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Why do they treat autism like a death sentence? I'm autistic and I'm mostly fine and normal like any other person. I have a few quirks but most people have a quirk or two.
There's a pretty wide spectrum with autism, ranging from "a few quirks" to "nonverbal and more or less totally incapable of taking care of themselves, ever".