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It's not whether it existed or not, it's the prevalence of it. Nothing wrong with it of course.
Neither the greeks nor the romans were particularly shy about it and... Let's call it non-christian ideas about sex have cropped up at various places and various times in history. That's before the invention of plastics, so it got to be some good proof to be able to point a clear finger away from culture and towards plastics.
Routine treatment for autism, that would be something.
I agree with you though.
Routine treatment for autism is applied behavior analysis. While ABA has its origins a hundred years ago, the field as it currently exists is very new, having really only developed in the last 25 years
Good to know. I’ve never heard of it and it’s not a thing in my country.