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Re:What role did autism play in human evolution? by danellis on Saturday June 10, 2017 @05:24PM (#14529272)
What do they need supervision of? Perhaps they're things they wouldn't have been expected to do on their own a few thousand years ago anyway. Perhaps they would have had an easier time in an early, small human community.
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Re:What role did autism play in human evolution? by watwut on Saturday June 10, 2017 @06:33PM (#14529579)
Low functioning autism may mean "bangs head on the table even as blood goes out because routine got interrupted - favourite ipod run out of batteries". Or "goes into epic rage because the cup is not on exact same place as usually - it is 15cm on the left in the same drawer. "

It is serious condition. Most would simply die young.

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Re:What role did autism play in human evolution? by qb45 on Sunday June 11, 2017 @04:17AM (#14531194)
I wonder if it could be a pathologically overblown form of frustration with people not bothering to streamline this "life" thing and make uninteresting, repetitive tasks unobtrusive. I can relate to that :)
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