• Guy Dudeman
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    -297 months ago

    Makes me wonder if autistic people just weren’t hugged/snuggled enough as kids.

    • @DoYouNot
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      467 months ago

      Very old school hypothesis that has not stood up to scrutiny. a.k.a “Refrigerator Mother” hypothesis

      • @jopepa
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        97 months ago

        Academic sexism is cool to get rid of

    • @[email protected]
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      337 months ago

      As a teacher, I’ve come to the realization that almost everyone wasn’t hugged enough as a kid.

      It breaks my heart every time I realize I’m the first person in a kid’s life that believed in them or told them that they were smart.

    • @jopepa
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      127 months ago

      You can look up parents’ experience raising autistic children and not wonder that.