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Many highly successful people, including the likes of Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Bill Gates, have been included on lists of famous people with autism (though they were never diagnosed). What exactly is autism? How is it different than Asperger's syndrome? What is internalized ableism and what is neurodiversity? This is what we'll talk about today.

Many thanks to Jordi Busqué for helping with this video http://jordibusque.com/

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00:00 Intro
00:48 Autism and Asperger's
3:01 On the Spectrum
5:38 Who Has It
9:23 What Causes It?
12:01 Treatment
13:40 Neurodiversity
18:01 The Neurodiversity Backlash
20:26 Summary
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