Autism
August 2024
July 2024
‘People would clap, and I’d feel repulsed’: Josh Thomas on quitting standup – and what brought him back
The Australian comic started standup at 17, but a fear of ‘schlepping around’ for 60 years led him to retire. Now, eight years later, he has rediscovered his mojo – and is back with a set musing on his recent autism diagnosis