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Thursday 01 January 2026 22:30:00 GMT
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Theresa Marrocco :
I’ve always thought that autistic people are more intelligent and misunderstood
2026-01-02 15:55:03
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Izzy :
my jaw dropped when he said "repair it"
2026-02-01 23:48:45
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Atouchoflight :
WE AINT BROKEN. We needs to learn how to tap into this gift. We are evolution. NO need to repair it .
2026-01-02 23:22:57
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jhayepolo :
If you don’t have a low functioning non speaking autistic child then don’t say we don’t want a cure! I yearn to hear my child’s voice and watch him have friends and play sports like a normal functioning kid his age!!
2026-01-20 11:55:19
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jodi.from.oz :
Wow. So the brain is more active
2026-01-02 02:38:58
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Ulliz :
My autistic son is smarter and more emotionally intelligent than a ”normal” adult, I wouldn’t change a thing.
2026-02-01 07:55:17
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Lilsuzy :
WE DO NOT NEED FIXING! we need people to be acceptable to differences. Why should we have to change to fit into your world
2026-02-01 14:01:34
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Millie :
You lost me at repairing it😬
2026-01-27 22:44:42
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Kb56 :
I would hope now they know we don't want to FIX Autism. I teach kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder and everyday they improve my life, they open my eyes to the world and make me realize that they're seeing things. Do not rewire it. I love them the way they are
2026-01-03 01:25:23
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🌻Bec 🙈 🇦🇺 :
This implies that all autistic people have the same abilities and they need fixing. Neither are true.
2026-01-02 05:42:54
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Wkdtaz :
Think the language of being fixed could have been better phrased. That was a bit disappointing to hear.
2026-01-02 04:34:48
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Rhys :
really don't like the fact that there is an explicit statement that "we don't yet know enough about the brain to actually know what each of those pieces are" but have already decided that it's "damaged" and needs "fixing"
2026-01-06 18:27:41
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shivamariadebacke :
our brains are not damaged. They're like a Ferrari car with bicycles breaks. nothing is broken.
2026-01-31 18:37:51
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Sab :
Perhaps you could consider not using “normal” as the goal terminology or needing to be “fixed”?
2026-01-02 14:10:45
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moni,rey41 :
Wow to me that looks like we have more things going on which isn’t a bad thing. What would the world be? Like? If we didn’t have autistic and ADHD people around? We’re so much much more empathetic and so much more sensitive to injustice in the world and there’s so much of us out there. It’s not a problem to be fixed. It’s something that needs to be understood and we need to be worked with.
2026-01-02 04:32:46
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selenakam86 :
not damaged.
2026-07-23 18:27:03
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Ratatatatatatta :
Looks like we’re just more switched on, and understand more meanings and connections
2026-01-04 01:25:50
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Danixxx :
“Damaged part of the brain”! Whaaat?!
2026-02-01 19:02:48
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Fox Photography :
We aren't broken. The world is. How about trying to adjust the world so we can have a more normal experience instead of coming for our brains.
2026-01-24 04:35:13
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Lou :
The brain doesn’t need to be repaired to dull it down this is where they are getting it soo wrong
2026-01-02 21:04:17
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🐞 Little Lady Bug 🐞 :
Wait, why are we of this opinion that autism is something to fix?
2026-01-04 13:54:11
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Shahrazad1001 :
my brain is not broken and I DO NOT NEED to be fixed
2026-02-01 07:12:48
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Nin 🇦🇺 :
Because we don’t have the synaptic pruning that happens in typically developing children. The connections stay active as well as retained primitive reflexes, input of sensory stimulus processing is then affected (as per the working memory model) and it can be a nebulous mess. This is also compounded by comorbidies like intellectual disability, autoimmune issues and other neurodivergence’s that occur. Neurobiology is in its infancy and a lot of what we know of the brain is flawed or poorly understood. This is one persons brain. Brains are not uniform or work the same. It’s dangerous to think it can be repaired.
2026-01-02 05:26:47
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sal._.irl :
“We will repair it!” Oh.., so this was never about us was it.
2026-02-02 07:54:45
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Kathryn :
Tylenol has nothing to do with it.
2026-01-02 03:31:47
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