Autism

Neurotypical vs Autistic Perspectives?

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I’ve been writing some posts about Autism in a few other places lately, and I’ve been referencing the notion that Autistics brains neuronal connections are more structured and “fewer” than the “denser” more chaotic neuronal connections in a Neurotypical brain. This notion came from this study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-16440-z specifically the below image. (Some notes and caveats: […]

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Hypothesis: Neurotypicals lack empathy for anyone but those they’re close to, while autistics are more than capable of empathy for everyone.

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The lack of considerate behaviour I’ve seen in apparently neurotypical people (given their sheer majority, I’m making the assumption that everyone I see exhibiting these behaviours are NT) when dealing with people they don’t know is astounding. Whereas I will often go out of the may to make sure I’m not, or won’t be impinging

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