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Woman's Hour: Stevie Smith; Autism; Losing a parent

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Stevie Smith; Autism; Losing a parent

12/05/2014

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Stevie Smith; Autism; Losing a parent

Jane Garvey talks to Benjamin Brooks-Dutton about coping with grief and caring for a child

A female perspective on the world. Jane Garvey talks to Wendy Lawson about autism and hears about the legacy of poet Stevie Smith.

Jane Garvey talks to Benjamin Brooks-Dutton about grieving for your partner and how you help a child to build memories of a dead parent.

As a new play about her life goes on stage at the Minerva Theatre in Chichester, we discuss the significance and legacy of poet Stevie Smith.

Dr Wendy Lawson on her experiences of autism and why so many women don't get diagnosed.

And, from the archive of the Imperial War Museum - we hear a first hand account of the life of World War I signaller Annie May Martin.

Presenter: Jane Garvey
Producer: Ruth Watts.

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