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If that is true, it must happen very early. Some two year olds are already extremely non-autistic.
by wozer 6y ago
If that is true, it must happen very early. Some two year olds are already extremely non-autistic.
- Lammy 6y agoTwo years old is well past "very early" development stages.
- pbhjpbhj 6y agoParents in the UK will some times describe a child as "flirty", it has nothing to do with sexuality - to head that one off. They have learnt, by only a few months old, to attract attention of adults by using facial expressions, coos, and such. They certainly seem to be the other end of the spectrum wrt commanding social interaction. But I'd suspect it's more that most children have the capacity but a few just happen upon the formula early. Like we mostly have capacity to walk but some take 14 months then just get up and walk, whilst others are walking at 8 months when they can barely raise their heads; and others are crawling backwards, or shuffling on their bums because walking didn't click quite so quickly.
- nicoburns 6y agoMyers-Briggs type theory suggests that there are 8 modes of cognition, and that we all develop one first and only later begin to develop the others. Even if you don't like the Myers-Briggs stuff, I think the idea that children all develop a specific way of thinking first, but that the one that develops first isn't the same for all children is insightful.
- h0l0cube 6y agoThere's some evidence that points to reliable bio-markers in utero: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/274655 https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/274655 https://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/news/20140627/ultrasounds-autism https://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/news/20140627/ultrasounds... Such diagnostics raises troubling ethical concerns. I certainly know many on the spectrum that are perfectly fine with who they are, but if prospective parents had the ability to terminate based on some x% probability an unborn child might be 'mildly'/'moderately'/'severely' autistic...