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How many people are borderline enough that if they had to figure things out on their own wouldn't get diagnosed as an adult.

Again, that's not how that works. ASD diagnosis is a lengthy process involving multiple days of interviewing. When someone goes undiagnosed until adulthood, but has figured out their own coping mechanisms and strategies, that doesn't mean they aren't on the spectrum anymore. As above, ASD and behavior are two different things.

... I'm high functioning, ...

Have you been diagnosed? If you had, I'd have to think you would already know the above.

That's not how that works. ASD is one thing; behavior is another. However.

My son is on the spectrum, not diagnosed until his mid teens. He's attended some college so far, and took advantage of a support program at the school for people with an ASD diagnosis. The first year, he was in a dorm specifically built for this program, so over the course of the year, he got a lot of new exposure to "people like him."

Just today he was remarking (again) about how "sheltered" and "coddled" a lot of the other students in this program are. He sees how people respond to situations, and he sees how parents interact with their kids when visiting, moving in/out.

My son is glad to not have had a diagnosis until later on. He recognizes that having gotten some bullying in school - while definitely not desirable, did happen - forced him to be introspective, and forced him to figure out coping mechanisms on his own.

Those are beneficial skills that are well taught by experience, and overprotective parenting (whether the kid is on the spectrum or not) reduces the ability for kids to learn those skills.

Weather disaster or not, it's horrible to be thankful for a less-than-stellar jobs report.

The registered Democrat said she identifies as pro-life but doesn’t think anyone should make that choice for somebody else.

That’s … pro-choice.

Blaming "craziness" and "Trump" is wrong. Every single fascist has agency. Every single fascist is responsible for themselves.

No fucking excuses.

It's very important that we know in to make informed choices about instances going forward ^and^ ^also^ ^we^ ^love^ ^drama^

I knew it.

“Illegal Corporate In-Kind Contributions”

wat

Uhh ... kidnapping, false imprisonment, maybe torture?

Audio engineers, tyvm

Honest question(s):

Does the National Guard for a particular state answer to the governor as their "Commander in Chief"? What about State Police, County Sherrifs, local police?

If the former is "yes," and the latter is "no," that would suggest that National Guard being mobilized is a better protection against the actions of fascist police than not.

Don't get excited. That picture is a "booking photo from 2018," from some previous fuckery.

This guy and his lackeys are just out there, freely doing this shit, right now. I imagine that if someone was to head over to the Ingles Markets in Lake Lure, NC, on NC-9 just south of US 64, they might still be there.