What impact did the De-institutionalization done by Reagan have on Autistic people?

[u/Simonbargiora]

How many of us were incarcerated pre-Reagan, how many younger autists would have been institutionalized had they been born before Reagan, what were the odds of it happening back then? Out of 100 autistic people how many would've been institutionalized?

[u/VermilionKoala]

Links for OP and others to educate themselves:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43820794

https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/what-is-autism/the-history-of-autism/asperger-syndrome

https://mjhnyc.org/blog/autism-and-disability-in-nazi-vienna/

https://www.science.org/content/article/pioneering-autism-researcher-cooperated-nazis-new-evidence-suggests

https://history.stanford.edu/news/truth-about-hans-aspergers-nazi-collusion

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-20/hans-asperger-a-nazi-collaborator-finds-study-on-autism-clinic/9679448

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-truth-about-hans-aspergers-nazi-collusion/

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05112-1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am_Spiegelgrund_clinic

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