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Autistic savant who’s able to read extremely quickly and remember the vast majority of it, inspired Rainman
After meeting Kim Peek, Dustin Hoffman was inspired to play Rainman, an autistic savant who exists only as a character for entertainment.
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Get the Kim Peek mug.A mental health condition typically characterized by impaired social skills, obsessive interests, repetitive behaviors, and stimming. The spectrum is famously gigantic, and each individual with autism is different. Most people with this condition aren’t savants although some are. Some people with this condition “pass” as not having it as there’s symptom overlap between autistic people non-autistic people.
Hans Asperger was the first psychologist to have observed autism. He thought of it as a neurological difference to be respected. Leo Kanner took credit for his work and introduced a harsher view of autism.
This culminated in autism being thought of as childhood “psychosis” that resulted from bad parenting. Many people believe that autism rates have been increasing when, in fact, autism diagnosis has only been increasing because of the changing medical model.
This culminated in autism being thought of as childhood “psychosis” that resulted from bad parenting. Many people believe that autism rates have been increasing when, in fact, autism diagnosis has only been increasing because of the changing medical model.
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Get the Autism mug.Noun: (slang) The posterior of a human body, often called the butt or booty. This would be my favorite part of the body if it weren’t for the brain.
Dude 1: For real dawg, dat ass caught me off guard.
Dude 2: Sexist.
Dude 1: What’s sexist about noticing an ass?
Dude 2: You’re objectifying women right now.
Dude 1: No, I am simply observing how dat ass caught me off guard.
Dude 2: In verbalizing that observation, you are normalizing rape culture and objectifying women.
Dude 1: Whatever you say bro, I’m still shook from dat ass.
Dude 2: Sexist.
Dude 1: What’s sexist about noticing an ass?
Dude 2: You’re objectifying women right now.
Dude 1: No, I am simply observing how dat ass caught me off guard.
Dude 2: In verbalizing that observation, you are normalizing rape culture and objectifying women.
Dude 1: Whatever you say bro, I’m still shook from dat ass.
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The idea of countering the lingering effects of slavery and Jim Crow laws on black Americans (redlining, school-to-prison pipeline, housing and employment discrimination, etc.) with money, Welfare, and/or Affirmative Action.
Popularized by Ta-Nehisi Coates in “We Were Eight Years in Power” (2017)
The idea of countering the lingering effects of slavery and Jim Crow laws on black Americans (redlining, school-to-prison pipeline, housing and employment discrimination, etc.) with money, Welfare, and/or Affirmative Action.
Popularized by Ta-Nehisi Coates in “We Were Eight Years in Power” (2017)
Bernie Sanders, despite supporting democratic socialism, did not support the idea of reparations in his 2016 campaign.
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