Re:Is autism the legacy of humans evolving the ability to in...
by skissane on Saturday March 13, 2021 @06:55PM
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> I once read a theory that it was caused by
One thing that is almost certainly true: ASD doesn't have a single cause. Any theory to explain ASD is, at the very best, only going to explain a minority of cases, and even in those cases quite possibly only partially.
ASD is caused by a complex interaction of dozens of poorly understood factors, and the mix of causes differs widely from individual to individual
It is a very complex phenomenon, and all simplistic explanations in terms of a single cause are doomed to fail
One thing that is almost certainly true: ASD doesn't have a single cause. Any theory to explain ASD is, at the very best, only going to explain a minority of cases, and even in those cases quite possibly only partially.
ASD is caused by a complex interaction of dozens of poorly understood factors, and the mix of causes differs widely from individual to individual
It is a very complex phenomenon, and all simplistic explanations in terms of a single cause are doomed to fail