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GadgetGuru
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03 Oct 2023, 5:21 am



An interesting theory about how "natural fools" and "court jesters" in history may have been in some cases autistic.


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03 Oct 2023, 5:30 am

I haven't watched the video, but I can imagine this would play into the "tell it like it is" approach of a lot of autistic people who are very blunt and to the point.



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11 Oct 2023, 1:33 am

I would imagine some, but not all.


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