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 @2307797a "Fixed".  "Productive." 🤬

I've said it before, but I think the hyper-focus I get from autism has made me a better software engineer than I'd otherwise have been.  I don't want (as your parents would see it) fixing.

Given the strong hereditary component of autism, it's at least possible that one of your parents is autistic without knowing it:

https://www.cdc.gov/genomics/disease/autism.htm 
 @dac6ea10 Well… I have considered it, but they’re both quite happy to lie and manipulate, so I don’t think so.