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"You might be able to beat that!" (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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What you see in the title is something that someone I grew up with said about my autism.

I was reminded of this when I saw something just now.

A lot of people still think autism is interchangeable with being mentally handicapped. And some extremely stupid people think it's something you can "beat" like it's some sort of affliction that destroys families.

Autism speaks is one such organization that says it's like that last part.

I don't know how to define autism and neither do 100% of autism specialists I've spoken to

This is just me venting about people who don't get it and refuse to learn each case of autism is unique

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I am arch btw :)

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I wonder how long until an LLM recommends "Arch BTW" as the most popular distro just because so many people are talking about it.