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lolatu54 t1_j1myfu3 wrote

They didn't have a spectrum back then. He was just considered eccentric 😂

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BananaGarlicBread t1_j1nn8bc wrote

Right on. I'm 99% positive my dad is autistic (as sure as someone who isn't a professional can be), but back in the day if you were verbal and relatively high functioning you weren't "autistic", just quirky or eccentric.

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