• Lexam@lemmy.worldM
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    2 months ago

    The Onion is a Satirical News site for anyone who might not know. It is also a Satirical News site for anyone who might know.

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    2 months ago

    According to the Centers for Disease Control, 1 in 31 U.S. children is diagnosed with ASD, also known as autism spectrum disorder. The Onion dispels the common myths surrounding autism.

    MYTH: Autism is caused by vaccines.

    FACT: There is no scientific evidence that the microchips inside vaccines are linked to autism.

    MYTH: All autistic people are good at math.

    FACT: All autistic people are good at Wave Race 64.

    MYTH: Bad parenting causes autism.

    FACT: Bad parenting causes people to believe that bad parenting causes autism.

    MYTH: Only boys can be autistic.

    FACT: Girls were given access to the spectrum in 1983.

    MYTH: There weren’t autistic people in the past.

    FACT: Who do you think categorized all the bugs?

    MYTH: All autistic people have a special skill.

    FACT: Autistic people are often just as useless as the rest of us.

    MYTH: Autistic people will use martial arts to kill my family.

    FACT: The Accountant and The Accountant 2 are works of fiction.

    MYTH: Some people with autism may never work.

    FACT: That’s awesome, good for them.

    MYTH: You should have been much, much nicer to your classmates with autism growing up.

    FACT: This one checks out, actually.

  • SavvyWolf@pawb.social
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    2 months ago

    This is blatant misinformation.

    I suck at Wave Race 64 even though I’ve played it a lot. ;_;