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The original was posted on /r/autism by /u/slowsoul7 on 2026-05-18 14:05:41+00:00.

Hello everyone. I'm the father of a 3-year-7-month-old who was recently diagnosed on the spectrum. This past year has been hard - in ways I suspect you'll recognize. We're slowly finding a rhythm around therapies, learning, and trying to stay informed.

I won't pretend I understand the full picture yet. Right now I genuinely can't tell what his life will look like. He's progressing fast, though, which gives me hope he'll become fully verbal and find his place.

But what I really want to ask is this: what would you recommend I do over the next 20 years? What do you wish your parents had done - or what did they actually do that helped?

Thank you.