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[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 23 points 6 months ago

Scientists concluded this in the 1990s, and then had to produce yet another study to unequivocally state it again after every time someone claimed to have found the “cause”.

This is part of the reason it was re-named ASD in the first place; it describes a set of atypical neurological development symptoms, not an identifiable state of being. Kind of like “cancer” describes an atypical cellular reproductive state, not a pathogen attacking your cells. Both can be caused by many different factors or combination of factors.

Of course, with ASD, it doesn’t even mean there’s anything particularly wrong most of the time; just atypical, resulting in a person whose thoughts are weighted differently than historically typical, with less interpretation of social cues and a greater ability to focus.

[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

with less interpretation of social cues and a greater ability to focus.

"ability to focus" is more accurately described as "tendency to focus". "ability to focus" connotes control over focus, which... from lived experience and what I've read, just isn't generally true. Autistic inertia – the inability to defocus and then focus on a new context – is very real. Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder not just because of an ignorance of social cues but because of how rigid, inflexible patterns of behavior often interfere with daily life.

[-] Pickleideas@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago
[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 months ago

But chief US stientists have discovered that it's all caused by Tylenol!

[-] klammeraffe@lemmy.cafe 4 points 6 months ago

If you’re smart, you’ll buy Tylenol stock and bank on the rebound.

[-] logicbomb@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

That's not true. RFK Jr recently said it was from circumcisions.

[-] Goun@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

I thought we already knew, it's a spectrum

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 months ago

A spectrum suggests varying degrees of a single condition, and would be compatible with both the hypothesis that all occurrences of this condition share a cause and the hypothesis of multiple causes. So to claim there are multiple causes is different from saying that cases fall on a spectrum. It tells you that multiple conditions can appear the same way, so they get diagnostically grouped together based on symptoms even though the underlying causes, and so the appropriate treatments, can be quite different.

[-] Angelevo@feddit.nl 2 points 6 months ago

In other news: scientists reconfirmed the wheel to be round.

[-] SolidShake@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Great so now I’ve been downing Tylenol for no reason?

FUCK!

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It says no single thing, so you need to do multiple things, yeah? Get circumcized. 🤷‍♂️

[-] KonalaKoala@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

In other words, "Scientists Conclude Both Trump & RFK Jr. Are Utter A**holes For Believing Autism Is Caused By Tylenol, And You Should Be Voting For Democrats Instead"

[-] auraithx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It’s multiple conditions we group together naively based on surface level symptoms. Same for many disorders.

The type that comes with gender and sexual fluidity, bendyness, ADHD = rccx caused ASD.

Then that will have multiple subtypes based on mutation combination within the rccx module.

(The RCCX module would’ve been excluded from the genetic analysis the report this article is based on - due to its complexity).

Severe/non-verbal ASD is more likely completely unrelated and caused by dendritic abnormalities (reduced or excessive branching, immature spines, disrupted morphology, etc)

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

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