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10. I'm sure people who've found help thru social media would strongly disagree as
Fri Aug 23, 2019, 12:03 PM
Aug 2019

do I.

My family and I have had different health-related experiences with just word of mouth before social media, talking to people that saved my life years ago and led to early Asperger diagnosis of my youngest sister that no one - not even her pediatrician(s) - heard of a little over 40 years ago. It put her on an incredibly wonderful and different life trajectory than so many unfortunate adults her generation and before with the syndrome.

So I think it's wonderful that Dr. Sanders is using social media for the greatest of good, caring for each other.

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