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 大象传媒 Radio 4 from the Northern Irish writer Clare Watson. Read by Ro铆s铆n Gallagher.
Clare Watson is the author of short stories published in the Seamus Heaney Centre Blackbird Anthology, and broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio Ulster鈥檚 Storytellers series. She studied at Queen鈥檚 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: Ro铆s铆n Gallagher
Producer: Michael Shannon
Editor: Andy Martin
A 大象传媒 Northern Ireland production.
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