Autism and the Arts: Poetry with Peter Street

Autism and the Arts: Poetry with Peter Street

40 mins | Documentary | July 4, 2025

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.

Autism and the Arts: Poetry with Peter Street

40 mins | Documentary | July 4, 2025

Autism and the Arts: Poetry with Peter Street
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.
Producers Serious Feather
Original title Autism and the Arts: Poetry with Peter Street
Directors Brett Gregory
Writers

Cast

Peter Street

as Himself

Peter D. Firth

as Narrator