There's nothing "artificially" causing this. The "different" among us were shut away.

"We" used to put neurodivergent people in ASYLUMS. I remember the Ridge Home in Denver. I never saw an autistic person in public until I was a WAY OLD adult, because "we" hid the problem instead of facing it.

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  1. It used to be so damn easy to put away anybody who was socially awkward or odd. Go to the probate judge, make a complaint and, hey presto, theyโ€™re in an institution. I thought we ended this with the Wyatt v Stickney decision.

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