I was never one to really board the whole autism vac thing.. but I mean. There are an awful lot of em these days it seems. I am but one man who can only live one life time, so my perspective and scope is admittedly quite limited. I have no idea if humanity has just been silently dealing with them since time immemorial, but with the internet, it sure feels like there's been a spike in my lifetime.

I know the mid 20th century had that whole psyche ward thing going on, but I'm pretty sure those were mostly populated by schizophrenics. Not autists.