[HN Gopher] Noisy brain may underlie some of autism's sensory fe...
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Noisy brain may underlie some of autism's sensory features
Author : wjb3
Score : 36 points
Date : 2024-01-18 20:53 UTC (2 hours ago)
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| swayvil wrote:
| My bet is on "uncommon attention management strategy".
| lcnPylGDnU4H9OF wrote:
| I'm one who has identified much with descriptions of Autism but
| never been diagnosed. In particular, the descriptions of
| monotropism[0] feel like a personal attack. :) The article
| doesn't seem to mention it but it's common to see similar
| commentary from diagnosed autistic people who have been
| introduced to the idea.
|
| Now just to find a competent neurologist who's willing to run a
| brain scan.
|
| 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotropism
| mrangle wrote:
| Differential diagnosis for adult type 1 autism is really
| tricky. Due to the fact that so many symptoms are shared with
| other diagnoses. In addition to monotropism, you'd want to find
| at least one or two other differentiating traits that are not
| commonly shared with other diagnoses.
|
| You can probably do much of that research and introspection on
| your own. At least to the point of getting more of a head
| start. The clinical option is a team diagnosis, which will be
| expensive. You'd want to weigh what the benefits vs risks
| (cost, medical records, etc) are for formal diagnosis vs
| informal (yourself as diagnostician). Especially considering
| lack of direct treatments.
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