A sad state of affairs.

I believe that our whole system is being scaled-down to reduce expenditure, under the guise of modernisation, I don’t believe that mental-health/welfare/transport/education/healthcare is going to see any solution that doesn’t introduce disregulation, followed down-scaling.

Regulated Ticket offices are be replaced with info-desks and tech followed by removal of facility.
Professional mental health replaced by online counsellors and online groups followed by removal of facility, just this year the upscale of online-counsellors (and sub-contractors) has sky-rocketed and the lateral-movement across level 3 resources removed, plus you can no longer do more than one level 3 treatment, so if there is no available in level 4 intervention, you are discharged. lol. 
For welfare solutions you can just read the news, education has been under the yoke for a decade, and if you talk to any NEET Organisation you’ll find that none of them anticipate a stable future..

I could go on, but i’m worried that the push for a psychological-playbook for autistic distress and behaviour, may signal an intention to reduce regulated social-resources for autistic-people. I may be wrong but I don’t think I am, I don’t mean to be a negative, but I can’t deny that things are changing around me either.. societal-windows are being broken and no one is fixing them or plans to fix them..

I had a conversation with my level 3 counsellor, who I wouldn’t have if I’d been referred a week later (back in January), she cheaply batted-off the thought that she could be replaced by AI, I said “well you replaced your regulated-superior counterpart, what makes you think that you are more-constitute than them, what makes you think you won’t be replaced by the more-economic option as it becomes viable”.. She fell silent..

The money was wasted when invading Afghanistan and Iraq. That's the long-and-short of it.

The money was wasted when invading Afghanistan and Iraq. That's the long-and-short of it.