Comic Hannah Gadsby performs on stage in her Netflix special. (ALI GOLDSTEIN / NETFLIX)

Breakout comedy star Hannah Gadsby, whose 2016 stand up special “Nanette” won an Emmy and a Peabody Award, has released a new special called “Douglas” which touches on subjects including her midlife autism diagnosis. Gadsby, who wrote “Nanette” to explore questions of trauma linked with her experiences as a queer woman, says that her diagnosis enabled her to understand why she had difficulty in social situations, which she previously considered a personal failing.