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28 Apr 2010, 5:50 am

It will broadcast on BBC Three tomorrow night (29 April) at 9pm repeated the same night at 11.45pm. It is one-hour long. It follows autistic people who are learning to drive and features Julia Malkin who is one of only two autistic driving instructors in the UK.

It is described in the review here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s7xwx - as "a touching and inspiring film".



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28 Apr 2010, 6:12 am

I'd watch it, but I don't have any of the BBC channels. Tell me how it goes. :)


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28 Apr 2010, 6:53 am

I can't drive. Which suits me fine anyway. Other people can drive me around.



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28 Apr 2010, 7:06 am

Once again, another brilliant idea for better serving autistics coming from the UK that will likely never see light in the United States.

It really makes me wanna cry out of envy! :P



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28 Apr 2010, 7:11 am

They do have specialized driving instruction here. I know because that's how I learned to drive. The guy who taught me has also taught people to use hand controls and taught developmentally delayed people to drive to and from work, among other things.


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28 Apr 2010, 7:53 am

raisedbyignorance wrote:
Once again, another brilliant idea for better serving autistics coming from the UK that will likely never see light in the United States.

It really makes me wanna cry out of envy! :P


The fact that petrol (aka gas) costs over 3 times as much in the UK as the US is a *not* such brilliant idea from the UK :( I envy the price of petrol in the US! And don't even get me started on our property prices compared to yours....We pay a high price for being British.

I notice you say "another" brilliant idea for better serving autistics in the UK. What was the other one?


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28 Apr 2010, 10:56 am

I've set my DVD player to timer record this. It seems Channel 4 and BBC are doing autism seasons at the moment, is good :)



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28 Apr 2010, 12:11 pm

They'll be doing autistic big brother next :lol:
If they ever did, I would audition.


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