Asim talks with Mike about his journey as a father of two sons with Autism. Mike reminds everyone what a TCK is (2:00), and then quickly gets into Asim's story. He first talks (4:00) about emigrating to Canada and his fortunate timing in the dot.com era as an entrepreneur. Then he gets into the story of his sons (7:00) and first discovering his eldest was severely autistic. (13:00) He talks about the stages he and his wife went through with each of their kids. He reveals the unexpected and wonderful turn (14:00) life takes as they try to figure out what their first son is good at. He shares (21:25) what the keys are to working with someone with autism, and (23:00) how it takes the whole family to make it happen. His final thoughts (27:00) are on the societal hypocrisy we often see with mental disabilities and the need for change. Asim Kaliq - LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/asim-khaliq/ Media Highlights https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/high-school-autism-artist-painting-prodigy-1.6736163 https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2168937027708 Mike Sullivan's Contact Info https://linktr.ee/sullyworks

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