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A human-accelerated neuron type potentially underlying autism in humans

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185 points ivewonyoung | 1 comments | 28 Sep 25 23:32 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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mikert89 ◴[29 Sep 25 00:24 UTC] No.45409274[source]▶
Pretty clear theres a tradeoff between social intelligence and other forms of intelligence
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ACCount37 ◴[29 Sep 25 00:36 UTC] No.45409330[source]▶
Is there now?

High functioning autism exists, but autism in general doesn't seem to give any advantage to general intelligence. And the low end of functioning in autism is really, really low.

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ok_dad ◴[29 Sep 25 01:05 UTC] No.45409489[source]▶
The spectrum doesn’t work that way, it’s more like a grab bag of traits than a “low to high” thing. High functioning is often just a way to dismiss the needs for certain autistic individuals who can mask very well.
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1. bigfatkitten ◴[29 Sep 25 01:15 UTC] No.45409537{3}[source]▶
And for girls in particular, who go mostly undiagnosed because they tend to present very differently to boys.