Given that it is in the news, and I have touched on the subject a couple of times, I feel I should probably say something about Trump’s recent comments regarding Autism. I am, however, not an expert on the subject by any means: although I have met quite a few people who were on the autistic spectrum over the years, I know as much about it as any other lay person. While I went to a special school with students who had profound neurological disorders and learning difficulties, the kids in my class all had physical disabilities, and none of them were autistic. I am very concerned, though, that the issue and condition is becoming increasingly politicised. These days, we hear about it more and more; more and more people are now said to have it; frankly, it is looking more and more like a sociopolitical bandwagon that everybody’s dying to jump onto. I worry that these recent idiotic comments from Donald Trump are only going to stoke that fire, and make the current commotion surrounding what is, at the end of the day, a profoundly debilitating neurological disorder, even worse. Nobody knows what causes autism, or even fully understands what it is; yet it is becoming increasingly political. As a topic it is becoming volatile, with people openly arguing over what it is and who can claim to have it; and now that the fool currently leading the USA has barged in on the topic, things are going to get even worse.