NotJohnSmith

Sorry for the slow reply and thank you.

I'm not even sure at this stage if I can as I understand so little but here goes.

He's what I perceive to be high functioning. In fact most of what they call out I view as being just a little boy. I'm slightly concerned that this attitude comes from my own childhood and whether we establish that I'm also neuro divergent but am keen that I focus on him and not me.

He's bright, good with maths as his mum teaches this. Struggles in class as they're not great at understanding his needs and just see him as wiggly/playing class clown to impress others etc.

He has always had sound sensitivity so people calling that out is interesting to me.

We're working with the school to get better mechanisms in place to support himvand my wife is already amazing at helping him at home.

In my head I need to get onboard too, and transition away from being the typical authoritarian role that a dad may take. I need to understand better what autism is and how to support him

I'm sorry for the slow response and appreciate how much time you took to put this in writing. As I read it, it almost read like the desiderata for autism:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiderata

Thanks so much for this. Also the words of wisdom.

Sorry for the slow reply, I appreciate your response and will certainly take you up on it

Does that need to be a truck though? I guess in your situation it does but I can't imagine living so far off road that I need a truck to run to the store.

I do like the concept of Bezos truck (having always felt EV design should have gone in the direction of small efficient low range cars) but feel it won't carry anything that a small estate couldn't.

I see the same but cannot for the life of me understand how the stock isn't shitting the bed. The whole US market is irrational at this stage but Tesla is just ridiculous

How do you know that's a bot please? Is it specifically a hot advertising that online photos hop equivalent? Is it a real software or scam? The whole approach is intriguing to me

My grandfather loved going out on his bike when he was told he couldn't drive any more. It was critical to his quality of life. What's Trump got: just a once-superpower to grind into oblivion.

The person you're replying to is Canadian and agreeing with your sentiment, pointing out an example of a product they have that can't easily be exchanged also.

Good work BTW on de-Americanising. I'm trying also but don't buy alot, particularly brands. I'm left with trying to not use American tech

Would you say you're in the minority or is it evident that most Canadians are boycotting?

Do you feel any slow down of the movement?

Haha, majestic!

Sorry for your loss, she will always be a beautiful dog.