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> What is the opposite of autism? Some would say Williams Syndrome. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126224885 http://www.npr.org/templates

• sudosteph 9y ago
  Is there a scientific basis for that statement? Sure some of the symptoms seem opposite (but others are actually kind of similar), but the genetic component of that disease is pretty specific and well understood. Not like autism which has been much harder to pin down on any single chromosome.
  • wlesieutre 9y ago
    If what we're talking about is the societal impact of people's behavior, does the genetic basis matter? Maybe AnthonyMouse could've been more precise and said "personal behavior opposite of behaviors characteristic of people on the autism spectrum", but that's awfully wordy and pretty clearly what he was getting at.