In social work parlance does    "We'll ring you the beginning of next week"     actually mean     " We may - or may not - ring you at all depending on if we can be arsed"?     Into the 3rd week of waiting for a call back now so just checking.       And for those who missed it and are wondering why, here it is again:     Prologue (March 2020) School: "We're really surprised you don't have a social worker, it'd be useful with the girls preparing to leave school and go to college....we'll contact them to set up a meeting, don't hold you're breath tho' cos they'll most likely ignore us and get in touch after they turn 16 so they can fob you off to adult services! No but really they'll probably ring..." April (2 days after the girls turn 16) "Hiya! Social work here....sorry we've not rung, dead busy here....oh just noticed the girls have just turned 16....sorry about that, not our problem, bye!" Ju

Don't forget it's not just Doctor Who Day - it's #deliaderbyshireday too so why not celebrate with my tribute to the high priestess of British electronic music?   Plus I'm dead sure she was one of our mob! Nuff said.  

 Celebrating 59 years of Doctor Who with these masterful mixes of Mondasian music, Cyber sounds and Bok beats!  

Well, 6 months(!) on and the whole SW/college/ transport debacle has totally worn me out....partly due to the utter incompetence of so called 'professional' bodies but mainly because you realise that 'prioritizing' cases is shorthand for we can't be arsed/you don't matter.... It's absurd to me that in 6 months not only has nothing moved on but the whole (explained) idea of Autistic routine and communication seems so unimportant... After explaining that keeping appointments/phoning when arranged is really key to this we have 2/3 weeks of radio silence then a half-hearted 'sorry been busy'....Aye, no worries I've just sat waiting to hear from you.... On a personal note my communication skills can some times come across as intense or loud (I like to call it passionate!) - It's one of the first things I mention in meetings etc to put folk at ease.... So it's kind of annoying to be told I'm being 'shouty' and to shush and listen.

Remember when I made this sarcastic comment re: Social Work calls t'other day?     Well guess what?   It's late Friday afternoon and I've just had a call from from them!    Only 2 weeks late but who's counting?*   It appears that everyone is 'busy' (allegedly) and the ones that aren't don't know about Autism/colleges/transport/the care act. Or it would seem anything about our situation seeing as I ended up having the same conversation as I've been having since May.   Now at least it's with the same people.   Not sure if that's good, bad or bloody annoying tho'.   To be honest it's now getting on my nerves slightly.   As a fun (or frightening) aside I've just had to explain the social care act to them on the phone....   How fucking bad is it when I'm your go to source for human rights advocacy?   Come on I draw the wee pictures for a living.   So basically any advice on how I go about getting a Judicial Review would be more tha

Regular readers might notice I've been posting mainly Halloweeny/film/work stuff of late - mostly in order to show that yes - we do normal stuff too - but fear not as for those of you who've been following the girls transition fund/college transport/social work story here's an update. Basically I'll make this a 'story so far' post save you having to trawl thru months of sarcasm....   Enjoy.   Prologue (March 2020) School: "We're really surprised you don't have a social worker, it'd be useful with the girls preparing to leave school and go to college....we'll contact them to set up a meeting, don't hold you're breath tho' cos they'll most likely ignore us and get in touch after they turn 16 so they can fob you off to adult services! No but really they'll probably ring..." April (2 days after the girls turn 16) "Hiya! Social work here....sorry we've not rung, dead busy here....oh just noticed the girls have j

  Celebrate Godzilla 's 68th birthday with 60 plus minutes of Gojira grooves, Kaiju cuts and massive monster mixes.