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“Autism didn’t exist when I was a kid” The Shining was written in 1977 and this is an excerpt from that book
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The Shining was written in 1977 and this is an excerpt from that book"
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Anonymous 1w

*published excuse me The book would’ve been written earlier than that

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Anonymous 1w

The first diagnosis was in the 30s, I believe that guy is still alive or might have just died in the last few years

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Anonymous 6d

Grunya Sukhavera was a Jewish, woman psychiatrist who first pathologized autism in the mid to late 1920s for both sexes.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

1943 and the guy passed away three years ago.

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