Jason Arday Was Diagnosed With Autism As A Child. He Will Now Be The Youngest Black Professor Ever At The University Of Cambridge

Essence Magazine:

By Melissa Noel ·Updated February 24, 2023

A renowned sociologist who was diagnosed with autism as a child and didn’t learn to read or write until the age of 18 will become the youngest Black professor ever appointed at the University of Cambridge in England.

Prof Jason Arday is a well-known scholar of race, inequality and education. He was diagnosed with autism when he was three years old and did not learn

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