• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    Autism has always been here. But instead of labeling someone as autistic and trying to improve understanding and communication, people were like, “That’s a weird dude.”

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      Or worse yet, they were interned on an institution all their lives or were killed by police during a misunderstanding.