Little bit, but I’m not allowing myself to get excited for the possibility.

It’s kind of what Trump said about COVID, but the other way around: “if we stop testing right now, we'd have very few cases”.

It’s not that we have a higher percentage of the population on the spectrum, it’s that other places let many many more people go undiagnosed.

If my kid was a decade older, he'd probably have been diagnosed with "pervasive developmental disorder - not otherwise specified" because he wouldn't have fit into any of the other boxes. Did the study not group all of the previous diagnoses that are now grouped under ASD?

Head up route 17 to Ringwood & West Milford, then drive through West Milford to Route 23 into Jefferson and through Morris County. You get a nice look of nature and then into some more developed areas.

Ice cream at the picnic tables by the creek. Magical.

Beat me to it. I was going to suggest some of those.

There's a protest in Newark tomorrow at 12:30: https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/rally-to-demand-justice-for-tyre-nichols-beaten-to-death-by-memphis-police-and-carl-dorsey-shot-to-death-by-newark-police/

I saw a few flurries today if you wana count that lol

I've had snow multiple times. 3 times alone this week.

I saw fat snowflakes on April 9th one year in south Jersey. Give it time

Went in there once. Was packed and dirty. Everyone in the place seemed like they hated being there. Left without getting anything.

Feb might show up

Thanks for taking one for the team.

February MAYBE. But doubtful.

I still have a tiny bit of hope left for another Huge February storm but every day I lose a little bit.

Nop

Ewes

Maybe in May just to fuck with us.

In Newark, on Magazine St is/was a rooming house that a few years ago had several airline employees with rooms. Each room had its own bathroom, microwave, small fridge, split unit heat/ac. I would compare it to a hotel room. Very clean, at least 5 years ago. You would have to call rooming and boarding at the Department of Community Affairs in Trenton for the address. I believe it is in the Ironbound section. Not sure how far transit is.

Its honestly something our school district struggles with. We have a reputation for great services, which is awesome, but then you become a magnet for it, and the costs and accommodations needed start spiraling.

Driving through Vernon and some of the towns over there are nice after a snowstorm. Not really much snow these days though.

Chester (Morris County) is nice. You could also pass through Madison and Morristown, on your way there.

If you're willing to drive out to Hunterdon County, you could hit Clinton, Frenchtown, Lambertville, and maybe even hop over to New Hope, PA.

No. I bought a new, nice snowblower the end of last season, and new skiing gear for the kid and I this year.

r/science is usually pretty good at spotting the issues with studies like this, and 'lo the very top comment:https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/10mrbrl/comment/j653ida/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

When I was a kid in the early 80s the ONLY people called autistic were the incredibly small minority with Savant Syndrome ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savant_syndrome ). This changed over time (to be clear: for the good) to the modern spectrum diagnosis. But I really don't think there's an easy way to control for this change in a study, and it always feels kind of reckless when researchers do. You throw something like this out there and people start panicking about vaccines or drinking water or whatever for no reason.

Good. There are plenty of empty department stores/strip malls and abandoned parking lots. Start tearing those down and build housing there. No need to develop more wilderness.