Call You and Yours: Autism

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On Call You & Yours today we are asking how autism has affected your family. Tonight, the BBC drama "The A Word" continues. It reflects the experience of the Hughes family and how their lives change when they discover that their youngest son, Joe has autism. The National Autistic Society estimates that around 700,000 people in the UK are on the autism spectrum. Together with their families they make up around 2.8 million people whose lives are touched by the condition. It affects how a person communicates with and relates to other people, and how they experience the world around them, but it is also very variable, affecting different people in different ways. We want to hear your experience of autism. What happened when you or your relative was diagnosed? What impact did it have on the family? How do other people react and how would you like them to react to the condition? How do you feel about the way autism is portrayed in the media? Producer: Natalie Donovan Presenter: Peter White.