"...In 1925, Sukhareva clearly described older boys who were writing for a school newspaper in a great literary style, playing musical instruments, creating art, connecting deeply with nature and select individuals, and holding on to their ethical principles. They also had sensory sensitivities, limited motor coordination, intense idiosyncratic interests, and difficulties with socializing..."

I'm adjacent to autistic, so I keep an eye out.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/positively-different/202603/the-erasure-that-altered-who-counts-as-autistic/amp

#misogyny #medicine #autism

The Erasure That Altered Who "Counts" as Autistic

The "too articulate" people we’re now told "invaded" autism were there from the very start. The person who first described them in 1925 was erased from autism's history.

Psychology Today