"We would go out to a lunch, obviously I didn't have anything to do because I didn't have any friends on the weekend. So he would take me to lunch with somebody like you, Joe, I would have loved it. I love talking about current events and the like. And if I would start talking too much, he would tap his watch."
"Joe, I'm sure you remember this as well, after he would leave my room having put me back together, and offloaded all the anger I had, he would go downstairs into the living room by himself and cry to 10, 11, midnight every night, and then get up the next morning and help put together and take me back to school. So this was a love letter to my father."
Leland Vittert promotes Born Lucky, recounting how his father quit his job to help him navigate autism and develop social skills. His father arranged lunches to practice conversation, used a watch tap as a cue to limit talking, and spent hours rebuilding Vittert emotionally after difficult school days. The father routinely cried alone at night yet returned each morning to continue support and take Vittert to school. Joe Scarborough described similar experiences with his son with Asperger's. Accounts show practical strategies and profound parental sacrifice in supporting children with autism.
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