For the first time in ages, autism is front and centre in the media. But it’s about poxy paracetamol and nonsensical causative links. In the meantime, my 4 and a half year old who can’t say a word and only understands a handful of words is told he probably won’t get into an autism class when he starts school next year. He won’t survive a day in mainstream school. That’s happening all over the country, because we are a rich country with third world services for our most vulnerable children. But there will be little to no interest in that today in the media or on Twitter. Just the paracetamol.