>I cant tell my feelings apart so i only experience one
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So, some people take the myth to the other extreme. Just because autism correlates with low IQ doesn't mean *all* autistic people are dumb. There was this guy at work who I called autistic, and my manager and a shift leader were like, "he's actually really smart". Like, okay, but I didn't say he was dumb, I said he was autistic.

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And, no, I didn't say it to his face, it was in private. I genuinely think the guy was on the spectrum, I wasn't just being a dick.

I’m pretty sure the invention of the hyperlink made everyone under 30 have terminal ADHD

Autism is correlated with high intelligence

I believe you’re thinking of Down syndrome

“What about this” x 9000000000

No, that's a myth, autism is correlated with low intelligence

let me look it up

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Yeah downs syndrome is definitely not correlated with high intelligence lol

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Asperger's high iq, autism low

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21272389

Asperger's is no longer considered autism

yep it correlates with low IQ

Down’s syndrome is completely different. There are serious physiologic changes with downs.

They don’t live to be very old

I had no idea that Asperger's was divorced from autism

Do autists live to be old? I heard that IQ actually correlates with lifespan.

Theyre just buckets of symptoms that show up together. They have no underlying causal theory

The latest DSM tightened up the reqs for autism diagnosis, so aspies aren't autists officially

IQ correlates to being based and redpilled.

It does, but only because high IQ people tend to take better care of themselves

@Jacob that's actually a good question, most of the autistic folks that I've known in my day have other underlying health issues that would prevent them from living a long life. But that doesn't mean all of them do that's just an anecdotal experience

Or low iq people die off

oh ya that's another thing
"autism" just refers to described behaviors
it's not really an *actual* condition @Perihelion - CA

And make more money for better treatments

Saying that you behaved a certain way because of your autism is a tautology

True

Has Down syndrome always existed or is it a new thing?

Most modern psychology is tautology

Well, that doesn't mean it isn't useful

Always, they just used to be left in the woods

@Jacob I just learned a new word

Describing behaviors can still be useful

You can see downies in ancient and medieval art

@Jordan - MD Did you have to look it up or was it obvious from context?