Listener, Alex, has a son with autism who's in a mainstream school. She explains how, after a difficult week, she was told to rethink how much she works in order to spend more time with her son.

Paddy O'Connell - presenter of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House - reads our Your News bulletin.

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Presented by Becky Milligan. Produced by Cat Farnsworth.