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Radio 4,12 May 2014,58 mins

Stevie Smith; Autism; Losing a parent

Woman's Hour

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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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