> Nonverbal autistic people are still quite rare. I know a few (actually, I know their parents, and, through them, their children). Tough gig. Know a guy who’s

> Nonverbal autistic people are still quite rare. I know a few (actually, I know their parents, and, through them, their children). Tough gig. Know a guy who’s son is non-verbal, definitely a tough gig. My friend is highly creative as a writer, and definitely anal in terms of rewriting until a piece is perfect in word choice, tempo, etc. He struggled his entire life with close emotional connections, only after a divorce sought some introspective counseling which led to his understanding of where he sat on the spectrum. When he told me, it was like blinders were lifted and I spun back through dozens of interactions that we had had over the years and it was an *of course!* moment. Made perfect sense in hindsight.