How were people with autism treated in pre-industrial times?

by yetusthefeetus

By that, I mean how would people that modern medicine would classify as Having Aspergers or high or low-functioning ASD be treated?

Holy_Shit_HeckHounds

How has autism been treated/accepted throughout history? written by u/sunagainstgold

How did people in the Middle Ages and earlier deal with Down Syndrome and autism? written by u/sungainstgold and u/lazespud2 with u/sunagainstgold linking to a previous answer about the difficulty of discussing this topic