Ann Memmott on Twitter (if you don't follow her I suggest you do) posted earlier about a n ew research project re: Behaviourism, autism and play . And frankly it's utterly terrifying. You see, a behaviourist decided what was 'appropriate' play after giving a group of children a variety of playsets. Appropriate play? I hear you cry/type. What's that? Well according to our academic pals that involves picking up an action figure and walking it along appropriate parts of the playset. But never in the same way twice obviously.  And if it came off the playset? Well that's a fail. Because that's not proper play. Told you it was terrifying.       You see, as a child  I used to re-enact scenes from films (Star Wars mainly) and - if really having fun - write and storyboard sequels and act them out, composing shots with my toys etc.  Obviously there were rules - Vader couldn't die (he'd usually just turn up at the end as the heroes escaped) and Yoda couldn...

  For some reason best known to themselves, some behavior analysts (in the States obviously) have decided to 'train' (their words) an autistic adult to stop talking about things they like/enjoy in order to drain any bit of joy from their lives and make them more "normal".     And you can read the whole, sorry thing here .   2020 - the year that keeps on giving.    

 ...And this weeks award for utter bollocks written about Autism goes to....

Tried to curate an Autastic tracklist to cheer everyone up....ended up with just songs that give me goosebumps and stimmy feels! Enjoy!

Found this online, no idea who did it but when/if I find out I'll credit them as it's an absolutely brilliant way of explaining things:

Just a quickie today as there's loads going on (our modem getting repaired for one thing) but thought I'd mention the fact that I popped into Glasgow city centre today for the first time since lockdown started. And in case you're wondering yes, I am wearing a Dave Hill T-Shirt. Look I'm from the Black Country so sue me. Rho and the girls have already ventured into town last week but I've been really nervous so decided to pop in on my own first and visit a (very) few shops I know in order to get back into the whole shopping routine. Plus after hearing a fair few horror stories online regarding exemption passes I thought it'd be easier to argue the point on my own (if needed) than when I had the twin engines of destruction with me! I shouldn't have worried tho' as actually everyone I dealt with was absolutely great. And who were they and what shops did I visit? Well if I tell you please don't judge. As always the staff at Westerton tr...

Not been as bust as usual over lockdown but still beavering away on a few projects. Alongside the design work for Autistic singer/songwriter Takara Araki's first European release I've recently completed the art for volume 6 of the Get Your Genki compilation series. But the most exciting thing about it has to be that it features - twin 2 - Embeth's very first commissioned work - a cool comic strip that runs across the cassette J-card! She's so going to be stealing clients from me.