I have been struggling with this because a lot of people around me use it in this manner when they do something dumb or they act in an awkward way and they’ll be like “oh, that was autistic of me” or “I’ve got the tism” and I always feel so uncomfortable but I also don’t know how to raise it or what to say. I am myself not diagnosed, but I’m pretty sure I am on the spectrum. I was just wondering what you think of it and how you handle it.

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    9 days ago

    Dumb used to mean someone who is both deaf and mute.

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      9 days ago

      I think it was just mute, as someone who was both was considered deaf and dumb.