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“Why couldn’t it be helpful to them?” Amol Rajan challenges Dr Suzanne O’Sullivan, author of 'The Age of Diagnosis', who argues a diagnosis for a neurodevelopmental condition like autism can "change a person’s identity”. Listen to Radical with Amol Rajan on BBC Sounds

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