Getting a diagnosis is difficult and often doesn't provide a substantial amount of benefit as regards help from authorities in various factors. You can be autistic without being diagnosed

Very impressed by Xu Yichen tonight, just gone 4-3 up on Jack Lisowski after a black ball frame in the 7th, that after Jack led 2-0. Elsewhere, King Matthew of Stevens stole Frame 6 from Chang Bingyu to equalise at 3-3, and Jimmy Robertson has outscored Jordan Brown by 49 points, yet trails 1-4

Survey Time: It's the start of the new snooker season, and I just want to know one thing: WHO is your sleeper pick to have a really strong season? A dark horse if you will. Mine is Jamie Clarke, he's in my Fantasy Five, and I think the break away from the tour did him good. Can see him doing well

It's time now for the Second Round of the Welsh Open, our opponent today is Sunny Akani in a Best of 7. Lets get the boys on the baize! www.twitch.tv/theswarmoka

youtu.be/9-pkeLfy-ho?... this is excellent. "snooker seems to thirve in times of recession". i wish somebody had told me it was added to the amazing bbc archive 4 months ago. c'mon guys

Q School Section 4 Qualification Match: Liam Davies (2 years pro) vs. Dean Young (4 years pro) Prediction: 4-3 Young (I think it's going to be 4-3 one way or the other, they are very evenly matched in my eyes, and both great to watch)

Q School Section 3 Qualification Match: Sean O'Sullivan (8 seasons pro) vs. Joshua Thomond (0 seasons pro) Prediction: 4-0 Sean the Storm (every time I watch Sean play, I wonder why he's not done more as a pro, honestly a very good player who I enjoy watching)

Q School Section 2 Qualification Match: Cheung Ka Wai (2 years as a pro) vs. Jack Bradford (0 years as a pro). Prediction: 4-1 Cheung (I don't believe in fairytales, but if it helps, Jack is a really nice bloke, interacted with him on t'other platform last year, funny guy)

Q School Section 1 Qualification Match: Jamie O'Neill (6 seasons pro, two suspensions) vs. Phil O'Kane (0 seasons pro, 14 years of Q School) Prediction: 4-2 Jamie O'Neill (just to annoy me, if you want to know why it would annoy me, look up why he's been suspended twice, then admit he's a knob)

Thieves in the night (well... morning) at Q School today! Paruke Aierken wins the opener against Evan Munro having trailed 0-55, and Jamie O'Neill wins the opener against Haydon Pinhey having needed a snooker on the brown

I know AST isn't everything but... bloody hell Duane...

Q SCHOOL MAJOR UPSET ALERT! What a result for Oliver Briffet-Payne, the Welsh Under-21 finalist from Risca in Caerphilly beats former ranking finalist Mark Davis 4-3 in a thriller! He'll face Bulscu Revesz or Jeff Cundy (currently 2-3) next!

Classic story, a ball away from losing 4-0, comes back to win a decider. Class from Callum Beresford

Fascinating second frame between Anurag Saboo and 63 year old Dean Reynolds, 37-23 on the yellow. Dean's highest break in the frame is a monumental THIRTEEN. Saboo's highest break a staggering FIVE. Even better, Dean has given away 16 points in fouls as well

Snooker Q School Update: Callum Beresford was one ball from exiting 4-0 to Bradley Jones at the first hurdle, but has now EQUALISED at 3-3, having won the last 3 frames by a combined margin of 22 points. Mad stuff!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... This is something I was very concerned about when the new policies were announced. SEND children need tailored support instead of being placed in a box because they fit a certain band of support. Really feels like we're going backwards in many ways here, very troubling

Somewhere in Llandudno, Shaun Murphy's head is still spinning

Completely right, I personally disagree with AD, but if it is being offered, it should only be as a last resort where no amount of care or social support will help. It shouldn't be pushed onto patients out of "kindness" or convenience.

Ben Woollaston (he of the many double letters and surname that I absolutely CANNOT spell) leading Mark Selby 2-1, and looking very good in the process, three good breaks between them so far (100 from Selby, 84 and 76 from Tatiana's husband)

Wu Yize joins the (probably) exclusive club of players to have scored over 1000 points in a Best of 19 and still lost the match

If Wu Yize was playing anything like he did against Matthew Stevens in the qualifiers, he would have won this match by now

I'm hiding over here for the time being because Snooker Twitter has pretty much gone into full meltdown 😁

Right, as it turns out, I've been forgetting to update my list of Pokemon I've completed Purity Forest with on Rescue Team DX, so expect a few of these coming up now, starting with...

In other snooker news, the WSF Junior Championship has reached its finale. Either Kaylan Patel, the 16 year old from Leicester in England or Leone Crowley, the 18 year old from Cork in the Republic of Ireland will reign triumphant and become a professional player from the 2025/26 season

Championship League Group 6 Day 1: It's been a dream start for Joe O'Connor, the beaten Semi-Finalist in two groups has conceded 1 frame in 4 matches, and was a ball away from a 147. Trump lost to Gilbert but has 3 other wins, while Jak Jones has only one win but another 3 tons.

