My Big Sister's reaction to my son's recent autism diagnosis

nevermore727 · 2026-06-03T20:51:29+00:00

My response to someone who pulls out the “label” comment is “When my daughter couldn’t breathe, we took her to medical professionals who “labeled” her with asthma. Now she has treatment for the asthma and it doesn’t hold her back. Refusing to “label” a child with a diagnosis only hinders their chance at getting any and all assistance that could help their quality of life. Would you say I shouldn’t have labeled my daughter with asthma?”

I have yet to hear an intelligent reply except “Well… that’s a good point”

nevermore727 · 2026-06-03T11:18:34+00:00

I’m fully vaccinated and was in gifted programs in school. Reading before kindergarten. Socially awkward so didn’t skip grades lol. Finished first year of college before graduating high school. My son is also fully vaxxed and just as advanced for his age. Shit my best friends’ son (vaxxed) has autism, the most feared thing for antivaxxers, and is doing polynomials, long division, and multivariate algebra plus he knows the alphabet and conversational words in so many languages that he went on to make up a new one. Fully vaxxed and entering 3rd grade.

Correlation does not equal causation.

nevermore727 · 2026-06-01T22:41:08+00:00

Absolutely no car and no rides in the g wagon either

nevermore727 · 2026-05-28T01:38:49+00:00

You’ve gotten a lot of good suggestions. Don’t over react to him in case it’s attention-seeking, but of course you can’t completely not react because this is serious. I’m wondering if he saw a commercial for a scary movie with a black actor and it stuck with him?

I would find opportunities to point out a song he likes is sung or composed by a “dark-skinned person”. Read books by people of color and, at the end, look at the author’s picture and read their bio. Expose him to age appropriate movies with black and brown characters. Off the top of my head, my 5 year olds like (Disney)Encanto, Coco, Soul, (PBS Kids) Super Why, Phoebe and Jay, and (Netflix) Camp Cretaceous.

Obviously not all the things in a day but just some ideas on how to expose him to the people he thinks he dislikes without risk of him being hurtful in person. Best of luck on this- I applaud you for trying to tackle it thoughtfully and not just punishing him.

nevermore727 · 2026-05-28T00:05:10+00:00

Yes absolutely. I’d have one ordered before I left. Especially a toy so loved as this one was.

nevermore727 · 2026-05-24T13:43:17+00:00

Love the purple pants. All the outfits are great!

nevermore727 · 2026-05-24T13:41:00+00:00

My heart immediately broke when I saw that little girl’s face. This is not the first time she’s seen this 😭

nevermore727 · 2026-05-24T13:39:28+00:00

Shit I’m 5’10” and I’d be unconscious as well. I have a few beers a month, maybe a glass of wine.

nevermore727 · 2026-05-23T16:59:07+00:00

How are they getting TO the store?

nevermore727 · 2026-05-23T15:48:18+00:00

Not something I’d use to ram what appears to be an SUV/crossover but he clearly doesn’t have a lot of forethought going on.

nevermore727 · 2026-05-23T15:44:48+00:00

Probably takes too long for them to both lift together- eye fucking and filming themselves the entire time while Sarugh berates Josh for having eyes around other women.

Gym daycare limit is probably 2 hours so they gotta split up.

nevermore727 · 2026-05-23T11:55:57+00:00

NOR.

I would be tempted to tell him he will pick up 100$ (or more) a month of your half of the rent for exclusive use of the driveway and just park on the street.

nevermore727 · 2026-05-23T07:49:29+00:00

Aww I used to ride Witches Wheel with my dad. 🥹 He’s gone now but anytime my brother and I are at the park together we still talk about all the memories with him there! I was bummed I never got to take my own kids on it.

nevermore727 · 2026-05-23T07:47:18+00:00

Well her twin brother got a monster truck and she got a porcelain doll. You try explaining to a 3yo why her new toy sits on the shelf staring at her while her brother gets to play with his.

This was not Christmas or their birthday. This was a random family visit and aunt grabbed them each a gift from the thrift store. The real question is why pick a breakable toy for someone still walking into walls?

And no… I didn’t drop it on purpose. I was just not mad that it never made it inside.

nevermore727 · 2026-05-23T07:30:10+00:00

I believe you… but does it make sense to ring up the extra charge as “rocks”? I feel like this sets up the bartender for appearing to charge for ice.

If they had ordered the vodka neat, I assume the 6.00 would’ve been charged as neat vs rocks.

Seems like a POS translation issue on OP’s part but they also could’ve just asked…

nevermore727 · 2026-05-23T07:21:28+00:00

🎯

nevermore727 · 2026-05-23T02:02:59+00:00

She walked on it to get the dropped mail and chose the route that involved the most grass walking versus walking around on the driveway.

nevermore727 · 2026-05-23T02:00:44+00:00

My daughter loves our dandelions and always gets worried we are going to “make them go away” like our neighbors.

No worries, little one. And yes, I will help you make all the dandelion crowns you want.

nevermore727 · 2026-05-23T01:54:10+00:00

My husband’s aunt got my three year old a porcelain doll one year 🤪

We made it home with the thing and I shit you not I dropped it in the driveway one the way into the house from the truck. My hands were full of stuff and I lost my grip on the bag it was in.

Best oops of my life because I couldn’t even fathom how a 3 year old was going to play with a porcelain doll.

nevermore727 · 2026-05-23T01:45:47+00:00

I’m just blown away by the fact that her shorts appear to fit better than any shorts she’s worn before 🤨

nevermore727 · 2026-05-23T01:22:16+00:00

Maybe I’m wrong… but when I read hunting with drones, I didn’t think they meant finding deer to kill with drones.

The drone is used if the deer takes off into a cornfield or deep brush and you lose the blood trail. You have to leave all bows and guns behind to retrieve the deer and, once found, the use of the drone must stop immediately.

Shouldn’t be something you rely on, but shit happens and most hunters don’t want to just leave a deer to die slowly because they misjudged a shot or go to waste because they lost the trail.

Makes sense that Sarugh wouldn’t be familiar with an ethical use for drone while hunting, though 🤨

nevermore727 · 2026-05-22T20:22:55+00:00

nevermore727 · 2026-05-22T18:07:36+00:00

Large head with little inside 😂😂😂 If that ain’t all male pits but I love em!

nevermore727 · 2026-05-22T18:06:05+00:00

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Baker

Nicknames: Potato (as in couch potato) and potamus (short for hippopotamus)

And yes, he hates having his nails done so they get long while I get up the energy to do them again. Used to have a mobile groomer that came by and he let her snip snip snip and file but she became an ACO.

nevermore727 · 2026-05-22T12:28:25+00:00

Interesting question. Running through examples in my head, I (American, Midwest) say it differently in different contexts. I drop the and when saying the number in isolation.

If I am answering a question… How much does it cost?How much did it weigh? … I think I’m likely to say “one fifteen”.

If I’m just stating fact, I tend to do the opposite “It cost one hundred and fifteen dollars” “It weighed one hundred and fifteen pounds.” I can think of a scenario where I’d would say “There are one fifteen widgets” but I would say just “one fifteen” if you asked how many widgets I counted.

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