people with a difference,” Cromer said. “So many characters today are portrayed by people who do not have a difference and honestly people with a difference are fully capable of playing our own type.”

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There was also Daryl Hannah who self-diagnosed, she never came across as remotely autistic. She even dated JFK Jr., hobnobbing with the Kennedy family.

There was also Daryl Hannah who self-diagnosed, she never came across as remotely autistic. She even dated JFK Jr., hobnobbing with the Kennedy family.

It's weird because she (Hannah) seems quite typically NT in most of her interviews (and I've see a few over the years)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzUIKogp9xM

Good eye contact, self confiident, when she was in the limelight she would have been the last person in the world who I would have thought autistic??

It's weird because she (Hannah) seems quite typically NT in most of her interviews (and I've see a few over the years)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzUIKogp9xM

Good eye contact, self confiident, when she was in the limelight she would have been the last person in the world who I would have thought autistic??