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17 Sep 2018, 10:10 am

Watch this:

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAetR34W8dI>

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20 Sep 2018, 7:12 pm

It's wonderful to see a YouTube speaker saying positive things about autism. I posted the video onto my Facebook page. Thank you for sharing it. :)


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20 Sep 2018, 7:21 pm

CockneyRebel wrote:
It's wonderful to see a YouTube speaker saying positive things about autism. I posted the video onto my Facebook page. Thank you for sharing it. :)

And, he is funny, too!


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21 Sep 2018, 4:30 am

Enjoyed that, thanks for sharing :)



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21 Sep 2018, 9:27 am

MrsPeel wrote:
Enjoyed that, thanks for sharing :)

You are quite welcome!


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27 Sep 2018, 8:22 am

That was pretty entertaining xD That guy is pretty funny as well it seems :P



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19 Nov 2020, 1:00 pm

Positive stereotypes


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