Sara Gibbs
Sara Gibbs is a British comedy script writer and autism advocate[1] with credits on the British television shows HIGNFY, Dead Ringers, The News Quiz, The Now Show and The Mash Report amongst others.
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She grew up in East Grinstead, England in a culturally Jewish (which sustained her socially)[2] New Age family who made occasional shul visits, and was given a Waldorf education. She regards being diagnosed on the autism spectrum at thirty "like returning to my own planet" and explanatory of much of her lifelong behaviour and idiocyncracies.[3][4][5] Her 2021 memoir Drama Queen: One Autistic Woman and a Life of Unhelpful labels was well received.[6]
She is a graduate of the National Film and Television School’s Writing & Producing Comedy course.[7]
She lives with her husband in southeast England.
References
- "'We don't need to be cured or fixed': writers speak out on autism". the Guardian. 27 June 2021.
- "What It's Like Being the Only Jew in Town". Alma. 12 October 2018.
- Gibbs, Sara (8 February 2019). "'Knowing I am autistic has set me free to be me'". The Jewish Chronicle.
- "I think theres a lack of understanding of how autism can present in girls, who are often socialised differently". www.autism.org.uk.
- "What It's Like to Get an Autism Diagnosis After Years of Being Called Difficult, Dramatic and Lazy". Pocket.
- "Comedy writer Sara Gibbs pens autism memoir". British Comedy Guide. 30 October 2020.
- "Sara Gibbs | Authors". The Soho Agency.