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ae441df6 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 And then my dad was talking (from his entire lack of experience) about the small army of adults who are autistic and have never been diagnosed, and could be walking among us!

If only they also could also be diagnosed and fixed and become productive members of society.

(And this is why I will never tell them I am #ActuallyAutistic).
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80f50d1e | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @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
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ae441df6 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @dac6ea10 Well… I have considered it, but they’re both quite happy to lie and manipulate, so I don’t think so.