Monthly Archives: September 2017

This is the first of three podcasts that give different accounts of suicide. We first came across William Cowper a few weeks back, having an anxiety attack that left him… Read more »

This week’s podcast explores the case of Hugh Blair, one of  the clearest and earliest cases of autism for modern psychologists. In this blog post, Rab reflects on the launch… Read more »

Last week’s extract was a series of diary entries showing how a clergyman sought to help a young woman with learning disabilities. Hearing the voice of the intellectually impaired can… Read more »

People with learning disabilities were often slow to acquire the ability to read and write – which were not normal skills for many people until the 19th century. We know… Read more »

This week’s podcast is the final episode of four based on one detailed extract.  You can find the extract here  or you can listen to a voice extract on our soundcloud stream using… Read more »