I am actually glad that autism short of nonverbal was not recognized while I was growing up. I faced enough shit as it was, and the lack of any legal/medical records that I am autistic (no formal diagnosis) has saved me from a hornet's nest of official discrimination and problems.
Best would have been if my parents had known but NOT the docs or the schools of that era.
LukefromDC
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