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Skittles

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3. it wasn't REPORTED as much generations ago
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 06:35 AM
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long ago many autistic folk were probably put in sanatoriums

why do these fucking morons keep lying about autism? WTF

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leucovorin-I have no doubt that some Republicans are making a ton of money off this stuff Walleye Saturday #1
You didn't see them generations ago bc they were warehoused in insane asylums. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Saturday #2
Exactly. Timeflyer Saturday #6
Or the family attic Hekate Saturday #29
Or died. RedArkGuy Saturday #38
it wasn't REPORTED as much generations ago Skittles Saturday #3
Yes and just lived out their lives "Hermits" and 'Non-social" or "Anti-social" or "Non-conformists" LiberalArkie Saturday #5
wow, another post worth of its own thread Skittles Saturday #22
Something I did not figure out until about a year ago, A lot of us can not say NO. LiberalArkie Saturday #24
had never thought of that Skittles Saturday #26
You must tell him as most guys do not know or realize it. I wondered most of my life why I could not keep anything LiberalArkie Saturday #30
alas my brother passed in 2021 Skittles Saturday #33
I am so sorry to hear that. LiberalArkie Yesterday #41
Why? Cirsium Saturday #28
For personal reasons............... Lovie777 Saturday #4
same Skittles Saturday #23
What?! yardwork Saturday #7
Apparently he has never heard of science or history. mwmisses4289 Saturday #8
Good Lord. yardwork Saturday #9
It's not in their "world" (that they are willing to admit to) BumRushDaShow Saturday #10
Dr. Malarky Marthe48 Saturday #11
There is definitely a strong genetic component. High-functioning autism runs in our family across 4 generations Martin68 Saturday #12
It's definitely a continuum. yardwork Saturday #16
"I don't believe" PSPS Saturday #13
Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack, BootinUp Saturday #14
Quack back at ya. twodogsbarking Saturday #15
The modern-day phenomenon liberalgunwilltravel Saturday #17
I think there is a genetic component NH Ethylene Saturday #18
Autism is not new. ananda Saturday #19
But recognition and diagnosis have changed drastically over the years. eppur_se_muova Saturday #31
I don't exactly consider autism a defect. ananda Saturday #32
Call it a 'condition', then. Whatever you call it, it is something which only slowly came to be recognized. eppur_se_muova Saturday #34
Of course it exists. ananda Saturday #35
This message was self-deleted by its author valleyrogue Saturday #37
What I don't understand is why a high functioning and low functioning autism are both autism womanofthehills Saturday #36
He is shockingly uninformed. Tanuki Saturday #20
I would have been 14. I remember that article vividly. 3catwoman3 Saturday #21
I don't think he knows what he's talking about struggle4progress Saturday #25
Rosemary Kennedy was given a frontal chelsea0011 Saturday #27
We are different. Aussie105 Yesterday #39
Sigh lonely bird Yesterday #40
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