[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.
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       | 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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