If you just write for fun I guess it doesn’t matter but if you want a career in novels self published or tradition pick up a damn book and read
I (28 f) have late diagnosed ADHD. I have symptoms that very much could be autism too or just severe adhd mixed with c-ptsd but it’s hard to know.
I love my autistic son (2 1/2 m) he’s lvl 3 autistic diagnosed. He’s slowly gaining verbal skills. We have him in OT, speech and feeding.
Looking at him I see so much of childhood me in him. But instead of support I received physical violence and verbal abuse.
He is so uniquely himself. He’s silly, he can be stubborn as an ox but he’s also so curious and easily entertained.
I’m so blessed to have him. I won’t lie, it’s been hard. Having a child with special needs can be difficult at times but it also teaches you (or should teach you) a level of patience you didn’t know you had.
Not every moment is perfect. It’s down right difficult at times. Especially when he can’t control his frustration and he shoves me but thankfully we are working on that with him. But it’s been so rewarding. It’s helped me to learn to heal my inner child giving him the mom I wish I’d had.
When he snuggles up to me I know that he feels safe with me even if he can’t tell me that right now.
I have more compassion for the small girl who barely spoke, had social anxiety, spun in circles, watched movies on repeat for hours, had the perpetually messy room the poor grades and who wondered why the world was just so damn difficult for her.
My son teaches me compassion every day. Of course I hope life gets less challenging for him. I hope he learns to communicate his needs, learn how to take care of himself. But he’s perfect and amazing
If a fever dream was a book it’d be this one. I’d never read Cyberpunk really before but this was great. It is interesting to read in 2026. The ending was so bittersweet like a punch to the gut but with an echo of hopefulness. I bought this book as an impulse buy at Barnes N Nobles and…damn.
The writing style and some themes felt similar to Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.