21 December 2023 , 10:16
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Mrs Hinch has informed her loyal fans that she and her eldest son Ronnie, four, have both been diagnosed as autistic.
The Instagram cleaning sensation, 33, took to social media on Wednesday to give her followers an update and share the news of the diagnosis she received a "while ago".
Mrs Hinch, real name Sophie Hinchliffe, explained how her family took some time to process the diagnoses before she made the decision to speak publicly about her condition - adding how everything now "finally makes sense" since being told she has autism.
The cleaning guru, who is also mum to son Lennie, two, broke the news to her 4.7million Instagram followers as she captioned an adorable snap of herself cuddling Ronnie while sat on the stairs inside their lavish family home.
Mrs Hinch shared this snap with her Instagram followers as she revealed her medical news (Instagram)"Autism. A question I am asked daily. Mrs Hinch, is Ronnie autistic? Yes, our wonderful Ronnie is autistic. In fact, I am too," the mum-of-two began in her update. The social media star continued: "Both Ron and I have had confirmation for a while now. We decided as a family to take our time to process, to learn, to grow and to find our way together before we shared. So that’s exactly what we did and are continuing to do each day.
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"We have hard days but we also have lots of magical days. And if only everyone accepted and understood autism, the world really would be a much better place. Ronnie, thank you for being ours, for being so precious and simply incredible. Because of you everything finally made sense to me after 33 years. You are my absolute inspiration in life. I love you Ron … Mummy is right here with you, in this together, forever xxx."
According to the NHS, people with autism may act in a different way to others. Some autistic people may find it hard to communicate and interact with other people, get anxious or upset about unfamiliar situations and social events and find things like bright lights or loud noises overwhelming, stressful or uncomfortable.
Being autistic does not mean you have an illness or disease - it means your brain works in a different way from other people. Autism is not a medical condition with treatments or a "cure", but some people find they require support with certain things, while others need little or not support. Autism is a spectrum, meaning everybody with autism is different.
Following Mrs Hinch's update on Wednesday, the star's fans and famous friends rushed to send their love and support in the comment section underneath her post. "Love you both," Stacey Solomon told the mum-of-two and Ronnie, with one of Mrs Hinch's followers writing: "This made me tear up. Bless you both for being just you! I don’t think you know how much joy you and your family bring to people around the world."
Mrs Hinch isn't the only celebrity to share their autism diagnosis publicly over recent years, with Christine McGuinness telling the Mirror earlier this year how she can now avoid "meltdowns" thanks to receiving a diagnosis for autism in 2021. The Real Housewives of Cheshire star, whose three children with ex Paddy McGuinness also have autism, told the Mirror in May that she still overthinks things and gets overwhelmed at times, but credits her small group of friends for allowing her to be her "most authentic self."