iPM: We Start With Your Stories - Pressure to be positive

A mother of three children with autism and author Michael Blastland talk about the challenges of raising children with the disorder. Michael's son Joe was diagnosed with autism when he was a young child.

iPM is the news programme that starts with its listeners. Email ipm@bbc.co.uk. Twitter: @BBCiPM. Presented by Luke Jones and Eddie Mair. Produced by Emma Close.

Published on Friday, 28th April 2017.

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