Paloma Faith found it "really helpful" to be diagnosed with ADHD last year

She told The Standard: "I have spent my whole life struggling with certain things but didn't get a diagnosis until a year ago which I found really helpful.

"Lots of things start to add up. When you go through the assessment process the questions you're like 'Oh my God, that's part of it as well!' They start asking you these questions and you're like I didn't even think that was part of it.

"I don't think that many people aren't on the spectrum and quite often society actually favours what I consider around me to be a minority. It is proven that neurodivergents attract to each other so it's probably that everyone I know is neurodiverse."

Paloma - who has two daughters, aged eight and three, with ex-husband Leyman Lahcine - has teamed up with the Sky Kids Choir for a reimagined version of Christmas carol 'Silent Night', titled 'Silent Night, Gentle Light', which features new lyrics by 'Ready Eddie Go!' creator Nikki Saunders highlighting the challenges autistic children can face during the festive season.

And the 'Only Love Can Hurt Like This' singer praised the track - for which proceeds will go to the Caudwell Children's Charity - for its "sensitive" arrangement.

She said: "It's not the kind of bells and whistles that we're used to when someone jumps on a charity fundraising song because it's sensitive to ears and sensibilities of a child with autism so there's not lots of noise in it. I think that it's quite sweet because of that.

"I just feel like it's really nice for people listen to so they can have a conversation and start maybe being a bit more open about their daily experiences and not feeling like it means they're weird or different in a bad way."