Madison Marilla

About

Madison Marilla (born September 22, 1997) is an American autistic television personality, social media content creator and elementary school student activities director.
She is best known for appearing on seasons 3 and 4 of Netflix’s Love on the Spectrum.

Madison Marilla was born on September 22, 1997 in North Carolina. She is the daughter of Jenny Marilla and Brennan Marilla. She also has one younger brother. Marilla and her family moved to Santa Rosa, California after her father got a job there. She repeated the eighth grade after moving to Massachusetts.
Marilla was diagnosed with autism at age 2. Doctors told Marilla’s parents she would never be able to speak or attend a mainstream school. Marilla was subsequently enrolled in speech therapy, occupational therapy, applied behavior analysis (ABA), and social skills training. Marilla spoke for the first time at age 4. She was diagnosed at age 6 with OCD, ADHD and generalized anxiety disorder.
In high school, Marilla created an autism awareness club.
Marilla graduated from Western New England University in 2020 with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology; she also minored in art. Her studies were largely focused…