Hey, you know what they say about our generation: At the age of 10 we were 30, and now at 50 we're still 30.
My son was diagnosed before he even turned 3 and his younger sister was being assessed, both of them are non-verbal. What I was learning about it put so many things from my entire childhood and youth in perspective and everything finally made sense, so I consulted and sure enough was diagnosed myself. My parents refused to accept it, they said I'm making excuses to not act "normally" and have cut all contact. I made my peace with that and am grateful about it, I no longer have to tolerate toxic people demeaning me for who I am, and my children sure don't deserve that.
Don't try to connect from where you are. Reach him where he is. Learn his language, and learn to think like him, and don't force it. Remember that it is as hard for him to connect with others as it is for you to connect with him, that doesn't mean he doesn't want to or care.
Look, the one thing I am genuinely, no kidding surprised about is that he didnt try to sell tickets to see the mugshots taken live, at like 25k a pop.
So you're saying if my parents had let me play video games, my childhood traumas would have been easier to deal with. Those f%*&ers....
With great fandom comes great responsibility.
Today is a good day for my childhood to die.
Because this needs to be done 1000% right, there is no margin for error, everything has to be done in an iron clad manner that cannot be dismantled by half-assing it. Indicting a former president is a first in the history of this country, and this former president is nothing short of a cult leader with millions of unshakable followers, many of whom are armed to the teeth and ready to burn this country to the ground for him. So this has to be done very friggin carefully.
Exist for yourself and the people around you. If your idea of happiness if being universally known, you will never be happy, because every celibrity has at least as many haters has fans, and haters tend to talk louder.
The world is you, and this life is yours. Make it memorable and agreable for yourself and those around you. I'm not saying go be an Indiana Jones and have Impossible adventures, I'm saying make the most of what you have and the ones you are surrounded with. In the end you won't care if the universe remembers you, only what you remember.
Kirk striking the "I can't see them therefore they can't see me" pose.
I use to inhale tobacco and ingest alcohol and eat at McDonalds. How much worse can those chemicals be.
My 6ft tall great grandmother would have scrubbed the toilet with that shrimp.