Some autistic people have to wear helmets and spend all day rocking back and forth eating anything they find in the carpet. The are unable to care for themselves and depend fully on others.

These people are not operating within the nominal range of human behavior that might be classified as "functional."

Only 20-30% of adult Autistics can even hold a job. Not a 'good' job, mind you, ANY job.

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hoppp 2 hours ago | parent [-]

90% of autistics are undiagnosed and work.

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mapontosevenths an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I kind of thought that the fact I provided a number at all implied that it referred to the diagnosed, but the point that we can't know what we don't know is fair.

Still, my point stands. Most people who have it badly enough to get diagnosed can't hold jobs. Autism isn't some quirky personality trait that makes you a special cool kid on Tik-tok. It's a government recognized disability.

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switchbak 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Wouldn't that be "???"% of autistics are undiagnosed? Because ... they're undiagnosed?

	▲	hoppp 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The 90% is mentioned very commonly. In Uk they made studies about this: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/up-to-90-of-middle-aged-and-older...

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lemming an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

87.93% of statistics are completely made up on the spot.