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You’re Not Autistic! 65 Reasons You Can’t Be Autistic (youtu.be)
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[–] octoperson@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 years ago

(I'm assuming this was a genuine question. If you're trying to make a point I'm afraid I missed it 🤷)

Yes, it's a spectrum. Autistic people are as a varied a group as any other, and you'll see different traits in different individuals, or even in the same individual at different stages of life or different settings.

And that means you can't point to one stereotyped feature and say that disqualifies you. Which was - ha ha! - the point of the video!