Chris Packham in furious row with BBC host amid claim he's 'mocking my autism'

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Sharing a screenshot of the tweet, Chris hit back as he tagged the National Police Autism Association and the National Autistic Society to bring the issue to the organisations’ attention.He wrote: “Evening , it seems that @1GarethWynJones and the anonymous @TheySuitHimFine seem to think it’s acceptable to mock either my autism or speaking about mental health issues.“Anyone else on here think that’s cool ? @npaa_uk @Autism #AutismAcceptance”Gareth has since responded to Chris' claim and defended his position, writing: "I don’t RT things because I’m giving it a endorsement or support.

Justice will prevail."Express.co.uk has contacted Chris Packham for further comment.Chris has been outspoken on his autism diagnosis and previously opened up on the reason he hid" it for most of his life.Speaking to Express.co.uk last year, Chris discussed his work to raise awareness of autism.He explained: "We see a lot more young males who are diagnosed earlier on, very significantly more."Women are better at hiding it and, hiding it is what we all do."I mean, I hid it for the best part of my life, until I was finally diagnosed in my 40s."Chris continued: "We hide it so that we can get on in life, so that we can move amongst society in a way which is ‘normal,’ but it comes at a great cost and particularly for those young women."So, one of our programmes focuses very much on making sure that it's understood that it's not a male-only condition."It's very much a female condition as well and we need to focus a lot more effort on young women firstly, getting them diagnosed and then of course providing them with the support that they need."Talking about the strengths that come with the condition, he added: "There are positive elements to it,.