Autism and the Arts: Poetry with Peter Street
Autism and the Arts: Poetry with Peter Street

Autism and the Arts: Poetry with Peter Street

July 04, 2025 | 40 min

Born in 1948, Peter Street struggled at school with epilepsy and illiteracy in Bolton, Lancashire, and, later in life, as a slaughterman, a gravedigger and a war poet. At 66 years old he was then diagnosed with autism, and his world changed forever.

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Naomi Scott

Peter Street

Naomi Scott

Peter D. Firth

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