Somewhat deep thought

August 11th, 2008, 7:41 pm · Post a Comment · posted by Sam Miller, The Orange County Register

It’s likely that at least thousands, and perhaps millions, of people throughout history had autism but were never diagnosed — never understood that thing that made them different. What undiagnosed disorders will be discovered after we’re dead and buried? And how do you and I know we don’t have it?

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