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7. Another of the "(Blank) causes autism" farces...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Dec 21, 2023, 12:39 PM

Dec 2023

I still remember when a few psychologists blamed "frozen mothers" (mothers who were "cold" to their babies,) for autism.

Autism is a mental illness, period.

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