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Woman's Hour: Susan Boyle's Aspergers diagnosis; Sara Thornton; Birgitte Hjort Sørensen

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Susan Boyle's Aspergers diagnosis; Sara Thornton; Birgitte Hjort Sørensen

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Susan Boyle's Aspergers diagnosis; Sara Thornton; Birgitte Hjort Sørensen

Jenni Murray discusses Susan Boyle's Aspergers diagnosis. Plus childcare in Fiji.

Jenni Murray discusses Susan Boyle's Aspergers diagnosis. Plus Borgen's Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Thames Valley chief constable Sara Thornton, and childcare in Fiji.

Singer Susan Boyle has revealed she has Aspergers, a form of Autism. Why is the condition so hard to diagnose in women and what is the impact of finding out later in life? Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, talks about playing Katrine Fonsmark in the BAFTA Award winning cult drama Borgen and her new part in Shakespeare's Coriolanus. Powerlister Sara Thornton, Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police. And our series looking at childcare around the world begins in Fiji where communal child rearing has been at the centre of traditional village life for centuries.

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