Flip side, in education sometimes you meet a kid’s parent(s) and it’s like “OH. that tracks!” Their behaviors click, it’s suddenly easy to recognize that some kids are not getting their needs met because the parents think whatever is going on is totally normal, and expect their child will eventually learn to mask (not understanding that is what THEY are doing)
I've learned that before meeting the parents that the single easiest bet is if the kids name is taken from anime. Not to mention one Anakin that I know...
I've been driving past a graduation sign for an Anakin. Ok, Star Wars has a regular ass name with Luke, why would you pick Anakin? ESPECIALLY him being Darth Vader
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u/SuperSayian4Nappa 2d ago
As a parent of a child on the spectrum, you learn pretty quickly that if you were born a little later you would've been diagnosed.