Yep, we're broken, no question about it. Does he represent me (or most of us on Lemmy)? No, and many of us are trying to walk the line between doing as much as we can, and not being shot or disappeared.
I like the way someone described a similar retort:
Anyone can build a bridge that stays up and lasts a long time, but it takes a skilled engineer to build a bridge that just barely stays up a long time and minimizes costs and materials.
Approaching the problem mechanically is perfect, and saying 'well if X doesn't work what about Y or Z' is the right approach. If you lead with that he may have some refinements or suggestions. When he hears that you're open to this, being helpful, I'm sure he'll have ideas as well and you can figure something out.
Depending on what he's experiencing, he may be able do a one word answer, and then he can give you a word that he can rehearse that's code for 'Yo I'm calling out for today, but can't actually get those words out'. If he's able to give a yes / no, then he also could call you with silence, but then you see that he's the caller and say "Hey [name] I don't hear anything, are you in a shutdown and trying to call off?" and he can respond Yes (listening comprehension is often less affected). There also may be tech solutions, like Google Assistant making calls for people, that might be able to be pre programmed to make the call for him.
Nice that you're putting effort in, that alone is a huge help. I'm no expert in autism or even general cognitive disabilities, but your suggestions are pretty good, and not weird at all.
Unfortunately not mistranslated, but for sure another outdated thing to ignore. I heard it was probably discouraging people from joining a nearby cult thing in Egypt that had male male acts, which sounds like it was more about religious competition than homosexuality, but I'm no expert.
Thanks for this... I'm doing a presentation on different disabilities and accommodations, and this will help make my point that accommodations tend to help everyone
It's been the exact opposite from the people I've known. More care is put into policies and action for blue voters, wheres red voters vote for their guy no matter what because he's their guy. The most clear case of this is where a red politician or talking head says "you can't penalize us for this, cause you'll have to penalize yourselves when it's your turn!" (as if that was some kind of gotcha?) every blue voter I know is like "Yes obviously that's how it works we don't want ANYONE doing that". Sides don't matter, action matters.
Yeah that was my experience as well. Mortgage companies were happy to pre approve me up to like 75% of my monthly income. Not even close to enough to buy even cheap food.
Yep, we're broken, no question about it. Does he represent me (or most of us on Lemmy)? No, and many of us are trying to walk the line between doing as much as we can, and not being shot or disappeared.