Not much

1 · Ned Batchelder · May 3, 2020, 11:26 p.m.
My son Nat is 30 and has autism. His expressive language is somewhat limited, and he relies on rote answers when he can. A few years ago, one of his caregivers taught him that if someone asks, “What’s up?” you can answer, “Not much.”At first I thought, “that’s not always a good answer,” but then I started paying attention to how people around me responded, and sure enough, not only is it a good answer, but it’s almost always the answer people give.It’s especially appropriate these days. Nat ha...