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* DiseaseByAnyOtherName: Natalie is severely autistic, but it's 1935, and autism won't be described until the 1940s, and it isn't added to the DSM until 1980. There's some DeliberateValuesDissonance. The other Alcatraz kids ask Moose if she's "retarded", and he's angered by this, but he can't really refute it. Given the time, that may well be her literal diagnosis. In the short term Natalie ends up with a teacher named Mrs. Kelly, who says she's not supposed to count, rock, play with her buttons, etc, which in modern parlance would be called "suppressing stimming" and is frowned upon. On the other hand, Mrs. Kelly also advises bringing Natalie along on errands so she's not isolated at home, which is reasonably in keeping with modern advice.

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* DiseaseByAnyOtherName: Natalie is severely autistic, but it's 1935, and autism 1935. Autism won't be described until the 1940s, 1940s and it isn't won't be added to the DSM until 1980. There's some DeliberateValuesDissonance. The other Alcatraz kids ask Moose if she's "retarded", and he's angered by this, but he can't really refute it. Given the time, that may well be her literal diagnosis. In the short term Natalie ends up with a teacher named Natalie's short-term teacher, Mrs. Kelly, who says she's not supposed to count, rock, play with her buttons, etc, which in etc. In modern parlance that would be called "suppressing stimming" and is it's frowned upon. On the other hand, Mrs. Kelly also advises bringing the family bring Natalie along on errands so she's not isolated at home, which is reasonably in keeping with modern advice.

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