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Re:Is autism the legacy of humans evolving the ability to in... by schwartzworld on Sunday March 14, 2021 @07:11AM (#26454366)
> the increased awareness and access to medical professionals could also explain an upward trend in diagnosis.

I don't see how any other hypothesis can even be considered until this is controlled for. How many people diagnosed as autistic today would have, had they lived in the past, been considered as having mental illness or intellectual disability? Would those who are high-functioning even be diagnosed as having anything at all, or just thought of as eccentric or a little touched?

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Re:Is autism the legacy of humans evolving the ability to in... by h0l0cube on Sunday March 14, 2021 @09:05AM (#26455039)
What bothers me more is that people on this forum, which is most likely over-represented by the broad autism phenotype, and so quick to 'other' autism. Might not even have dawned on them that they might be talking a little about themselves.
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Re:Is autism the legacy of humans evolving the ability to in... by schwartzworld on Sunday March 14, 2021 @01:13PM (#26456909)
Fair point.
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