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Boy by Clare Watson

A beleaguered mother worries that she is not able to care for her autistic child.

An original short story commissioned by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 from the Northern Irish writer Clare Watson. Read by RoΓ­sΓ­n Gallagher.

Clare Watson is the author of short stories published in the Seamus Heaney Centre Blackbird Anthology, and broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Ulster’s Storytellers series. She studied at Queen’s University Belfast and graduated with a Masters degree in Special Educational Needs as well as a Masters in Creative Writing. She has been teaching for over 25 years and has been a Special Needs Co-ordinator in three different schools for over 8 years. She is currently working on a compilation of character driven stories focusing on the lives of women.

Details of organisations offering information and support with autism are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline.

Writer: Clare Watson
Reader: RoΓ­sΓ­n Gallagher
Producer: Michael Shannon
Editor: Andy Martin

A Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Northern Ireland production.

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14 minutes

Last on

Sat 30 Sep 2023 21:45
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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  • Fri 29 Sep 2023 15:45
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Sat 30 Sep 2023 21:45
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4