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Hillary Hillarious @hhillarious.bsky.social

There was a time when a kid with the most severe forms of Autism were diagnosed as "retarded" or at one time, even possessed.

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Hillary Hillarious @hhillarious.bsky.social

Some with less severe forms were diagnosed as being incorrigible or delinquents and corporal punishment was the "cure".

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Hillary Hillarious @hhillarious.bsky.social

And those on the spectrum but highly intelligent and functional were deemed to be nerds, creeps, anti-social and bullied and ostracized.

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