- cross-posted to:
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- wired@ibbit.at
- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
- wired@ibbit.at
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The headline is completely misleading & false, but since it supports people’s biases, everyone is mindlessly agreeing with it.
If you want to actually learn about the cause of autism, and similar conditions, review the evidence: https://humanmicrobiome.info/brain/
Sure, I could listen to scientists about the complex nature of genes and brain development or I could listen to someone else. Someone like RJK Jr, a man whose brain literally has worms in it. Whose boss, Trumpie, whose brain is turning into mush.
Check mate scientists.
Me: I got my MMR boosted at 56, I take Tylenol, and I am circumcised. Now I have autism.
Friend: You had autism before.
Me: Oh! Right!
But the foreskin?
It’s the combo. Tylenol and circumcision.
People imitate their parents.
If parents make emotional, short-sighted choices, their kids will grow up thinking that’s how it’s done.
“Autism” is just what we call qualities in our children that we want to slap a label on, so we don’t have to admit they learned it from us and we make irresponsible decisions too.
That username fits.
“This person is challenging a dubious status quo with a take I personally find uncomfortable, I know, I’ll change the subject and insult them” believe it or not you have actually just demonstrated my point
No shit sherlock.
Autism isn’t one thing, it’s an umbrella term for tons of different degrees and various behaviors that often overlap with and co-minging with other neurological conditions. Oftentimes it’s barely differentiable.
Almost like it’s a spectrum. Wild idea, I know.
Based on a couple responses, I think it is important to remember that science depends upon testing of hypotheses, no matter how “obvious” they may seem. We are not the armchair philosophers of yesteryear.
Now that we’re starting to establish that autism may be a whole series of conditions, (which will still need further validation and hence more studies of the exact same thing) we can start identifying them in order to better understand them.
Too bad fash care about power and violent control, not science.
Same thing with ADHD. There are at least two distinct subtypes, but likely more.
obviously. society treats neurodivergency as, well, “divergent” when honestly, it could probably just be considered a different normal.
not unlike many other variations in behaviour, am i overthinking this?
No. The problem is pathologizing it. And those who self-pathologize themselves over it and use ‘normie’ as an insult.
Sadly people generally have a obsessive need to pathologize and demonize anything different than them.
i mean, considering these people “divergent” and drugging them to function more like so-called neurotypicals is essentially pathologizing them, no?
i feel pretty pathologized when i have to conform to “normie” work schedules, expectations and such. and the constant demand to zoink myself with dangerous controlled drugs to act more like them.
those who self-pathologize
Which describes a good chunk of lemmy.
Describing perfectly normal human foibles, thoughts and feelings: “Look at me! I’m ADHD and autistic and neurodivergent and that makes me totally special! You wouldn’t understand.”
Motherfuckers need to watch The Breakfast Club. We’re all struggling in our own ways, but under the hood we’re pretty much all the same.
they don’t have the attention span to watch a 90 minute movie.
God, I hate people who do that. There’s something fundamentally wrong with them.
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There are many genes associated with autism, such as SCN2A, ANK2, and SHANK2. Any disruption to the gene expression of these genes can cause autistic traits. There are many diseases that disrupt these genes, and they can even have an effect after brain development.
That’s why the Heath secretary is blaming Tylenol AND circumcisions.
They are incredibly stupid but if stupidity stops male genital mutilation it’s a small win
I took Tylenol after my circumscision; how am I not double autistic?
Two autisms cancel each other out because they have opposite polarities. It’s basically some science.
So if they re-circumcised their penis then it’s back to autism?
You are. Sorry to be the one to break the news.
The buff doesn’t stack.
That’s only of paracetamol is the analgesic used while chopping
Looking back on medicine’s understanding of mental conditions, where things got lumped into ridiculous categories like “idiocy,” and then treated with lobotomies, it’s extremely easy to imagine that we are far from understanding it all.
Idiocy is still a huge problem though.
But, but but, what about Tylenol? /s
That’s it, next time i can’t be bothered to make another uncomfortable phone call I’m using the Tylenol™ Defense®
How many autisms fit in one tylenol? How many vaccines in an autism?
