feral kids and autism??

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Interesting. I can see where a kid that was raised with animals would probably be better adjusted than one who was tormented by humans.. that's so sad.. At least the animals accepted and loved him and probably treated him pretty much as an equal in their "community" so to speak..

I wonder if the boy that was raised by monkeys missed that "window of opportunity" for learning human social skills and that's why he got stuck with just knowing the monkey-like social skills? I didn't know autistics had limited food preferences... Interesting. I hadn't heard that one.. Maybe it's because of the need for having the same routine? I do pretty much buy the same type of foods though and don't try new stuff too often... I wonder about that boy, since he was raised in the jungle with the monkeys, maybe they just ate bananas, nuts and a few varieties of the available fruits/vegies that grew in the area? Maybe that's why he didn't want alot of other foods too? he just got used to eating a certain few types of foods in the jungle? Just wondering if that could be it instead? this is really interesting though --- what ever happened to that boy and the other "feral" children I wonder?

In the Book of Lists, there are several descriptions of feral children. Many, sadly, died or were institutionalized within years of being returned to the human world. The boy from Burundi also had a history of institutionalization for all but the few months he lived with monkeys, leading to a speculation that he may have been autistic.

A rare few children learned to speak, although their understanding remained concrete. Abstractions were beyond their grasp.