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My point is that autism is already treated by the medical system as many disorders and not as a single thing. The reason they all share a common label is for po

My point is that autism is already treated by the medical system as many disorders and not as a single thing. The reason they all share a common label is for political reasons, where it makes sense to group them together. But the actual medical system does not treat them as having anything in common, let alone as being homogeneous.

coldtea 1mo ago
>But the actual medical system does not treat them as having anything in common, let alone as being homogeneous. That's not really true. Not to mention the very TFA, and the research that led to papers like it, is based on the opposite.
- Alex3917 1mo ago
  I mean you can literally upload your genetic methylation variants and bloodwork into Gemini and have it one shot a custom treatment plan for you, how much more personalized do you want? Obviously if you want hand holding from the medical system you can pay a psychiatrist or a functional doctor to do the same thing, but at this point the idea that treatment isn't personalized enough is frankly absurd.
  - coldtea 1mo ago
    Is this satire?
    - preg_match 1mo ago
      No, AI can greatly help with research. It helped me a lot during my cancer treatment, which was very complicated. Which makes sense, every cancer is different, and mine was quite crafty and unique. But that's it. It helps with research, that's it. You still need doctors, typically multiple different doctors of different specialties, if you want correct treatment. The AI is a good starting point, so you can start asking your doctor the right questions, but it's never the ending point. At least, in my opinion. I'm sure it depends on the condition, and how much it follows a template.
kulahan 1mo ago
Ah, I can see how that would be the case. But I thought it was moving in the other direction? I am extremely ignorant here, so correct me, but the only example I know of is that they removed Asberger's Syndrome and turned it into generic Autism.
- Alex3917 1mo ago
  Yes, that was a political decision based on the fact that people with Asperger’s weren’t able to access sufficient social support. But from a medical perspective, the two have basically nothing to do with each other; Asperger’s is primarily about the connectivity between brain regions, whereas (traditional) autism is more about functionality within brain regions. Obviously there is a lot of overlap and this isn’t necessarily the mainstream scientific interpretation, but I think it’s the most parsimonious way to define these terms.

coldtea 1mo ago

>But the actual medical system does not treat them as having anything in common, let alone as being homogeneous. That's not really true. Not to mention the very TFA, and the research that led to papers like it, is based on the opposite.

Alex3917 1mo ago
I mean you can literally upload your genetic methylation variants and bloodwork into Gemini and have it one shot a custom treatment plan for you, how much more personalized do you want? Obviously if you want hand holding from the medical system you can pay a psychiatrist or a functional doctor to do the same thing, but at this point the idea that treatment isn't personalized enough is frankly absurd.
- coldtea 1mo ago
  Is this satire?
  - preg_match 1mo ago
    No, AI can greatly help with research. It helped me a lot during my cancer treatment, which was very complicated. Which makes sense, every cancer is different, and mine was quite crafty and unique. But that's it. It helps with research, that's it. You still need doctors, typically multiple different doctors of different specialties, if you want correct treatment. The AI is a good starting point, so you can start asking your doctor the right questions, but it's never the ending point. At least, in my opinion. I'm sure it depends on the condition, and how much it follows a template.

kulahan 1mo ago

Ah, I can see how that would be the case. But I thought it was moving in the other direction? I am extremely ignorant here, so correct me, but the only example I know of is that they removed Asberger's Syndrome and turned it into generic Autism.

Alex3917 1mo ago
Yes, that was a political decision based on the fact that people with Asperger’s weren’t able to access sufficient social support. But from a medical perspective, the two have basically nothing to do with each other; Asperger’s is primarily about the connectivity between brain regions, whereas (traditional) autism is more about functionality within brain regions. Obviously there is a lot of overlap and this isn’t necessarily the mainstream scientific interpretation, but I think it’s the most parsimonious way to define these terms.