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I've been like this ever since I quit school.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is why autism is so hard to define and why objective information about it is so hard to find.

groups like "autism speaks" are full of bullshitters that constantly talk about how horrible autism is and how it destroys families.

Narcissism destroys families, not autism.

Wanna know something else that pisses me off? Most autism specialists don't listen. They'll sit there looking at you talk, but they'll only take in about 10% of what you say and then they'll respond to something you never said.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

They'll figure it out eventually... Until then it fucking sucks.