to your wife:

1. bem fieto! I think that raising a kid on the spectrum to be an independent young adult is an accomplishment you should feel proud about.

2. don't worry about acad refreshing too much. If that's what a firm uses, it'll take a couple weeks to be back up to speed. However, REVIT is pretty common, especially at big firms, so sign up for a course at JSarg for the spring. It's a different way of thinking than acad, getting a grounding would help when the question comes up.

3. Don't spam all the architects on google with a resume. Look for which firms you'd be a good fit with and contact them. Big firm? Small firm? Type of work? Need flexibility? All these things are very important, in my opinion.

4. If your practice was in Brazil, then the steepest learning curve will be the building code, so just acknowledge that it will take a year before you're feeling up to speed and beginning to remember egress requirements and UL wall assemblies.

5. DMed you