Hello everyone, I like to introduce myself. When me and my wife decided we had to become vegan in 2012, because our moral compass gave us no choice, because of new found knowledge (Wildman's veganism 101 and Uprooting the leading causes of death by doctor Greger, etc), we got a lot of backlash because our son was 1 year old and people didn't understand the benefits, or even worse, didn't want to know. I'm 56 now, my wife is 46 and my son will be 16 in october. We're all still healthy (all be it, overweight) and my son has become this massive gentle giant and the pride of my life. When we found out he had autism is when I started my road to answers about myself, because we are quite the same, this is how I found out I have autism as well. My whole life every little thing seemed to be harder for me than my peers. To find that my anxiety and agorafobia have become so prevelent in my life due to not noticing my brain just works a little different and needs other tools to manage life, is making me furious at times, but it also gives me the joy of finally having answers and knowing with finding the right tools, I might create a more fulfilling life for myself. Even though this is a very long story, I usually will not participate very much in, well, anything. I will mostly be quiet and read and like. It's quite hard for me, with my insecurities, to participate ( no matter how many times people tell me it's fine). I felt I needed to tell you all this. I want to be an open book and manage expectations (or the lack thereof). Thanks for reading and thanks for welcoming me. Jaco

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