4.11 “You might be autistic.”

In this conversation, Robert and Michael discuss yardsticks for being autistic, invisible handicaps, internalized ableism, grade school troubles, and the strength of having true peers. Authority experiments The Milgram Shock Experiment: Summary, Results, & Ethics [https://www.simplypsychology.org/milgram.html] Imposter syndrome https://www.putchildrenfirst.org/the-challenge-of-impostor-syndrome-for-individuals-with-autism Adaptive skills What Are Adaptive Skills? [Definition, Types & Benefits] - LMS Hero [https://lmshero.com/adaptive-skills/] Pleasantries do not come naturally to NDs Stop Asking Neurodivergent People to Change the Way They Communicate [https://hbr.org/2022/10/stop-asking-neurodivergent-people-to-change-the-way-they-communicate] Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023) - IMDb [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7985704/] Extraordinary Attorney Woo  Extraordinary Attorney Woo - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_Attorney_Woo] It Gets Better ad campaign It Gets Better Project - YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/user/itgetsbetterproject] Internalized ableism 12 Ways Disabled People Experience Internalized Ableism [https://themighty.com/topic/disability/internalized-ableism-experiences/] Arthur Conan Doyle, Houdini, and Spiritualism - they almost came to blows over a seance The Strange Friendship Between Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Office for Science and Society - McGill University [https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/history-you-asked/how-did-sir-arthur-conan-doyle-trick-houdini] Guggenheim fellowship 1998 Robert Smythe - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation [https://www.gf.org/fellows/robert-smythe/]