Glasgow's annual Halloween seasoned event GlasGLOW is returning to the Botanic Gardens* from this Friday (25th) and this years fantastic feast of illumination, soundscapes and storytelling promises to be more accessible than ever. Itison, the company behind the event, have after consultation with NAS Scotland have produced a handy autism sensory guide that you can download in order to plan your trip. Similar to the visual guides available for Glasgow museums (which is brilliant in itself as we do like a wee bit of constancy) it features a fantastically easy to follow itinerary alongside useful information on how to recognize staff and what to expect from each of the events zones.  Well presented and designed it manages to be simple and succinct as well as adding a wee bit of extra excitement to what looks like a brilliant event. Expect a review (from myself and the podlings) as soon as we attend. And you can get more information here . ...

Well they obviously don't go out much.

As regular readers will know, my rather wonderful Autie-ness makes me brilliant at almost everything. As well as making me very handsome and fairly modest to boot.* The two things it possibly gives me trouble with tho' are: 1. Traveling to new places and 2. Traveling to new places with transport systems designed by mentalists. I'm heading to 'The London' this weekend and have to do a fair bit of travel by underground/interacting with folk for directions etc when I'm there so in preparation I've been 'surfing' the interweb for advice and help. Unfortunately all I've found out so far is that it's big, that in 1892 the roof of a newly constructed underground tunnel collapsed trapping the workers underground and that a few survived and have been living in the tunnels ever since, feeding on the flesh of unfortunate travelers inbetween rutting away like pigs in the dark and that occasionally at night you may get attacked by a w...

If you are in the west end today (or over the next few weeks) a display of work I did for Glasgow Open Museums alongside Glasgow City Mission and Glasgow Refugee and Asylum Seekers project is on display in the wonderful Kibble Palace in the Botanic Gardens. More info on the work here and here .

Ummm....OK then.