'It enables me to walk through the world with more grace towards myself': Bella Ramsey found autism diagnosis 'freeing'

Bella Ramsey found being diagnosed with autism "freeing".

The 21-year-old star - who identifies as non-binary and uses gender-neutral pronouns - has revealed they found out they had the neurodevelopmental condition, which affects how people interact with the world, in their late teens and it has helped them gain a better understanding of themself.

Speaking to the April 2025 issue of Britain's Vogue magazine, Bella said: "I’ve spoken a bit about neurodivergence before, but I always for some reason didn’t want to… I felt like I didn’t want to say what it was… Shoot...

"I got diagnosed with autism when I was filming season one of 'The Last of Us'.

"[It was] freeing... It enables me to walk through the world with more grace towards myself about not being able to do the easy everyday tasks that everyone else seems to be able to do.

"The label of being autistic has been so helpful to me because that’s helped me to understand myself."

But while Bella is comfortable with being labelled autistic, the former 'Game of Thrones' star struggles with labels around gender and sexuality.