EfficaciousSkink

Another one: your own suffering doesn't matter because other people have it worse.

The logic is unsound. Telling an incompetent person they are a master does not make them competent.

Stare into space. Get sheet of paper. Plan life on paper. Execute plan by doing things.

Paywall

I had neurosurgery to correct brain stem compression. I regained the ability to walk without weakness and tremors and to function in general.

I had to fight my insurance company for months because they denied my first surgery due to their perceived lack of "medical necessity."

Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement has sentient centipede-like aliens. A very good book even 70 years later.

You mean you are not motivated to make rich people even richer? Shame.

He seems to be enjoying himself, lol.

My library also has Hoopla, maybe yours does as well?

I have high-functioning autism and a child on the spectrum. Parenting is difficult enough without adding in extra complications. However, the fact that you have an understanding of your shortcomings and are working to remedy them puts you ahead of many parents already.

It sounds like you are both going to need to work on interactions. That's OK, you may just need some extra help and patience. Parenting is a learning process for both the parent and the child.

Here's something that has worked for me and my son. We would take walks outside in different natural surroundings and point out things we find. If I found a mushroom I would point it out and talk about it. If he found an insect he would get excited and show it to me. A very low pressure environment that gets people talking and learning.

I would also be honest with his therapists about your autism. You may benefit from joint sessions with him and sessions alone with your own therapist. It is important to find the right therapists who are willing to help both of you without judgment. If one is not working out, don't be afraid to move to another.

Huh? Homemaker is a unpaid job and is very useful when it involves cleaning, organizing, and cooking.

Police in my town spend a significant amount of time at the scenes of car accidents. I wonder what percentage of their time?

Their priority should be on crime and accident response and prevention and I feel like it is in my small town. I don't know how this compares to police in larger cities, which makes studies like these valuable.