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Woman's Hour - 24/02/2009

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Presented by Jane Garvey. A new exhibition devoted to all matters hat-related (Hats: An Anthology) is opening at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Radical milliner, Stephen Jones, takes Jane on a personal tour of the show. Jane discusses the issues surrounding the Autism Bill, and who is responsible for care, with Amanda Batten from the National Autistic Society and Peter Murphy, a member of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services. Yasmin Alibhai-Brown joins Jane to tell her why she wrote her family's story, The Settler's Cookbook, and how the stories evoked memories of food which were then brought to life by the recipes. A campaign is underway to change the way that women's underwear in Saudia Arabia is being sold. Stephanie Hancock reports from Jeddah. Including drama: Heartburn.