Re:Autism, Through the Eyes of a Computer
by coldtea on Sunday February 04, 2024 @05:28PM
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This description is not even wrong. It's random misunderstandings combined.
There's a list of autism symptoms used diagnostically. The list above is nowhere even close. Neither High IQ is used as a diagnostic of autism (and you can have autism and low IQ), nor ADHD (hell, until recently it was the opposite: doctors used to believe you can't have both ADHD and autism), nor bipolar disorder (at best a comorbidity).
I'll give you "eye sensitivity" (sensory sensitivity), which is one of the diagnostic symptoms.
As for loneliness, that is a second order effect under certain social circumstances, not a psysiological result of autism. Might as well consider bullying a symptom.
There's a list of autism symptoms used diagnostically. The list above is nowhere even close. Neither High IQ is used as a diagnostic of autism (and you can have autism and low IQ), nor ADHD (hell, until recently it was the opposite: doctors used to believe you can't have both ADHD and autism), nor bipolar disorder (at best a comorbidity).
I'll give you "eye sensitivity" (sensory sensitivity), which is one of the diagnostic symptoms.
As for loneliness, that is a second order effect under certain social circumstances, not a psysiological result of autism. Might as well consider bullying a symptom.