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Walleye

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1. leucovorin-I have no doubt that some Republicans are making a ton of money off this stuff

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FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary tells Scripps News 'I don't think autism is genetic' [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 27 OP

leucovorin-I have no doubt that some Republicans are making a ton of money off this stuff Walleye Sep 27 #1

You didn't see them generations ago bc they were warehoused in insane asylums. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 27 #2

Exactly. Timeflyer Sep 27 #6

Or the family attic Hekate Sep 27 #29

Or died. RedArkGuy Sep 27 #38

it wasn't REPORTED as much generations ago Skittles Sep 27 #3

Yes and just lived out their lives "Hermits" and 'Non-social" or "Anti-social" or "Non-conformists" LiberalArkie Sep 27 #5

wow, another post worth of its own thread Skittles Sep 27 #22

Something I did not figure out until about a year ago, A lot of us can not say NO. LiberalArkie Sep 27 #24

had never thought of that Skittles Sep 27 #26

You must tell him as most guys do not know or realize it. I wondered most of my life why I could not keep anything LiberalArkie Sep 27 #30

alas my brother passed in 2021 Skittles Sep 27 #33

I am so sorry to hear that. LiberalArkie Sep 28 #41

Why? Cirsium Sep 27 #28

For personal reasons............... Lovie777 Sep 27 #4

same Skittles Sep 27 #23

What?! yardwork Sep 27 #7

Apparently he has never heard of science or history. mwmisses4289 Sep 27 #8

Good Lord. yardwork Sep 27 #9

It's not in their "world" (that they are willing to admit to) BumRushDaShow Sep 27 #10

Dr. Malarky Marthe48 Sep 27 #11

There is definitely a strong genetic component. High-functioning autism runs in our family across 4 generations Martin68 Sep 27 #12

It's definitely a continuum. yardwork Sep 27 #16

"I don't believe" PSPS Sep 27 #13

Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack, BootinUp Sep 27 #14

Quack back at ya. twodogsbarking Sep 27 #15

The modern-day phenomenon liberalgunwilltravel Sep 27 #17

I think there is a genetic component NH Ethylene Sep 27 #18

Autism is not new. ananda Sep 27 #19

But recognition and diagnosis have changed drastically over the years. eppur_se_muova Sep 27 #31

I don't exactly consider autism a defect. ananda Sep 27 #32

Call it a 'condition', then. Whatever you call it, it is something which only slowly came to be recognized. eppur_se_muova Sep 27 #34

Of course it exists. ananda Sep 27 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author valleyrogue Sep 27 #37

What I don't understand is why a high functioning and low functioning autism are both autism womanofthehills Sep 27 #36

He is shockingly uninformed. Tanuki Sep 27 #20

I would have been 14. I remember that article vividly. 3catwoman3 Sep 27 #21

I don't think he knows what he's talking about struggle4progress Sep 27 #25

Rosemary Kennedy was given a frontal chelsea0011 Sep 27 #27

We are different. Aussie105 Sep 28 #39

Sigh lonely bird Sep 28 #40