Tommy Martin M.D.
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Monday 21 September 2026 11:30:45 GMT
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theJoyof TikTok :
But what about rosemary?
2026-09-21 13:52:41
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phoenixflare91 :
He seems to not realize Temple Grandin. Who is older than him and changes the whole agricultural industry.
2026-09-21 16:01:33
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🩵 T 🩵 🏴🇮🇹🇪🇸 :
As someone who is almost 50 its because we hid them back then
2026-09-21 12:05:33
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Cheshire Cat :
Because they’re locked away.
2026-09-21 13:01:46
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Kari B Jewelry :
because they were institutionalized... hidden away in shame so that no one had to explain why their child was so different
2026-09-21 13:04:38
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Lux 🇳🇱🇩🇰🇮🇸 :
I work with adults who have ASD or other lifelong neurodevelopmental condition. My oldest patient is 84 years old. It angers me that people in power spout so many misconceptions about an already marginalised community.
2026-09-21 13:14:59
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ruralgenxer :
You also don’t see these adults as often because they are still being hidden. My very disabled brother is 37. Doctors were still telling parents to institutionalize when he was a kid. I volunteered at a school for the disabled in the late 90s early 2000s. Majority of those kids lived in group homes or care facilities. They rarely went anywhere other than school and school stopped at 21 or 22. I can’t recall now.
2026-09-22 01:50:31
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Steffanie Winne :
his age they were locked away i work with elderly sever autistic
2026-09-21 17:05:57
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CeliacShelle :
He is not qualified for his job
2026-09-22 01:42:32
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Cora :
First person I think of is Temple Grandin. And in the 1950s, her pediatrician told her mom to put her in an institution because she was nonverbal. So right there that should tell anyone that almost all children that were nonverbal were put into an institution and more than likely died.
2026-09-22 02:15:17
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Abby ❤️ :
This. I keep telling people that autism has always been around but they were institutionalized so of course you didn’t see them and somehow no one believes that.
2026-09-21 12:30:59
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Chris :
I work in a residential facility for adults with learning disabilities and over half of them have lived there since it opened in 1989
2026-09-21 13:49:55
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nebhsyyhgfofioobh :
I’ve never, myself, seen an elephant- has no bearing on the reality they exist. Hope it helps!
2026-09-21 22:51:36
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camillion :
Funny I take care of elderly patients with autism now. But you are 100% right.
2026-09-21 12:15:03
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Denise Wolownik :
Most of the adults who have severe autism are in group homes because their parents are to elderly to manage them or no longer living.Im a home health nurse and i care for them frequently
2026-09-21 14:36:57
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Mandy :
Thank you! The “You never saw them before” comment irritates me so much. My son has autism and is non verbal and whenever I hear people say that I always remind them of what was done in the past.
2026-09-21 13:32:25
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Mia :
I see a group of 50 of these adults almost every single day. At a day center.
2026-09-21 12:49:51
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Angie :
as someone with a profoundly autistic son, who has been in a residential facility for the last year and a half, this literally makes my blood boil.
2026-09-21 12:22:29
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JulieJ :
also can we talk about how individuals with Autism have a shorter life expectancy :(
2026-09-21 14:22:57
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Chloe :
If my child lives to be 70, I would be 90. Let that sink in. A 90 year old parent might not be able to take their child out and about. Also an elderly person with autism might not have parents still living. They might be living in a nursing home.
2026-09-21 14:27:45
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KFN.CRAFTS :
my grandmother born 1909. had an aunt. it was called " touched" back then tied to a chair with a hole in it with bucket under neath. she would rock back and forth. she would hiss. not talk she was 20 years older then grandma. its did not have a name but it was the same thing. I toe walk, I eloped as a child, I have special interests. I was labeled "quirky" or in some cases "r word" it was not named until I hit 50 years old. my aunt was special because her family kept her. my mom was asked if she wanted to put me in an asylum when I was 5. thats why its not common us older people either were not labeled correctly,died from neglect, or put away from the world.
2026-09-21 16:04:05
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cuca :
RFK needs to look harder
2026-09-21 13:58:56
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Esther Aradóttir :
I’m a care worker and I have patients with these “symptoms” who are in their 60s 🤔
2026-09-21 12:30:48
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J.TT.acct :
My aunt is nearing 70 years old and she has tuberous sclerosis, severe intellectual disability, and autism. She wasn’t diagnosed when “levels” were used but she would be “profound” or level 3. She was institutionalized but going strong now.
2026-09-21 12:17:38
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deborahmoreland7 :
Just because he hasn't seen them does not mean that there are folks at this age🥺🥺🥺such a negative statement!
2026-09-21 11:43:59
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