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Re:A giant step forward in understanding autism by marcellus23 on Friday February 17, 2023 @12:22PM (#34837477)
No, because the problems facing those groups were that people were treating them _differently_ because they belonged to a minority. The problem facing people with autism is that people expect to be able to interact with them like they interact with everyone else.

> LGTM Americans

been reviewing a few pull requests today? :)

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Re:A giant step forward in understanding autism by infamouscow on Friday February 17, 2023 @01:35PM (#34838525)
The rationale behind why minorities were treated different was that the majority expected the minority to behave different. Most of the racist nonsense online today is still predicated on that rationale.
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