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Radio 4,30 May 2024,28 mins

Language When There Are No Words

Word of Mouth

Available for over a year

Joshua Reno talks about how Charlie, his non-verbal son who is on the autism spectrum, communicates with him very effectively using gestures known as "home signs". Joshua is the author of Home Signs: An Ethnography of Life beyond and beside Language. Produced for BBC Audio Bristol by Sally Heaven

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