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Originally posted by taxwonk
I'm not sure which is the bigger problem, the fact that the Army recvruiters tried to take an autistic child, or the fact that he passed the entrance exam.
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I'm not necessarily surprised that he passed the exam. I mean, Temple Grandin has a Ph.D. in Animal Science* and this kid sounds like his autism is not as severe as hers.
*I read her book Animals in Translation about a month ago, which I highly recommend to everyone.**
**Except maybe Hank. There is some discussion of evolution in there that he may not like.
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"In the olden days before the internet, you'd take this sort of person for a ride out into the woods and shoot them, as Darwin intended, before he could spawn."--Will the Vampire People Leave the Lobby? pg 79
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