Thanks johnnyprofane1, and thanks for sharing your post, it led me to your blog, which I love. I just read this post and found it very beautiful:

https://autisticaf.me/2020/10/16/note-to-a-younger-autistic-friend-%f0%9f%91%b4%f0%9f%93%9d%f0%9f%93%ac/

I will share it in my next newsletter : D

Great to meet you. I find your writing very inspiring. And I wish I had read it before I lost my dad, as it gave me some insight into him, too. I believe he would have gotten a diagnosis, but all his life people just saw him as antisocial and stubborn. He was loved and lovely and kind, too, but misunderstood. I am understanding him so much better these days, and I wish he was here so I could tell him.

Thanks for reading and for your writing too.

Chelsey x