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[–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

The numbers are probably similar but back then more of them were abused into either permanent masking or madness/suicide. Not exactly an accepting world 80 years ago.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago*

    My grandfather died at 60 in 1990. Everyone who ever met the guy universally agrees he was autistic as fuck.

    But he was employable, had a wife, six kids and wasn't uncommunicative so at the time he wasn't considered as such at all

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