So the reason for the alleged recent increase in autism rates...

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McSame_as_Bush
09/22/2025
11:00 PM
#1
...is due to a drug that has been widely available since the 1960s.

Good job team. Nailed it.
Scardude
09/22/2025
11:47 PM
#2
No you see. Satire is now real life
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Crushed515151
09/23/2025
12:02 AM
#3
Its likely that autism has always been prevalent, kids just got beat for it due to misbehaving
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DrizztLink
09/23/2025
12:03 AM
#4
Crushed515151 posted...
Its likely that autism has always been prevalent, kids just got beat for it due to misbehaving
They used to say we were stolen by the Fae.

The myth of the changeling is almost definitely a reaction to neurodivergence.
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Zikten
09/23/2025
12:57 AM
#5
Crushed515151 posted...
Its likely that autism has always been prevalent, kids just got beat for it due to misbehaving
Yes. We just didn't understand it until recently. And the higher numbers is just that we understand it more than we did decades ago

I have autism but initially I was diagnosed in the late 80s I think, with ADD. Then in the mid 90s a different doctor said "wait no, he has autism"
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