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Originally Posted by Doonge
Perhaps it sounded condescending to you because you're not familiar with the matter?
Highly functionning autists are usually very valuable as it's oftentimes paired with high IQ.
But on the side, there might be communication problems.
There's a very broad spectrum, and I wasn't making two groups: one with functionning and another with non functionning (I gave no indication of the amount). I was saying that there exist HIGHLY functionning autists that are very very valuable, so I don't think autist is ALWAYS a net bad.
Sometimes, autist is thrown off as an insult, and it's because some autists are very handicapped.
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my native language is french.
About intangible, I have troubles understanding, I think it's wrong in that case. Your "ebook" is stored on somepart of a hard drive, and you could see those parts if you wanted. Interpreting the ebook into something readable is another matter, but it's not intangible I believe? If you don't know braille for instance, you couldn't read a braille book either, but you could see it.
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On the autism part, it was your phrasing. You implied there was something wrong with HarryT. Therefore I read it as insulting to both HarryT and anyone who might be autistic or any form of a handicap.
I am pretty sure if I asked if your IQ was below 60, I would get heavily moderated if not suspended.
I could hold a book in braille and yes some people could read it. Now I couldn't read it because I don't know braille.
You cannot physically hold an ebook.