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  "id": 5018941,
  "title": "Em Rusciano thought she was a ‘broken, lesser human’. Her autism diagnosis changed everything",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/em-rusciano-thought-she-was-a-broken-lesser-human-her-autism",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-02T05:00:00.000Z",
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  "summary": "The comedian was convinced that unless someone “chose” her, she was a failure. Now, she’s tackling the lies women have been sold.",
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        "title": "Em Rusciano thought she was a ‘broken, lesser human’. Her autism diagnosis changed everything",
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        "published": "2026-09-02T05:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}