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Can’t speak to everything, but I remember reading about special schools and workplaces for (I think) autistic people. Places where the person’s individual strengths and sensitivities are respected and where the people are able to really thrive. It could have been something like a restaurant and a workshop with caretakers and maybe even parents present.

I’ll try to remember to find the article when I have time.

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China is often demonized for treating their mentally ill harshly (in the West), but from reading your post, China seems way more progressive than a society like America.

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I imagine it may depend on the area. China’s a big, varied, ever-changing place.

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gotta love the accusations of cruelty from the country that lobotomized the president’s sister one time to keep her in line

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Huh? I know jfk’s sister was lobotomized but to keep her in line? What was she doing?

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I know a friend in China who is Autistic and trans.

They say things are improving.

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This explains physically disabled treatment in china. https://www.prisoncensorship.info/archive/etext/classics/lifeundermao/deaf1.pdf https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability_in_China

This one is about the USSR but still relevant. https://isreview.org/issue/103/disability-and-soviet-union-advances-and-retreats/index.html

but to answer your question communism is based on “From each according to his ability to each according to his need.” so as long as the material conditions allow for it mentally disabled should be treated well. https://www.scribd.com/document/256390020/Disability-Studies-a-Historical-Materialist-View

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I think China is better toward us Autistic people.

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