Autism and the Arts: Poetry with Peter Street

Brett Gregory
2025-07-04

Slaughterman. Gravedigger. War Poet.
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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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Peter Street Himself Unowned
Peter D. Firth Narrator Unowned