Autism and the Arts: Poetry with Peter Street
Slaughterman. Gravedigger. War Poet.
July 4, 2025
40m
Overview
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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In United States
Free
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