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‘if you’re treating people in pain, you’re treating autistic people in pain’ Do neurodivergent people experience pain differently? The simple answer – and the slightly more complicated one Why you, or your patients, aren’t recovering  Building relationships across neurotypes Pain thresholds, pain anxiety, pain communication… With Dr David Moore, Reader in Pain Psychology ...

Download PDF Listen Now First broadcast: 3 March 2026 Paul Evans This is Airing Pain Supplement, brought to you by Pain Concern, the UK charity providing information and support for those of us living with pain, our family and supporters, and the healthcare professionals who care for us. I’m Paul Evans.  Edition number ...

Download PDF Listen Now First broadcast: 3 February 2026 Paul Evans This is Airing Pain, a programme brought to you by Pain Concern, the UK charity providing information and support for those of us living with pain, our family and supporters, and the healthcare professionals who care for us. I'm Paul Evans, ...

This episode of Airing Pain explores how social factors impact the onset, experience and treatment of pain.  …understanding how things like your thoughts, your fears, your social interactions influence your biology can be really, really powerful…  …you're not just dealing with the pain, you're holding it in for everyone else… …we normalise, ...

Index Understanding the Link Between Pain & Stress How Pain and Stress Are Connected Common Signs You Might Be Stressed Free Resources to Help You Manage Stress and Pain Take a Step Towards a Calmer Mind Understanding the Link Between Chronic Pain and Stress 3–9 November 2025 Stress is something we all experience, but for ...

Download Transcript PDF Listen now First broadcast: 16 September 2025 This edition of Airing Pain explores the transformative impact of pain education classes. The edition is presented and produced by Paul Evans. Edition features: Dr David Craig Joan Melville Georgina McDonald Mairi McWilliams Lindsay McLean Heather Wallace Transcript begins Paul Evans: This is Airing Pain, a programme brought to ...

'Now I’m in control of the pain instead of the pain being in control of me' This episode of Airing Pain explores the transformative impacts of pain education classes. Featuring excerpts from a live education session, here we look at how a brief, free course—delivered by trained volunteers with lived experience—is ...

This Airing Pain Short is an interview by Christine Johnston with the artist Jason WIlsher-Mills. Contributors:  Jason WIlsher-Mills, is an artist from West Yorkshire who creates work about disability and childhood trauma. Jason has lived with pain, chronic polyneuropathy, since he was a child. Additional Resources:  "You're never alone" - discover ...

Download Transcript PDF Listen now First broadcast: 02 May 2025 This Airing Pain Shorts focuses on Christine Johnston's interview with the artist Jason Wilsher-Mills Jason Wilsher-Mills, is an artist from West Yorkshire who creates work about disability and childhood trauma. Jason has lived with pain, chronic polyneuropathy, since he was a ...

Download PDF Listen now Airing Pain 149: Why pain persists: from childhood trauma to faulty immunity First broadcast 21st May 2025 This edition of Airing Pain looks at the research into why pain persists, how we can identify people at risk and whether we could prevent it happening. The interviews ...

This edition of Airing Pain looks at the research into why pain persists, how we can identify people at risk and whether we could prevent it happening. In this episode: How does acute short-term pain turn into chronic, persistent pain? Kathleen Sluka explains that people who experience psychological trauma ...

Download PDF Listen now Trailer - Airing Pain 149: Why pain persists: from childhood trauma to faulty immunity First broadcast 16th May 2025 Shafiq Sikander, a professor of sensory neurophysiology at the William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University, London. Gareth Hathway, professor of neuroscience at the University of Nottingham’s’ ...