Championship League Group 5: World #1 Judd Trump had a near perfect opening day, dropping 3 frames in 4 wins. Joe O'Connor and Jak Jones have made a solid starter (the latter making 2 more centuries to move one away from the tournament record), and the other four have a win apiece. Close group this

Championship League Group 4 Jak Jones is through to a 4th successive group final. After defeats to Vafaei, Si and K. Wilson, it's the trivial matter of facing Mark Selby. Incidentally, Jak now has 20 centuries in this year's CL, three off the all time WST tournament record

Championship League Group 4 Semi-Finals: (1) Stuart Bingham vs. (4) Jak Jones. Group H2H: Bingham 0-3 Jones (2) Joe O'Connor vs. (3) Mark Selby. Group H2H: O'Connor 3-2 Selby

Championship League Group 4 Update: After Day 1, Joe O'Connor leads with four wins from four, almost securing his Group Semi place. Stuart Bingham has 3/3, and Mark Selby has 2/3. Selt, Jones and J. Robertson have a win apiece, but Jackson Page trails, no wins and only 3 frames won in 4 matches

Championship League Group 4 3 out of 3 for the JOC, as Joe O'Connor joins Stuart Bingham on a trio of wins, coming from 2-0 down and 42-0 down in the decider to beat Mark Selby 3-2. Meanwhile, Jak Jones playing his 24th match in a week is 2-0 up on a wasteful Bad Loser... I mean Matt Selt

Kyren Wilson beats Jak Jones 3-2 to book the 3rd spot in the Winners Group, Jak losing in the Group Final AGAIN, and will go into Group 4 tomorrow and Saturday, hoping to add to his 12 centuries in this year's Championship League

This is going well, Jak's apparently been struggling with a neck injury, and Kyren thinks he's had an allergic reaction to the cloth on the tables. When I heard that this event was survival of the fittest, I didn't know it was literal!

And Jak Jones has done the unthinkable based on how the group has gone, beating Mark Selby 3-1 to reach the Group final AGAIN. Will it be 3rd time lucky, this time in a repeat of the World Final against Kyren Wilson

Ali Carter has equalised against Kyren Wilson, edging the second frame 61-50. Meanwhile, in a turnaround that would make Lazarus blush, Jak Jones is 2-0 over Mark Selby, the first time in the entire group that Selby has been more than a frame behind

Jak Jones is a frame up on Mark Selby, much to the surprise of anybody who's seen either of them play today, 49 and 84 breaks from the man from Cwmbran. Meanwhile Kyren Wilson with a 67 run to take the opener against Ali Carter

Apparently if you're Mark Selby, Snooker is rather easy. Breaks of 134, 91 and 88 in a 3-0 demolition of Chris Wakelin, which ensures that Wakelin will finish 5th in the group, and Mark Selby 1st with 6 wins from 6 (including over Ronnie who has since thrown his cue in the bin).

Championship League Group 3 Update Jak Jones has just edged to a 3-2 win over Robert Milkins, which eliminates the Milkman, as that was his last match, and he can no longer match the eight frames won by Chris Wakelin. Selby and Wilson are through to the Group Semis with a match to spare

Please just get one more frame Jak

Championship League Group 3 update: With Ronnie O'Sullivan throwing his toys out of the pram (or into the bin), we're down to six. His results are all deleted, meaning that Milkins and Wakelin are now on one win each alongside Jones. Milkins vs. Jones this afternoon could decide who finishes last

Well that's Worst Match of the Year sorted. Rob Milkins beats Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-2 in a decider where Milkins missed an easy red to the corner and managed to cover the entire right side of the table to go in-off from the black, while Ronnie missed an easy blue, went in-off an easy blue (1/2)

Watch Tuesday’s max by Jak Jones: youtu.be/Q7ymgeA7SHM?... This was his first 147 and the 209th in pro snooker. #snooker #ChampionshipLeague

Championship League Group 3: After Day 1, defending champion Mark Selby is in a commanding position, as six centuries have seen him win all four of his matches. Wilson, Carter and Wakelin all have two wins, but a defeat to Selby apiece sees them separated only on frames won and lost. (1/2)

Jak Jones and Si Jiahui going to a deciding frame, winner tops the group.

I promise Chris Wakelin is also here. You wouldn't be able to tell really, he's not potted a single ball in this match. Jak Jones with IMMORTALITY!!!! JAK JONES 147!!!

Delighted at that (not in work because of the weather, 50mm of snow in the car park!). #18daystillthetest

Forgot to update last night. So after Day 1 of Group 2, Chris Wakelin leads, but five players are on two points. Pang Junxu is in trouble though, the winner of Group 1 sits last, as he failed to win a frame in the two matches he lost on Day 1. He and Ali Carter have the most work to do

Long may it continue, theory test in 20 days

Hossein Vafaei is the first player through to the Championship League Winner's Group, beating Jak Jones 3-1 in the final. Hossein also had the most centuries in Group 1 with 7. Group 2 (Monday 6th-Tuesday 7th Jan): Jak Jones Pang Junxu Ryan Day Chris Wakelin Ali Carter Si Jiahui Robert Milkins

Jak Jones 3-0 winner over Pang Junxu to reach the Semi-Finals of Championship Group 1. His reward? Facing Pang Junxu again RIGHT AWAY! Ryan Day vs. Hossein Vafaei on the other side (Hossein 1-0 up with an 85 break)

Here are the remaining scenarios for Group 1: Pang will top the group no matter the result vs. J. Jones Jak will be in the Group Semis with any win, he will be out with a loss if G. Wilson wins, otherwise finishes 5th G. Wilson is out if he loses OR Jak wins Slessor is out on H2H at least (1/2)