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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 ±«Óãtv Radio 4 from the Northern Irish writer Clare Watson. Read by Roísín Gallagher.

Clare Watson is the author of short stories published in the Seamus Heaney Centre Blackbird Anthology, and broadcast on ±«Óãtv 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: Roísín Gallagher
Producer: Michael Shannon
Editor: Andy Martin

A ±«Óãtv Northern Ireland production.

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14 minutes

Last on

Sat 30 Sep 2023 21:45
±«Óãtv Radio 4

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  • Fri 29 Sep 2023 15:45
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  • Sat 30 Sep 2023 21:45
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