Selective Mutism

This is a rare personal post, not connected to my books.

If you're in the UK and you have 50 minutes to spare, can I ask you to consider watching 'My Child Won't Speak', a documentary which aired last night on BBC1. You can watch it on the BBC iPlayer here.

Selective Mutism (SM) is a strange, often bewildering condition which can have dramatic, long-term and very damaging effects on both the child who suffers from SM and their families. It's thought to affect around 6 in every 1000 children...