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World Service,19 Jul 2014,40 mins

Time to Rethink What is 'Normal'?

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Where is the dividing line between ‘being a bit different’ and having a mental illness that needs treatment and professional help? Bridget Kendall is joined by novelist Jerry Pinto, who has turned personal experiences of growing up with a bipolar relative into an award-winning book, Professor of Disability and Human Development Lennard Davis, and autism research pioneer Professor Uta Frith. (Photo: Shan Pillay/ BBC)

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