Hi ayame,
I just finished two books you may be interested in reading. "Thinking in Pictures and Other Reports From my Life with Autism" and my recent favorite by the same author, "Animals in Translation, using the mysteries of Autism to decode Animal Behavior"
Both written by Temple Grandin. I have a nephew who Is autistic we understand each other.
One other book That touches my heart is, "Living Wabi Sabi", It shows us that our hearts already hold everything we need to be happy. It celebrates the perfectly IMPERFECT uniqueness of YOU and Me your Son and everything, revealing the JOY, creativity, and EMPOWERNENT of imperfection through an ancient way of looking at life.
It has be...

Hi ayame,
I just finished two books you may be interested in reading. "Thinking in Pictures and Other Reports From my Life with Autism" and my recent favorite by the same author, "Animals in Translation, using the mysteries of Autism to decode Animal Behavior"
Both written by Temple Grandin. I have a nephew who Is autistic we understand each other.
One other book That touches my heart is, "Living Wabi Sabi", It shows us that our hearts already hold everything we need to be happy. It celebrates the perfectly IMPERFECT uniqueness of YOU and Me your Son and everything, revealing the JOY, creativity, and EMPOWERNENT of imperfection through an ancient way of looking at life.
It has been said many different ways, Leonard Cohen
put it to music when he sang:

"Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget you perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack in everything. Thats how the light gets in."

I wish you and your Family all good things.
When you talk with your husband next give him best.

Joseph ( Navy Nuc. / Army Combat Medic) Ret.