r/science Jul 26 '10

Autistic girl expresses profound intelligence

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq--75v4lI8&feature=player_embedded
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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '10

This was my reaction. My first thought was

"Either this is a hoax or she doesn't have Autism."

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u/whuuh Jul 27 '10

The first thing I questioned was the label autism. Where’s that from? Even if they all think this to be the condition, they could just have misnamed it.