Autism and the Arts: Poetry with Peter Street

Slaughterman. Gravedigger. War Poet.

2025
0h 40m
Documentary

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.

Top Cast

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Peter Street

Himself

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Peter D. Firth

Narrator

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