You sound like my son with computers. He knows the specifications of each component, what it does, and how it impacts performance.
When he was 12, I took him the the Geek Squad for a keyboard repair on his laptop.
He started talking to the man behind the counter. Finally, the gentleman asked me my son’s age. When I told him, he was surprised. “He’s doing things I didn’t learn until college.”
Thankfully, there are groups now for kids on the spectrum. They are not alone, struggling in a hostile world. The bullying and ostracizing hasn’t gone away, but it’s no surprise that all of my son’s current friends are on the spectrum, too.
Oh, that was fascinating to read, Ma‘am 😀
And it is really reassuring to read that nowadays a lot is done to ease the lot of children who are on the autism spectrum. Adults, sometimes, would be grateful for a helping hand now and then, too.
Life is often so much more difficult for autistics - even for the high- functioning sort. Well, even healthy people often struggle with the things life throws at them😔
And yes, quite a few of us have a great hand with computers, just like your son does (unfortunately, I don’t 🙂) or with mathematics or a field of technology.
As a computer expert, I hope sincerely that he will always be able to make a good living, together with happiness, since most of us really gain fulfillment doing what we so dearly love, what is our special interest.
In my case, my interests were cars, steam trains, history, linguistics, music and geography, among other things, in which I have been interested since I could read.
I wish your son all the best for the future, so he might always be able to lead a happy and fulfilling life 🙂
And, of course, my heartfelt best wishes are also going out to you and your other dear ones (I‘ve been reading about the trials and tribulations you had to go through. I’m so sorry 😞 for it all).
But it has been a real pleasure talking to you😀