"Spasticus Autisticus" is a song written by Ian Dury and co-written by Chaz Jankel, released both as a single and on the album Lord Upminster. Spasticus Autisticus" was written in 1981 as a protest against the International Year of Disabled Persons, which Dury considered to be patronising. Dury was himself disabled by polio contracted in his youth. Fed up with repeated requests to get involved with charitable causes, Dury wrote an "anti-charity" song.
I dribble when I nibble And I quibble when I scribble
Hello to you out there in Normal Land You may not comprehend my tale or understand As I crawl past your window give me lucky looks You can be my body but you'll never read my books
I'm knobbled on the cobbles Cos I hobble when I wobble Swim!
So place your hard-earned peanuts in my tin And thank the Creator you're not in the state I'm in So long have I been languished on the shelf I must give all proceedings to myself
