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Re:Empirical failures of the claim that autistic people lack... by kikokikokiko on Sunday February 04, 2024 @03:40PM (#39254211)
This is just nonsense. Depending on the severity, autism makes a person completely dependent on other normal people (neurotypical is just a pc term) to simply survive. There's no degree of "normalcy" that, the more "severe" it gets, the more dependent on others you become.
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Re:Empirical failures of the claim that autistic people lack... by geor9e on Monday February 05, 2024 @12:48AM (#39257776)
That is true, I was ignoring the severely autistic. It becomes crippling at a certain point, but on the other hand, there are billionaire CEOs on the autism spectrum, who probably got there because they are different.
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