Well, it’s not true!
Last night my eldest son took his 22 year old non-verbal autistic brother to the cinema. They arrived a bit early so instead of waiting around for about an hour, (something my youngest son finds difficult), they went for some fast-food before the film started.
They ordered, took their meal to a table and sat down.
There were no napkins on the tray so my youngest went across the room to get some.
As you know my son has autism and over the years he has improved tremendously in his ability to do things for himself.
So too had my friend’s son.
He has been toilet trained since the age of seven years, could dress himself independently, and whilst his diet was somewhat limited he’d eat and drink whatever was put in front of him.
Not any more!
About eighteen months ago things started to change for some reason.
The first thing my friend noticed was her son stopped eating or drinking unless she continually prompted him to do so.
Like many people keen to improve themselves, I listen in to a lot of webinars, often late at night or very early in the morning when most sensible people would be grabbing their beauty sleep.
(Now you know why I rarely appear on video! 
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Anyway, over the course of the last week, whilst lurking silently in the background and minding my own business, I’ve been specifically addressed on the broadcasts.
It’s a strange feeling.
It always comes as a complete surprise and always seems to happen when I’m least able to respond.
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