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Ilsa

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6. The problem is, it implies all autistics have a

Reply to HoneyBadger (Reply #5)

Mon Jan 9, 2017, 01:58 PM

Jan 2017

Undiscovered genius within. Nothing could be further from the truth, and the misrepresentation hurts autistics and their families because people become dismissive and uncompassionate about a real, severe disability!

These two articles are about prodigies with autistic traits. Prodigies are rare, even in the autism community.

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Sorry to demean you Donald, you're a fuckin' genius [View all] packman Jan 2017 OP

Oh, god... Freedomofspeech Jan 2017 #1

Autism and genius are definitely correlated HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #2

You shouldn't misrepresent autism this way. Ilsa Jan 2017 #3

Ok, let's call it a connection absent any correlation or causality HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #5

The problem is, it implies all autistics have a Ilsa Jan 2017 #6

His is the result of his syphilis NightWatcher Jan 2017 #4

....... Tanuki Jan 2017 #7