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Holy fuck this is fucked lol.
Y'all forgot real fucking 10 of 10 on the spectrum with adult violent outbursts and literally chaining down folks autism exists?
This whole, your grandfather has trains and was autistic hurr hurr is terrible.
Yeah autism isn't all "lol I totes have autism because I like stuff" it can be a LOT more debilitating.
It's a spectrum from "Weird and Awkward all the time but outwardly living a pretty normal life to SCREAMING AT EVERYTHING AND BRING UNABLE TO COMPREHEND ANYTHING AROUND YOU.
When people think of autism now they don't think of the "non-functioning" side, they think of the high functioning side. Yes, high-functioning Autism sucks still, but it could be much, much worse.
ADHD rarely makes anyone "non-functional" it does make people barely-functional. Thus, no one cares. As you're doing "okay" usually.