ABC News In-depth | Love on the Spectrum’s Michael Theo was never expected to talk. Now he’s a star | Australian Story @ABCNewsIndepth | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
When Michael Theo was diagnosed with autism as a boy, his parents were told to set their expectations low. Initially non-verbal, Michael developed an early fascination with animated film and TV and that helped him learn to talk.

His teenage years were difficult but everything changed in his mid-20s when his search for a girlfriend propelled him onto the TV series Love on the Spectrum. Audiences in Australia and around the world fell in love with the straight-talking romantic.

Then a TV director came knocking to see whether Theo could act and an unlikely dream became a reality.

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