Number 37- Tylan Grant Biography – 21.6.2023
This biography was the 37th biography I created on the DPP, originally published on 21.6. 23. I heavily reflect on the DPP within my Diary of a Disabled PhD Student forming my university research
Photo credited to Radio Times: https://www.radiotimes.com/.../hollyoaks-brooke.../
Hello, and welcome to the Disabled Peoples Project, which showcases biographies of people with disabilities doing great things in life. Each episode or Number is a different biography lasting less than 3 minutes. See my project on other platforms on www.linktr.ee/disabledpeople or my wider research project on www.linktr.ee/disabledphdstudent
Today's biography is:
Tylan Grant
Repeated on Sister Project Disabled Actors Project Number 19
Tylan has been in Hollyoaks soap on Channel 4 since 2018, playing character Brooke Hathaway. Tylan is the first actor with Autism to play a character with Autism on the soap. Tylan was diagnosed with Aspergers in 2007.
Tylan has since started transitioning treatment, had top surgery, and changed their pronouns. Tylan won Best Newcomer in The British Soap Awards in 2019. The character Brooke has had a number of difficult storylines, which Tylan plays effortlessly and is undoubtedly a positive influence on many young people watching.
Tylan is an Ambassador for the National Autistic Society
National Autistic Society information can be found here:https://www.autism.org.uk/.../stories-from-the-spectrum...
Tyler's Instagram can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/hxpefully/?hl=en
Photo credited to Radio Times: https://www.radiotimes.com/.../hollyoaks-brooke.../
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