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HOW IT FEELS TO BE AN AUTISTIC SAVANT
A diagnosis I got in the 1970's before the DSM was used for laws and governments. Back when most hospitals still had their own diagnostic codes.
HOW IT FEELS TO BE AN AUTISTIC SAVANT
A diagnosis I got in the 1970's before the DSM was used for laws and governments. Back when most hospitals still had their own diagnostic codes.
I knew from a very young age that I was different. As young as 4 or 5. Besides the fact that I had to go to the doctor all the time, I was clumsy. All the other kids’ parents talked about me. They usually used the r-word.
In first grade, I started going to developmental disability services. I was in with all the rest of the kids that had intellectual disabilities. Again, those were not the words used at the time. I went to disability services
