...or is the FaceBook ad for 'Autism Detect UK' really sinister?  I mean do you get a reward if you 'out' us to the relevant authorities?

 “Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.”    Born on this day in 1924, my favourite author, Cassidy's namesake (and my height twin) Truman Capote.    Let's forget all the shite going down in the world and celebrate today with a 'special orange drink' and a good old bitching sesh!

 ...to come out of the whole Trump/RFK jr. Autism debacle it's that more people outside our little community are now aware of the work of Grunya Sukhareva and Eugen Bleuler so swings and roundabouts really.   And with that in mind I'm off to top up my Autism. Goodnight. 

As with last time, there's not much you can say about the Glasgow Film Theatre re: Autism accessibility because as far as venues go it has to be one of the most all round disability friendly and inclusive places in the city, if not the country. And seven years on from the initial Glasgow city council Autism Initiative it's actually gotten even better.  And yes I'm biased. And not just because I've had my work on the big screen there. The cinema does it all -  Access Film Club  (Autism, Neurodivergent and Learning Disabled-friendly screenings), closed caption, Take Two family events,  Visible Cinema  (Deaf and hard of hearing-friendly screenings),  Movie Memories  (Dementia- friendly screenings) and it also has genuinely brilliant and knowledgeable staff (amongst other things) which all adds up to make the GFT a perfect example of how a venue can tackle the issues of inclusion and get it right. And the fact that it's a small cinema with charity status and a majo...

 Well Trump made that big Autism announcement and it's as bat shit crazy as you'd expect.     All our kids have Rho's height, build, hair colour, stunning good looks and charm....All they got from me was the 'Tism and now Trump wants to take my proudest achievement away and credit paracetamol instead....bastard.   I mean a s a kid I was promised that the 21st century would bring us moonbases, robot companions and flying cars...they lied to us!  (Oh yes and just in case you hadn't realised the big Autism announcement is bollocks by the way).  

 In an exciting move that will be no way detrimental to the Autistic community in the USA (or here probably) Donald Trump announced yesterday that his administration would make an announcement regarding autism on Monday.  He, however, declined to offer specifics related to the announcement. "We're going to have an announcement on autism on Monday" Trump said.    Excitedly rubbing his hands together with a gleeful excitement usually reserved for small children being handed a big bag of Haribo Starmix, Trump jabbed the air with his pudgy little sausage fingers and spewed forth a word salad of Pip and Jane Baker proportions: “We have to make the announcement; it’s so BIG. We can’t let people keep doing this. I don’t want to wait any longer. We don’t need anything more, and if it's wrong, it's not going to be wrong, but if it is wrong, it's fine that we have to do it because we are going to have an announcement on Autism on Monday. It’s going to be Monday;...

  10 years ago.... my auction pieces for the UK Twin Peaks festival... time does indeed fly.