• Stegget@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Yep. My boy was initially non verbal and diagnosed ASD when he was 3 and I was 30. The process of understanding what he is going through as he grows and learns opened my eyes to my own lives experience as so many things just started clicking into place. It has been an enlightening journey.

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      4 days ago

      Absolutely, it’s like wool has been pulled off your eyes. Or that moment you leave the vault in a fallout game, and your eyes adjust to seeing natural light for the first time.