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Re:Stack Overflow Isn’t Very Welcoming – It’s Time for That ... by scardine on Thursday April 26, 2018 @07:49PM (#16937128)
Dude, I don't. My 5 year old son is in the spectrum and I probably would be diagnosed as well by todays standard. We are lucky enough to be on the high-functional end of the spectrum but it is still taxing on the family. I can't possibly imagine how worst it is for more severe cases and I'm sorry if I offended you but many of my best friends are also borderline autistic and they are the best people I know.
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Re:Stack Overflow Isn’t Very Welcoming – It’s Time for That ... by theyinwhy on Friday April 27, 2018 @04:54AM (#16939347)
Perception of insult is highly subjective.

Autistic and borderline are barely perceived as positive words in our society so I can follow the argument of insult when you describe wikipedia authors as borderline and autistic. Although I see that you did not mean to do harm with your sociological background.

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