Dr. Matt Zakreski

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And and to be clear, I'm not saying that like if we don't connect immediately, something bad's gonna happen.

But what we're saying is that

We need to find connection.

And when connection's taken from us, I'm fond of saying you can't replace something with nothing.

If connection's taken from someplace, we have to find connections somewhere else.

Right.

So if your kid can't go to school because of lockdown, well then can we do, you know, an online community?

Can we take a class?

Can we do video games?

Something, right?

Ca connection is what drives us.

That's been

the biggest logistical but also the biggest emotional hurdle over the last year and a half.

You hit the nail on the head, right?

The neurodivergent community has two major aspects of it that make them more sensitive to these sort of things, right?

you know, more tenuous connections and more adherence to routine and the last, you know, year and a half has really set those things on their ear.

Suicidal ideation is a

recurrent thought or desire of of death.

And I'm I'm intentional with that language of death because not all suicidal ideation is what we would consider active, right?

It a lot of times kids will report to me, it would just be easier if I was dead.

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