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Friday 24 February 2023

Man who couldn’t read until 18 becomes Cambridge’s youngest-ever black professor

 



A man who couldn’t read or write until he was 18 is about to become Cambridge University’s youngest-ever black professor.

 

Professor Jason Arday was told he would likely spend his adult life in assisted living after being diagnosed with autism and remaining speechless until he was 11.

The 37-year-old, from Clapham in London, spent years getting “violently rejected” when he first started writing academically.