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Re:U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, priva... by jsheard on Sunday April 27, 2025 @06:20AM (#43810806)
> shortly after the abolishment of lobotomy

That's an important bit of context whenever RFK Jr. talks about how conditions like Autism and ADHD weren't a thing when he was growing up - his own aunt, who may well have had one of those conditions, was dealt with by giving her a lobotomy and then hiding her away. Those are the supposedly better times he's harkening back to.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Kennedy

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Re:U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, priva... by ekianjo on Sunday April 27, 2025 @07:29AM (#43811133)
Lobotomy was not given to young children even when it was a thing...
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Re:U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, priva... by RacingTheClock on Sunday April 27, 2025 @08:24AM (#43811436)
In this case lobotomy was put on a non consenting 23 year old. So much better?
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Re:U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, priva... by shepherdjerred on Sunday April 27, 2025 @12:25PM (#43813064)
> who was one of the youngest survivors of the transorbital lobotomy, a procedure performed on him when he was 12 years old.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Dully

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Re:U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, priva... by ekianjo on Sunday April 27, 2025 @01:22PM (#43813519)
You can detect autism in kids before they are 5... So my point still stands
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