Paul Mirabel and Paul El Kharrat in a government campaign to raise awareness of autism

Entertainers for Autism. Actor Paul Mirabel, who can be seen in particular in the program “LOL, qui rit sorte”, and Paul El Harrat, a major winner of the 12 coups de midi, appear in a video broadcast by the government on the occasion of World Youth Day. awareness.

“We never try too hard to be open to differences. Knowing better about autism means living better together,” writes Prime Minister Gabriel Attal in a post on the social network X containing a video.

In his show Zèbre, comedian Paul Mirabel briefly mentioned his younger brother’s autism. Subsequently, the actor returned to his younger brother’s status during several interviews. “Is it okay to be a little weird, to feel a little out of place? I have two younger brothers, one of whom is autistic. There is no single view of things,” he admitted in the podcast of the influential woman Lena Situation, “Six-Seat Sofa.”

Paul El Kharrat was diagnosed with Asperger’s autism at the age of 15. In his book My 153rd Win (edited by Harper Collins), the young man recalls the television experience that made him a winner 152 times and allowed him to highlight his handicap. “Aspergers should no longer be taboo. The more people know about this syndrome, the better they will treat us. And we will no longer be rejected by society,” he said in an interview with Le Parisien newspaper in September 2020.

According to the Higher Health Authority, about 600,000 adults in France have autism.