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The Lombardo Family at Easter in 2019.

Michael (42), Stacy (42), Gabriella (18), Cassandra (15), & Andrea (15).

And that’s a wrap on the official gameplay for the Lombardos! Stay tuned for the epilogue.

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MBTI & Ideas

Lombardo, Michael V., et al. "Atypical neural self-representation in autism." Brain 133.2 (2009): 611-624.

“The word ‘autism’ derives from the Greek word ‘autos’ and literally translates to ‘self’.

Early clinical accounts anecdotally suggested that individuals with autism spectrum conditions are completely self-focused or ‘egocentric in the extreme’.

Later work demonstrated that this egocentrism may be manifest in the lack of viewing oneself as embedded within social contexts and via the lack of distinguishing self from other. (...)

One such consequence in autism may be in appreciating the dual nature of oneself in the social world, as an agent who is both similar to, yet different from others.

In other words, an intrapersonal deficit in high level self-awareness may be tightly linked to the interpersonal deficits in autism.”

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“First, Meltzoff has proposed that the starting state for social cognition is one where infants take the stance that others are ‘like me’.

However, as development progresses, social cognitive ability invariably develops past the simple acknowledgement of self-other equivalence and into a simultaneous or ‘dual’ understanding that self can also be different from others.

Much of what is known of later developing social cognition is predicated on this push and pull between similarities and differences between self and other. (...)

The beginning of this transition to developing this dual understanding of self starts around the end of the first year of life (9–14 months) and continues well on into the second year of life.

Strikingly, some of the earliest signs of autism are behaviours indicative of this dual understanding of self; namely, deficits in joint attention and a lack of responding to one’s own name.”

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Lombardo Decades Challenge: Epilogue (Part 3/3)

Content/Trigger Warning: Brief COVID-19 mention

In 2021, once they received their vaccines and travel restrictions loosened, the Lombardo family was able to enjoy another trip to Granite Falls, where Michael spent the summer as a teen and where he had taken his own children.

There, the family was able to enjoy home-cooked meals, and Greg took the time to teach his son Michael how to fish.

Greg had a surprise— in the past year, he had compiled a book filled with stories of the Lombardo family, from his great-grandparents, Giuseppe and Lucia’s, arrival in the United States, to the present day, covering 131 years of family history.

Everyone was delighted to hear the story of the Lombardos.

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That’s the end! Thank you so much everyone for bearing with me through this challenge (especially the last 3 decades, they dragged on so long.)

If you’d like to go back and revisit, you can check out the Lombardo’s completed family timeline or their family tree.

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Lombardo Decades Challenge: Epilogue (Part 1/3)

Content/Trigger Warning: COVID-19

In March of 2020, the coronavirus pandemic hit. The Lombardo family was able to shelter in place although they had to adjust to the changes.

Gabriella was a freshman at Willow Creek Community College when the pandemic began. She continued her studies remotely and is planning to be a music teacher. She is still dating Alexander Goth and talks to him on the phone regularly. She is 20 years old as of 2021.

Andrea and Cassie did remote classes for some time, too, until their school eventually reopened. Andrea has been enjoying video gaming on their new tablet. They want to go into computer engineering like their father. Cassie wants to be an artist. They are both 17 and will graduate high school in 2022.

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Michael Lombardo: 1995 Lookbook

A mid-90s, grungy lookbook for Michael, the 18-year-old son of Carmen and Greg. Michael enjoys video games and is learning computer programming. He wants to build a career in the quickly-evolving world of technology. Michael is smart but struggles in school with ADHD and enjoys sports such as soccer. He is Cuban- and Italian-American.

genetics: hair / facial hair (Parenthood)

1. flannel, accessory tank top / 2. sweater, jeans / 3. suit jacket, pants / 4. sweater, pants / 5. sweatshirt, shorts / 6. top, pajama pants (Parenthood)

7. top, jeans / 8. overalls, accessory shirt / 9. swim trunks (Seasons) / 10. top / 11. jacket / (everything else BG)

Thanks to: @qrqr19, @kismet-sims, @arethabee, @joliebean, @aharris00britney, @luumia, @whirliko, @clumsyalienn, @wyattssims, @tamo-sim, @marvinsims, + those not on tumblr.

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The Lombardo Family in 1983.

Amy (9), Gregory (31), Carmen (31), Christina (11), and Michael (6).

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2000: Congratulations to Michael Luis Lombardo and Stacy Elizabeth Chu, both 23, who were married at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.

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The Lombardo family; Easter 2005.

Michael (28), Stacy (28), Cassandra (1.5), Gabriella (4), and Andrea (1.5).