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Texas Sues Tylenol Makers, Claiming They Hid Autism Risks
(www.nytimes.com)
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So autism is just a human condition and the spectrum includes ALL people?
No, it's just more common than previously thought. It's still a developmental disorder where the brain didn't form normally.
"Developmental Disorder" refers to a child's development after birth, not before. ASD is a developmental disorder yes, but afaik there's no evidence it is caused by a prenatal issue, ex. the brain not "forming normally".
Neurotypically, there is no "normal", there's only "does it cause issues". My understanding is that, so far, it just seems like some human brains have ASD, and the spectrum is a measure of how much it causes them issues (more specifically, is a measure of how much assistance they need to function). But there's nothing "abnormal" about having ASD any more than it's "abnormal" to be born tone deaf.
No, autism is a Developmental disorder.
And it's pretty well known that there are differences in how the brain forms in autistic people.
~~Please re-read. I said ASD is Developmental Disorder. My correction was that you are misusing the term Developmental Disorder to mean Prenatal Development. Your second link agrees with my correction.~~
I think this is my bad. You said "the brain didn't form normally" and I interpreted that to mean prenatal. But you are referring to during youth, which the paper is about. TIL, thanks 👍
But I will still say, "abnormal" doesn't mean "bad" here, which the right seem to be conflating in all their rhetoric. As I understand it, ASD is just an evolutionary mutation. The extent to which it helps/hinders each person is up to their environment. And the right, by saying ASD is abnormal and therefore bad, are creating a hindering environment.
I mean, it's literally a disability. I'm not disparaging those with ASD, my wife has it and I'm a bit on it (mostly ADHD). But I definitely won't pretend that it doesn't make life more challenging by default.
It's possible to have both autism and ADHD, but that doesn't mean ADHD is a form of autism.
I never said ADHD was autism
In the same way that degree of religiosity is a spectrum and I, as an atheist, am included at the zero end of the distribution.